2011 AFC Annual Awards
Date23 November 2011
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Presented byAsian Football Confederation
Highlights
AFC Player of the YearMen's:
Uzbekistan Server Djeparov
Women's:
Japan Aya Miyama
AFC Coach of the YearMen's:
Japan Norio Sasaki
Women's:
Japan Takako Tezuka
AFC Youth Player of the YearMen's:
Japan Hideki Ishige
Women's:
Australia Caitlin Foord
AFC Futsal Player of the YearIran Mohammad Keshavarz
Websitewww.the-afc.com

The 2011 AFC Annual Awards was 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.[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.

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.

Winners

Men

Only two players of shortlist competed for the award under a rule, which omitted nominees who didn't attend the ceremony.

Rank Player Nationality Club
Winner Server Djeparov UzbekistanSaudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Shortlist Hadi Aghily IranQatar Al-Arabi
Keisuke Honda Japan Japan Russia CSKA Moscow
Koo Ja-Cheol South Korea South Korea Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Shinji Kagawa Japan Japan Germany Borussia Dortmund
Yeom Ki-hun South Korea South Korea South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Women

Aya Miyama, winner in 2011
Rank Player Nationality Club
WinnerAya Miyama JapanJapan Okayama Yunogo Belle
ShortlistHomare Sawa JapanJapan INAC Leonessa
Ayumi Kaihori JapanJapan INAC Leonessa
Melissa Barbieri AustraliaAustralia Newcastle
Aya Sameshima JapanFrance Montpellier
Song Jong-Sun North KoreaNorth Korea Rimyongsu

Coach

Rank Coach Nationality Team
WinnerNorio Sasaki JapanJapan Japan Women
ShortlistCho Kwang-rae South KoreaSouth Korea South Korea
Vadim Abramov UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan
Afshin Ghotbi IranIran Iran
Gao Hongbo ChinaChina China
Amir Ghalenoei IranIran Tractor Sazi

Young Player

Gender Player Nationality Club
MenHideki Ishige JapanJapan Shimizu S-Pulse
WomenCaitlin Foord AustraliaAustralia Sydney FC

Futsal Player

Player Nationality Club
Mohammad Keshavarz IranIran Giti Pasand

References

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