Asian Footballer of the Year

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The Asian Footballer of the Year award is presented to the best football player from Asia. Officially awarded since 1994. The official name is Asian Football Confederation's Sanyo Player of the Year Award. Prior to 1994 it was awarded on an unofficial basis. The winners from 1988 to 1991 were chosen by IFFHS.

[edit] Winners

Year	Footballer	Nation	Club
1988	Ahmed Radhi	Iraq	Al-Rasheed
1989	Kim Joo-Sung	Korea Republic	Daewoo Royals
1990	Kim Joo-Sung	Korea Republic	Daewoo Royals
1991	Kim Joo-Sung	Korea Republic	Daewoo Royals
1992	No award
1993	Kazuyoshi Miura	Japan	Verdy Kawasaki
1994	Saeed Owairan	Saudi Arabia	Al-Shabab
1995	Masami Ihara	Japan	Yokohama Marinos
1996	Khodadad Azizi	Iran	Bahman
1997	Hidetoshi Nakata	Japan	Bellmare Hiratsuka
1998	Hidetoshi Nakata	Japan	Perugia
1999	Ali Daei	Iran	Hertha BSC Berlin
2000	Nawaf Al Temyat	Saudi Arabia	Al-Hilal
2001	Fan Zhiyi	China PR	Dundee F.C.
2002	Shinji Ono	Japan	Feyenoord
2003	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Iran	Hamburger SV
2004	Ali Karimi	Iran	Al-Ahli
2005	Hamad Al-Montashari	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ittihad
2006	Khalfan Ibrahim	Qatar	Al-Sadd

[edit] Wins By Country

Nation	Winners
Japan	5
Iran	4
Korea Republic	3
Saudi Arabia	3
China PR	1
Iraq	1
Qatar	1

[edit] See Also

• Asian Young Footballer of the Year
• AFC