2011 AFC Annual Awards
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The 2011 AFC
Annual Awards was the the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia
.
Among six candidates, Server Djeparov
win the Asian Footballer of the Year
award for the second time.
Aya Miyama
, Japan women's football team player which won 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year.
Hideki Ishige
and Caitlin Foord
becomes the Youth Player of the Year. Al-Sadd which won 2011 AFC Champions League
was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan's men and women's team was named as National Team of the Year.
Ravshan Irmatov
and . Norio Sasaki
was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Mohammad Keshavarz
, MVP of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship
was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year. Nagoya Oceans
, winner of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the South Korea national football team.
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
Annual Awards was the the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Among six candidates, Server Djeparov
Server Djeparov
Server Djeparov is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shabab. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.-Early life:He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR...
win the Asian Footballer of the Year
Asian Footballer of the Year
The Asian Footballer of the Year is an award that annually honors Asian footballer each year, has been conferred by Asian Football Confederation since 1994...
award for the second time.
Aya Miyama
Aya Miyama
is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Okayama Yunogō Belle of the L. League. She is also a member of the Japan's national team that won the 2011 Women's World Cup.-Early career:...
, Japan women's football team player which won 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year.
Hideki Ishige
Football in Japan
Association football is one of the most popular sports in Japan. Its nationwide organization, Japan Football Association, administers the professional football league, J...
and Caitlin Foord
Caitlin Foord
Caitlin Foord is an Australian football player, who currently plays for the Sydney FC in the Australian W-League.-Club career:...
becomes the Youth Player of the Year. Al-Sadd which won 2011 AFC Champions League
2011 AFC Champions League
The 2011 AFC Champions League was the 30th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 9th under the current AFC Champions League title...
was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan's men and women's team was named as National Team of the Year.
Ravshan Irmatov
Ravshan Irmatov
Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov is an Uzbek football referee.-Biography and career:His father was also a referee, working in the Soviet Union competitions. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2003...
and . Norio Sasaki
Norio Sasaki
is the head coach of the Japan women's national football team and a former association football player. He served as coach of the women's U-20 team starting in 2006, and was named coach of the national team in 2008...
was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Mohammad Keshavarz
Mohammad Keshavarz
Mohammad Keshavarz Nasrabadi - Country :* AFC Futsal Championship** Champion : 2004 - 2007 - 2008 - 2010* Asian Indoor Games** Champion : 2007* Confederations Futsal Cup** Champion : 2009* Grand Prix** Runner-Up : 2007 - 2009- Club :...
, MVP of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship
2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship is the 2nd AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was held in Doha, Qatar between June 26 and July 1, 2011.- Qualified teams :- Play-off :- Group A :--------------------- Group B :----------------...
was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year. Nagoya Oceans
Nagoya Oceans
is a Japanese futsal club.- Trophies :*AFC Futsal Club Championship: 1**Winners: 2011*All-Japan Championship: 1**Winners: 2007*F. League: 3**Winners: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10-Current players:...
, winner of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the South Korea national football team.
Men
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Notes |
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| 1st | Server Djeparov Server Djeparov Server Djeparov is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shabab. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.-Early life:He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR... |
 Al-Shabab |
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| 2nd | Hadi Aghily |  Al-Arabi |
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| 3rd | Keisuke Honda Keisuke Honda is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Russian CSKA Moscow and the Japan national football team. His current position is as a deep-lying playmaker, but he can equally play as an attacking midfielder or second striker. He is also a very skilled free kick taker scoring one in the FIFA World... |
 CSKA Moscow |
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| 4th | Koo Ja-Cheol |  VfL WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix... |
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| 5th | Shinji Kagawa Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He previously played for Cerezo Osaka. He has been capped by Japan at international level.-Club career:... |
Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football... |
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| 6th | Yeom Ki-Hun Yeom Ki-Hun Yeom Ki-Hun is a Korean football player who currently plays for K-League side Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Yeom is a talented player who has made his way onto the national team following his continental performances... |
 Swon SamsungSuwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours... |
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Women
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Notes |
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| 1st | Aya Miyama Aya Miyama is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Okayama Yunogō Belle of the L. League. She is also a member of the Japan's national team that won the 2011 Women's World Cup.-Early career:... |
 Okayama Yunogo BelleFootball in Japan Association football is one of the most popular sports in Japan. Its nationwide organization, Japan Football Association, administers the professional football league, J... |
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| 2nd | Homare Sawa Homare Sawa is a female football player from Japan. She currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.- Career :Long considered Japan's finest female footballer, she made her debut in Japan's highest domestic league at age 12. On December 6, 1993, at age 15, she made her Japanese... |
INAC Leonessa INAC Leonessa INAC Kobe Leonessa is a Japanese football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian.... |
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| 3rd | Ayumi Kaihori Ayumi Kaihori is a Japanese international footballer. A goalkeeper, she currently plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa.. She was also the starting goalkeeper for Japan in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, tallying 5 wins and 1 loss... |
INAC Leonessa INAC Leonessa INAC Kobe Leonessa is a Japanese football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian.... |
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| 4th | Melissa Barbieri Melissa Barbieri Melissa Anne Barbieri is the current Australian national football goalkeeper and team captain.-Biography:Her height is 168 cm, and weight is 64 kg... |
 NewcastleNewcastle United Jets FC W-League The Newcastle Jets W-League team, also known as the Newcastle Jets Women, represents the Newcastle Jets in the Australian Women's National football League, the W-League.-Standings:-Players:-Milestones:... |
