Asian Footballer of the Year




Asian Footballer of the Year is an annual prize awarded to the best Asian player in a calendar year, organized by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The award began in 1984 through International Federation of Football History & Statistics with sport magazines and journalists , then it was adopted by the AFC in 1994 with the allocation of annual award.[1][2][3]




Contents






  • 1 Winners


    • 1.1 Before AFC adoption (1984–1994)


    • 1.2 After AFC adoption (1994–present)


    • 1.3 Wins by country


    • 1.4 Wins by club


    • 1.5 Wins by player




  • 2 AFC Asian International Player of the Year


  • 3 AFC Foreign Player of the Year


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Winners





Majed Abdullah, won the award in 1984,1985,1986.[4]





Kazuyoshi Miura, won the award in 1993.





Hidetoshi Nakata, won the award in 1997,1998.





Ali Daei, won the award in 1999.





Shinji Ono, won the award in 2002.





Mehdi Mahdavikia, won the award in 2003.





Ali Karimi, won the award in 2004.





Khalfan Ibrahim, won the award in 2006.





Yasser Al-Qahtani, won the award in 2007.





Yasuhito Endō, won the award in 2009.





Lee Keun-Ho, won the award in 2012.





Zheng Zhi, won the award in 2013.





Omar Abdulrahman, won the award in 2016.



Before AFC adoption (1984–1994)







































































































































































Year
Rank
Player
Team
Points

1984

1st

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

66
2nd

China Gu Guangming

China Guangdong
40
3rd

Kuwait Faisal Al-Dakhil

Kuwait Qadsia
30


1985

1st

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

66
2nd

China Gu Guangming

China Guangdong
47


1986

1st

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

68
2nd

South Korea Choi Soon-ho

South Korea POSCO Atoms
32


1987

No award


1988

1st

Iraq Ahmed Radhi

Iraq Al-Rasheed

26
2nd

South Korea Kim Joo-sung

South Korea Daewoo Royals
16
3rd

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
14


1989

1st

South Korea Kim Joo-sung

South Korea Daewoo Royals

38
2nd

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
12
3rd

Iraq Ahmed Radhi

Iraq Al-Rasheed
6


1990

1st

South Korea Kim Joo-sung

South Korea Daewoo Royals

36
2nd

Iran Farshad Pious

Iran Persepolis
28
3rd

United Arab Emirates Adnan Al-Talyani

United Arab Emirates Al-Shaab
6


1991

1st

South Korea Kim Joo-sung

South Korea Daewoo Royals

31
2nd

South Korea Chung Yong-hwan

South Korea Daewoo Royals
28
3rd

Iran Samad Marfavi

Iran Esteghlal
16


1992

No award


1993

1st

Japan Kazuyoshi Miura

Japan Verdy Kawasaki


2nd

Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

3rd

Iran Mehdi Fonounizadeh

Iran Esteghlal



After AFC adoption (1994–present)





































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Year
Rank
Player
Team
Points

