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)
Year Player Nation Club
1995 Mohammed Al-Kathiri  Oman
1996 Bamrung Boonprom  Thailand Bangkok Bank
1997 Mehdi Mahdavikia  Iran Persepolis
1998 Shinji Ono  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
1999 Waleed Hamzah  Qatar Al-Arabi
2000 Ryoichi Maeda  Japan Jubilo Iwata
2001 Du Wei  China PR Shanghai Shenhua
2002 Lee Chun-Soo  South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003 Yoshito Okubo  Japan Cerezo Osaka
2004 Park Chu-Young  South Korea Korea University
2005 Choe Myong-Ho  North Korea Kyonggongop
2006 Ma Xiaoxu[note 1]  China PR Women Dalian Shide
2007 Kim Kum-Il  North Korea April 25
  1. The only woman player to win the single award.

Men's winners (2008–present)
Year Player Nation Club
2008 Ahmad Khalil  United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2009 Ki Sung-Yueng  South Korea FC Seoul
2010 Jong Il-Gwan  North Korea Rimyongsu
2011 Hideki Ishige  Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
2012 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem[1]  Iraq Duhok SC
2013 Ali Adnan Kadhim[2]  Iraq Çaykur Rizespor
2014[3] Ahmed Moein  Qatar Eupen
2015[4] Dostonbek Khamdamov[5]  Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
2016[6] Ritsu Doan[7]  Japan Gamba Osaka
2017[8] Lee Seung-woo[9]  South Korea Verona
2018 Turki Al-Ammar  Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2019[10] Lee Kang-in[11]  South Korea Valencia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Women's winners (2008–present)
Year Player Nation Club
2008 Mana Iwabuchi  Japan Nippon TV Beleza
2009 Mana Iwabuchi  Japan Nippon TV Beleza
2010 Yeo Min-Ji  South Korea Haman Daesan High School
2011 Caitlin Foord  Australia Sydney FC
2012 Hanae Shibata[12]  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
2013 Jang Sel-gi[13]  South Korea Gangwon State University
2014 Hina Sugita  Japan Fujieda Junshin High School
2015 Rikako Kobayashi[14]  Japan Tokiwagi Gakuen High School
2016 Fuka Nagano[15]  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
2017 Sung Hyang-sim[16]  North Korea Pyongyang City
2018 Saori Takarada  Japan Cerezo Osaka Sakai
2019 Jun Endo[17]  Japan Nippon TV Beleza
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Wins by country
Nation Winners
 Japan13
 South Korea7
 North Korea4
 Qatar2
 China2
 Iraq2
 Oman1
 Thailand1
 Iran1
 United Arab Emirates1
 Australia1
 Uzbekistan1
 Saudi Arabia1

See also

References
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  2. "AFC Youth Player of the Year: Ali Adnan Kadhim". the-AFC.com. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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  8. "Khrbin and Kerr land AFC Awards". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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  10. "Afif and Kumagai claim top honours in dazzling AFC Annual Awards". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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  12. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women): Hanae Shibata". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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  14. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women): Rikako Kobayashi". the-AFC.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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  16. "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.
  17. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2019: Jun Endo". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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