2012 AFC Annual Awards

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2012 AFC Annual Awards
Date29 November 2012
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Presented byAsian Football Confederation
Highlights
AFC Player of the YearMen's:
South Korea Lee Keun-ho
Women's:
Japan Aya Miyama
AFC Coach of the YearMen's:
South Korea Kim Ho-kon
Women's:
Japan Asako Takakura
AFC Youth Player of the YearMen's:
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Women's:
Japan Hanae Shibata
AFC International Player of the YearJapan Shinji Kagawa
AFC Futsal Player of the YearJapan Rafael Henmi
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The 2012 AFC Annual Awards was the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia.

Among five candidates, Lee Keun-Ho win the Asian Footballer of the Year award for his role in winning AFC Champions League for his club team.[1]

Aya Miyama, Japan women's football team player which won 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row.

Hanae Shibata and Mohannad Abdul-Raheem becomes the Youth Player of the Year. Ulsan Hyundai which won 2012 AFC Champions League was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan and South Korea's Olympic teams was named as women's and men's team was named as National Team of the Year.

Yuichi Nishimura and Sachiko Yamagishi were named as men's referee of the year. Kim Ho-Kon was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Rafael Henmi was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year. Giti Pasand, winner of the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the Uzbekistan national football team. Football Federation of Iran was awarded as the Best Football Federation in Asia.

Winners[edit]

Men[edit]

Asian Footballer of the Year[edit]

Lee Keun-Ho
Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Lee Keun-Ho  South Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
Ali Karimi  Iran Iran Persepolis
Zheng Zhi  China China Guangzhou Evergrande

International players[edit]

Shinji Kagawa
Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Shinji Kagawa  Japan Germany Borussia Dortmund/ England Manchester United
Mark Schwarzer  Australia England Fulham
Yuto Nagatomo  Japan Italy Inter Milan

Foreign players[edit]

Ricardo Oliveira
Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Rogerinho  Brazil Kuwait Kuwait SC [1]
Ricardo Oliveira  Brazil United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
Bruno Correa  Brazil Iran Sepahan/ United Arab Emirates Al Nasr

Coach of the year[edit]

Rank Coach Nationality Club Notes
1st Kim Ho-Kon  South Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai

National team of the year[edit]

Gender Team Nationality Notes
Men South Korea national under-23 football team  South Korea
Women Japan women's national football team  Japan

Club of the year[edit]

Rank Club Nationality Notea
1st South Korea Ulsan Hyundai  South Korea

Women[edit]

Aya Miyama
Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Aya Miyama  Japan Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle
Yuki Ogimi  Japan Germany 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Homare Sawa  Japan Japan INAC Leonessa

Young Player[edit]

Gender Player Nationality Club
Men Mohannad Abdul-Raheem  Iraq Iraq Duhok SC
Women Hanae Shibata  Japan Japan Urawa Red Diamonds

Futsal Player[edit]

Player Nationality Club
Katsutoshi Rafael Henmi  Japan Japan Nagoya Oceans

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