1994

1st

Saudi Arabia Saeed Owairan

Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab




1995

1st

Japan Masami Ihara

Japan Yokohama Marinos




1996

1st

Iran Khodadad Azizi

Iran Bahman


2nd

Iran Ali Daei

Qatar Al Sadd

3rd

South Korea Ko Jeong-woon

South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma



1997

1st

Japan Hidetoshi Nakata

Japan Shonan Bellmare


2nd

Iran Khodadad Azizi

Germany 1. FC Köln

3rd

Iran Karim Bagheri

Germany Arminia Bielefeld



1998

1st

Japan Hidetoshi Nakata

Italy Perugia


2nd

China Fan Zhiyi

England Crystal Palace

3rd

Kuwait Jasem Al Huwaidi

Kuwait Al-Salmiya



1999

1st

Iran Ali Daei

Germany Hertha BSC


2nd

Japan Hidetoshi Nakata

Italy Perugia

3rd

South Korea Hwang Sun-hong

Japan Cerezo Osaka



2000

1st

Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal


2nd

Japan Hiroshi Nanami

Japan Júbilo Iwata

3rd

Japan Ryuzo Morioka

Japan Shimizu S-Pulse



2001

1st

China Fan Zhiyi

Scotland Dundee


2nd

Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shehan

Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

3rd

China Li Tie

China Liaoning Fushun Tegang



2002

1st

Japan Shinji Ono

Netherlands Feyenoord


2nd

Japan Junichi Inamoto

England Fulham

3rd

South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan

Italy Perugia



2003

1st

Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia

Germany Hamburger SV


2nd

Thailand Therdsak Chaiman

Thailand BEC Tero Sasana

3rd

Uzbekistan Maxim Shatskikh

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv



2004

1st

Iran Ali Karimi

United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli


2nd

Bahrain A'ala Hubail

Bahrain Al-Ahli

3rd

Japan Shunsuke Nakamura

Italy Reggina



2005

1st

Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Montashari

Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad


2nd

Uzbekistan Maxim Shatskikh

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv

3rd

Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal



2006

1st

Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim

Qatar Al Sadd


2nd

Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa

Kuwait Qadsia

3rd

Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal



2007

1st

Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal


2nd

Iraq Younis Mahmoud

Qatar Al-Gharafa

3rd

Iraq Nashat Akram

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain



2008

1st

Uzbekistan Server Djeparov

Uzbekistan Bunyodkor


2nd

United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar

United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda

3rd

Qatar Sebastián Soria

Qatar Qatar SC



2009

1st

Japan Yasuhito Endō

Japan Gamba Osaka

120
2nd

Bahrain Sayed Mohamed Adnan

Qatar Al-Khor
100
3rd

Japan Kengo Nakamura

Japan Kawasaki Frontale
100


2010

1st

Australia Saša Ognenovski

South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

102
2nd

Iran Farhad Majidi

Iran Esteghlal
90
3rd

Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa

Kuwait Qadsia
87


2011

1st

Uzbekistan Server Djeparov

Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

100
2nd

Iran Hadi Aghily

Qatar Al-Arabi
95
3rd

Japan Keisuke Honda

Russia CSKA Moscow
87


2012

1st

South Korea Lee Keun-ho

South Korea Ulsan Hyundai

102
2nd

Iran Ali Karimi

Iran Persepolis
94
3rd

China Zheng Zhi

China Guangzhou Evergrande
86


2013

1st

China Zheng Zhi

China Guangzhou Evergrande

93
2nd

Iran Javad Nekounam

Iran Esteghlal
91
3rd

South Korea Ha Dae-sung

South Korea FC Seoul
75


2014

1st

Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal


2nd

United Arab Emirates Ismail Ahmed

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

3rd

Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim

Qatar Al Sadd



2015

1st

United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil

United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli


2nd

China Zheng Zhi

China Guangzhou Evergrande

3rd

United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain



2016

1st

United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain


2nd

Iraq Hammadi Ahmed

Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

3rd

China Wu Lei

China Shanghai SIPG



2017

1st

Syria Omar Kharbin

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal


2nd

United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

3rd

China Wu Lei

China Shanghai SIPG



2018

1st

Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan

Qatar Al Sadd


2nd

Japan Yuma Suzuki

Japan Kashima Antlers

3rd

Japan Kento Misao

Japan Kashima Antlers



Wins by country





























































































Nation
Winners
Runners-up
Third places
 Saudi Arabia 8 3 3
 Japan 6 3 4
 Iran 4 7 3
 South Korea 4 3 4
 China PR 2 4 4
 United Arab Emirates 2 3 2
 Uzbekistan 2 1 1
 Qatar 2 2
 Iraq 1 2 2
 Australia 1
 Syria 1
 Bahrain 2
 Kuwait 1 3
 Thailand 1


Wins by club













































































































































Club
Winners
Runners-up
Third places

Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
4 2

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
3 2 1

South Korea Daewoo Royals
3 2

Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2 1

Qatar Al Sadd
2 1

United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
1 2 2

Italy Perugia
1 1 1

China Guangzhou Evergrande
1 1 1

Iraq Al Rasheed
1 1

South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
1 1

Japan Verdy Kawasaki
1

Japan Yokohama Marinos
1

Japan Shonan Bellmare
1

Germany Hertha BSC
1

Scotland Dundee
1

Netherlands Feyenoord
1

Germany Hamburger SV
1

Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
1

Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
1

Japan Gamba Osaka
1

South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
1


Wins by player











































































































































































Player
Winners
Runners-up
Third places

Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
3 1 1

South Korea Kim Joo-sung
3 1

Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
2 1

Uzbekistan Server Djeparov
2

China Zheng Zhi
1 1 1

United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman
1 1 1

Iran Khodadad Azizi
1 1

Iran Ali Daei
1 1

China Fan Zhiyi
1 1

Iran Ali Karimi
1 1

Iraq Ahmed Radhi
1 1

Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim
1 1

Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
1

Saudi Arabia Saeed Owairan
1

Japan Masami Ihara
1

Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat
1

Japan Shinji Ono
1

Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia
1

Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Montashari
1

Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
1

Japan Yasuhito Endō
1

Australia Saša Ognenovski
1

South Korea Lee Keun-ho
1

Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani
1

United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil
1

Syria Omar Kharbin
1

Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan
1


AFC Asian International Player of the Year





















































































































Year
Rank
Player
Team

2012

1st

Japan Shinji Kagawa

England Manchester United
2nd

Japan Yuto Nagatomo

Italy Internazionale
3rd

Australia Mark Schwarzer

England Fulham


2013

1st

Japan Yuto Nagatomo

Italy Internazionale
2nd

Japan Keisuke Honda

Russia CSKA Moscow
3rd

South Korea Son Heung-min

Germany Bayer Leverkusen


2014

1st

Australia Mile Jedinak

England Crystal Palace
2nd

Australia Tim Cahill

United States New York Red Bulls
3rd

South Korea Ki Sung-yueng

England Swansea City


2015

1st

South Korea Son Heung-min

England Tottenham Hotspur
2nd

South Korea Ki Sung-yueng

England Swansea City
3rd

Australia Massimo Luongo

England Queens Park Rangers


2016

1st

Japan Shinji Okazaki

England Leicester City
2nd

South Korea Son Heung-min

England Tottenham Hotspur
3rd

Japan Shinji Kagawa

Germany Borussia Dortmund


2017

1st

South Korea Son Heung-min

England Tottenham Hotspur
2nd

Australia Aaron Mooy

England Huddersfield Town
3rd

Japan Shinji Kagawa

Germany Borussia Dortmund


2018

1st

Japan Makoto Hasebe

Germany Eintracht Frankfurt


AFC Foreign Player of the Year




























Year
Player
Team

2012

Brazil Rogerinho

Kuwait Kuwait SC

2013

Brazil Muriqui

China Guangzhou Evergrande

2014

Ghana Asamoah Gyan

United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

2015

Brazil Ricardo Goulart

China Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao


See also



  • Best Footballer in Asia

  • Asian Young Footballer of the Year

  • AFC Annual Awards

  • AFC



References





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