Asian Football Hall of Fame

Asian Football Hall of Fame
Established November 30, 2014
Founder Asian Football Confederation
Inductees 10

The Asian Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for Asian professional footballers maintained by Asian Football Confederation.[1] AFC officially created it for 60th anniversary of its foundation on November 30, 2014.[2]

Inductees

A total of 10 players were inaugural inductees in 2014.[1]

Table headers

Positions key
Key Position
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Source:[1]
Year Inductee Nationality Position Gender Professional Career AFC Individual Achievements
2014 Behzadi, HomayounHomayoun Behzadi  Iran MF/FW M 1958–1972 AFC Asian Cup Top goalscorer: 1968
2014 Bhutia, BaichungBaichung Bhutia  India FW M 1993–2013
2014 Daei, AliAli Daei  Iran FW M 1988–2007

AFC Asian Footballer of the Year: 1999
AFC Asian Cup Top goalscorer: 1996

2014 Hong, Myung-boMyung-bo Hong  South Korea DF M 1992–2004
2014 Jaber, SamiSami Jaber  Saudi Arabia FW M 1988–2008
2014 Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell  Australia MF/FW M 1996–2014 Asia's bests: 2011
2014 Okudera, YasuhikoYasuhiko Okudera  Japan MF M 1970–1988
2014 Sawa, HomareHomare Sawa  Japan MF F 1991– AFC Women's Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2009
2014 Chin Aun, SohSoh Chin Aun  Malaysia DF M 1968–1988
2014 Wen, SunSun Wen  China FW F 1989–2006 AFC Women's Footballer of the Year: 1999

Inductees By Country

Rank Nation Inductees
Male Female Total
1  Iran202
 Japan112
2  Australia101
 China011
 India101
 Malaysia101
 Saudi Arabia101
 South Korea101

Ceremonies

Source:[2]
# Date Location Inductees
1st November 30, 2014 Philippines Manila 10

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Johnston, Patrick (November 21, 2014). Peter Rutherford, ed. "Kewell, Hong, Daei among AFC's first Hall of Fame inductees". Reuters. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chandra, Shikharr (October 22, 2014). "Bhaichung Bhutia inducted in AFC's hall of fame". Goal.com. Retrieved November 21, 2014.