Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award, officially known as the AFC Youth Player of the Year award, is presented to the best young football player in Asia. It has been awarded by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1995. It is usually presented during the AFC Annual Awards in November or December.

Overall winners (1995–2007)

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Year Player Gender Nation Club Ref.
1995 Mohammed Al-Kathiri Man  Oman
1996 Bamrung Boonprom Man  Thailand Thailand Bangkok Bank
1997 Mehdi Mahdavikia Man  Iran Iran Persepolis
1998 Shinji Ono Man  Japan Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
1999 Waleed Hamzah Man  Qatar Qatar Al-Arabi
2000 Ryoichi Maeda Man  Japan Japan Jubilo Iwata
2001 Du Wei Man  China China Shanghai Shenhua
2002 Lee Chun-soo Man  South Korea South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003 Yoshito Okubo Man  Japan Japan Cerezo Osaka
2004 Park Chu-young Man  South Korea South Korea Korea University
2005 Choe Myong-ho Man  North Korea North Korea Kyonggongop
2006 Ma Xiaoxu Woman  China China Dalian Shide
2007 Kim Kum-il Man  North Korea North Korea April 25

Men's winners

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Year Player Nation Club Ref.
2008 Ahmad Khalil  United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2009 Ki Sung-yueng  South Korea South Korea FC Seoul
2010 Jong Il-gwan  North Korea North Korea Rimyongsu
2011 Hideki Ishige  Japan Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
2012 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem  Iraq Iraq Duhok SC [1]
2013 Ali Adnan Kadhim  Iraq Turkey Çaykur Rizespor [2]
2014 Ahmed Moein  Qatar Belgium Eupen [3]
2015 Dostonbek Khamdamov  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Bunyodkor [4]
2016 Ritsu Dōan  Japan Japan Gamba Osaka [5]
2017 Lee Seung-woo  South Korea Italy Hellas Verona [6]
2018 Turki Al-Ammar  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2019 Lee Kang-in  South Korea Spain Valencia [7]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022 Kuryu Matsuki  Japan Japan FC Tokyo
2023 Abbosbek Fayzullaev  Uzbekistan Russia CSKA Moscow [8]

Women's winners

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Year Player Nation Club Ref.
2008 Mana Iwabuchi  Japan Japan Nippon TV Beleza
2009 Mana Iwabuchi  Japan Japan Nippon TV Beleza
2010 Yeo Min-ji  South Korea South Korea Haman Daesan High School
2011 Caitlin Foord  Australia Australia Sydney FC
2012 Hanae Shibata  Japan Japan Urawa Red Diamonds [9]
2013 Jang Sel-gi  South Korea South Korea Gangwon State University [10]
2014 Hina Sugita  Japan Japan Fujieda Junshin High School
2015 Rikako Kobayashi  Japan Japan Tokiwagi Gakuen High School [11]
2016 Fuka Nagano  Japan Japan Urawa Red Diamonds [12]
2017 Sung Hyang-sim  North Korea North Korea Pyongyang City [13]
2018 Saori Takarada  Japan Japan Cerezo Osaka Sakai
2019 Jun Endo  Japan Japan Nippon TV Beleza [14]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022 Maika Hamano  Japan Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa [15]
2023 Chae Un-yong  North Korea North Korea Wolmido SC [16]

Wins by nationality

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Nation Overall Men Women Total
 Japan 3 3 9 15
 South Korea 2 3 2 7
 North Korea 2 1 2 5
 China 2 0 0 2
 Iraq 0 2 0 2
 Qatar 1 1 0 2
 Uzbekistan 0 2 0 2
 Australia 0 0 1 1
 Iran 1 0 0 1
 Oman 1 0 0 1
 Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1
 Thailand 1 0 0 1
 United Arab Emirates 0 1 0 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men): Mohanad Abdulraheem". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year: Ali Adnan Kadhim". the-AFC.com. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ^ "AFC 60th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Awards 2014". the-AFC.com. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  4. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2015: Dostonbek Khamdamov". the-AFC.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2016: Ritsu Doan". the-AFC.com. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  6. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2017: Lee Seungwoo". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2019: Lee Kang-in". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2023: Abbosbek Fayzullaev". AFC. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  9. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women): Hanae Shibata". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  10. ^ "AFC Women's Youth Player of the Year: Jang Sel-gi". the-AFC.com. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  11. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women): Rikako Kobayashi". the-AFC.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  12. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2016: Fuka Nagano". the-AFC.com. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  13. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2017: Sung Hyang Sim". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  14. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2019: Jun Endo". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  15. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2022: Maika Hamano". AFC. 1 November 2023.
  16. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2023: Chae Un Yong". AFC. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
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