2011 AFC Annual Awards

The 2011 AFC Annual Awards was the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia.

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
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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

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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   Uzbekistan   Al-Shabab
Shortlist Hadi Aghily   Iran   Al-Arabi
Keisuke Honda   Japan   CSKA Moscow
Koo Ja-Cheol   South Korea   VfL Wolfsburg
Shinji Kagawa   Japan   Borussia Dortmund
Yeom Ki-hun   South Korea   Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Women

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Aya Miyama, winner in 2011
Rank Player Nationality Club
Winner Aya Miyama   Japan   Okayama Yunogo Belle
Shortlist Homare Sawa   Japan   INAC Leonessa
Ayumi Kaihori   Japan   INAC Leonessa
Melissa Barbieri   Australia   Newcastle
Aya Sameshima   Japan   Montpellier
Song Jong-Sun   North Korea   Rimyongsu

Coach

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Rank Coach Nationality Team
Winner Norio Sasaki   Japan   Japan Women
Shortlist Cho Kwang-rae   South Korea   South Korea
Vadim Abramov   Uzbekistan   Uzbekistan
Afshin Ghotbi   Iran   Iran
Gao Hongbo   China   China
Amir Ghalenoei   Iran   Tractor Sazi

Young Player

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Gender Player Nationality Club
Men Hideki Ishige   Japan   Shimizu S-Pulse
Women Caitlin Foord   Australia   Sydney FC

Futsal Player

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Player Nationality Club
Mohammad Keshavarz   Iran   Giti Pasand

References

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