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| 5th | Aya Sameshima Aya Sameshima is a Japanese international footballer. Mainly a left-sided defender, she currently plays for French club Montpellier in the Division 1 Féminine.-Domestic career:... |
 MontpellierMontpellier HSC (Ladies) Montpellier Hérault Sport Club Féminines is a French women's football club based in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, a commune in the arrondissement of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1990. Montpellier currently play in the Division 1 Féminine having finished in 4th place in the 2009–10 season... |
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| 6th | Song Jong-Sun Song Jong-Sun Song Jong-Sun is a D.P.R Korean Female football player who plays for Amrokgang S.G. of her native country women's football league.... |
 Rimyongsu |
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Coach
| Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team | Notes |
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| 1st | Norio Sasaki Norio Sasaki is the head coach of the Japan women's national football team and a former association football player. He served as coach of the women's U-20 team starting in 2006, and was named coach of the national team in 2008... |
Japan Women Japan women's national football team The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S... |
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| 2nd | Cho Kwang-Rae Cho Kwang-Rae Cho Kwang-Rae is a South Korean football manager, who managed Anyang LG Cheetahs formerly. Now, he is managing South Korea after succeeding Huh Jung Moo, who led Korea to the round of 16 for the first time in foreign soil in 2010 World Cup in South Africa.- Club career :*1978–1979 POSCO -... |
South Korea Korea Republic national football team The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,... |
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| 3rd | Vadim Abramov Vadim Abramov Vadim Abramov is a former Uzbekistan football player of Armenian descent and the current manager of Uzbekistan since 2010. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku, Azerbaijan.-2011 Asian Cup:He was the coach of the Uzbekistan team at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.... |
 UzbekistanUzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan... |
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| 4th | Afshin Ghotbi Afshin Ghotbi Afshin Ghotbi is an Iranian-American football coach and current head coach of the Japanese side Shimizu S-Pulse in J-League.-Early life:Though his family were from Shiraz, Mr. Afshin Ghotbi was born in the country's capital Tehran... |
 IranIran national football team The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran... |
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| 5th | Gao Hongbo Gao Hongbo Gao Hongbo is a Chinese retired football player and a current coach which managed China national football team from 2009 to 2011. Appointed in May 2009, Gao became the youngest man to take the helm in 30 years. Gao was a big name in his professional life as a footballer. He was a prolific striker... |
 ChinaChina national football team The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association... |
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| 6th | Amir Ghalenoei Amir Ghalenoei Amir Ghalenoei is an Iranian football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Tractor Sazi... |
Tractor Sazi |
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Asia's bests
| Position | Player | National Team | Club |
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| GK | Eiji Kawashima Eiji Kawashima is a Japanese goalkeeper currently playing for Lierse S.K..-Career:During his time at Omiya, Kawashima went overseas to train with Serie A club Parma, and also trained in Italy in January 2010.... |
 LierseLierse S.K. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups... |
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| DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Jalal Hosseini Jalal Hosseini Seyyed Jalal Hosseini Khoshkebejari is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for the Iran's Premier Football League club Sepahan and Iran national football team as a Defender... |
Sepahan |
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| DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Vitaliy Denisov Vitaliy Denisov Vitaliy Gennadievich Denisov is an Uzbekistani footballer with Russian origins, currently playing for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as a defender.He is a member of the Uzbekistan national football team.... |
 DnipropetrovskFC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
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| DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Lucas Neill Lucas Neill Lucas Edward Neill is an Australian Soccer player who currently plays for UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira. He is a full back. Neill had spent almost 15 years of his career playing in England. He represented Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2010 World Cup in South... |
 Al Jazira |
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| DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Yuto Nagatomo Yuto Nagatomo is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Internazionale.-Japan era:Nagatomo's grandfather Yoshida Tatsuo and Tatsuo's brother Minoru were famed professional bicycle racers who competed in Keirin. Nagatomo started playing soccer in kindergarten. He failed to join the Ehime F.C... |
 InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always... |
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| MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
Server Djeparov Server Djeparov Server Djeparov is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shabab. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.-Early life:He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR... |
Al-Shabab |
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| MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
Javad Nekounam Javad Nekounam Javad Nekounam is an Iranian footballer who plays for CA Osasuna in La Liga.Usually playing as a central midfielder, he is known for his passing ability, defensive acumen, ball distribution and powerful long-range shots. He represented his national team over 120 times.-Early years / UAE:Having... |
 OsasunaCA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna, known as Osasuna, is a Spanish football team based in Iruñea-Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre.Founded in 1920, it currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at the 19,553-capacity Estadio Reyno de Navarra... |
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| MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
Makoto Hasebe Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese football player. He is a right-footed midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and is currently the captain of the Japan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Urawa Red Diamonds :... |
VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix... |
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| FW | Firas Al-Khatib | Umm-Salal |
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| FW | Park Chu-Young Park Chu-Young Park Chu-Young is a South Korean footballer who plays for Arsenal in the Premier League and is the current captain for the South Korea national team.-Youth career:... |
 ArsenalArsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
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| FW | Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Harold "Harry" Kewell is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Internationally he has received 55 caps, and scored 16 goals, while playing for the Australian national team... |
Melbourne Victory |