Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer 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.

Winners
Year Footballer Nation Club Gender
1995 Mohammed Al-Kathiri  Oman Man
1996 Bamrung Boonprom  Thailand Bangkok Bank Man
1997 Mehdi Mahdavikia  Iran Persepolis Man
1998 Shinji Ono  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Man
1999 Waleed Hamzah  Qatar Al-Arabi Man
2000 Ryoichi Maeda  Japan Jubilo Iwata Man
2001 Du Wei  China PR Shanghai Shenhua Man
2002 Lee Chun-Soo  South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Man
2003 Yoshito Okubo  Japan Cerezo Osaka Man
2004 Park Chu-Young  South Korea Korea University Man
2005 Choe Myong-Ho  North Korea Kyonggongop Man
2006 Ma Xiaoxu  China PR Dalian Shide Woman
2007 Kim Kum-Il  North Korea 4.25 Sports Team Man
2008 Ahmad Khalil  United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Man
Mana Iwabuchi  Japan NTV Beleza Woman
2009 Ki Sung-Yueng  South Korea FC Seoul Man
Mana Iwabuchi  Japan NTV Beleza Woman
2010 Jong Il-Gwan  North Korea Rimyongsu Sports Club Man
Yeo Min-Ji  South Korea Haman Daesan High School Woman
2011 Hideki Ishige  Japan Shimizu S-Pulse Man
Caitlin Foord  Australia Sydney FC Woman
2012 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem[1]  Iraq Duhok SC Man
Hanae Shibata[2]  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Woman
2013 Ali Adnan Kadhim[3]  Iraq Çaykur Rizespor Man
Jang Sel-gi[4]  South Korea Gangwon Provincial College Woman
2014[5] Ahmed Moein  Qatar Eupen Man
Hina Sugita  Japan Fujieda Junshin High School Woman
2015[6] Dostonbek Khamdamov[7]  Uzbekistan Bunyodkor Man
Rikako Kobayashi[8]  Japan Tokiwagi Gakuen High School Woman
2016[9] Ritsu Doan[10]  Japan Gamba Osaka Man
Fuka Nagano[11]  Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Woman
2017[12] Lee Seung-woo[13]  South Korea Hellas Verona Man
Sung Hyang-sim[14]  North Korea Pyongyang City Sports Club Woman
2018 Turki Al-Ammar  Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Man
Saori Takarada  Japan Cerezo Osaka Sakai Woman
2019[15] Lee Kang-in[16]  South Korea Valencia Man
Jun Endo[17]  Japan Nippon TV Beleza Woman
2020 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
  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 (Women): Hanae Shibata". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. "AFC Youth Player of the Year: Ali Adnan Kadhim". the-AFC.com. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. "AFC Women's Youth Player of the Year: Jang Sel-gi". the-AFC.com. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. "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.
  6. "AFC Annual Awards 2015: What a night it was!". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2015: Dostonbek Khamdamov". the-AFC.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  8. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women): Rikako Kobayashi". the-AFC.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  9. "AFC Annual Awards 2016 dazzles as Asia's finest are honoured". the-AFC.com. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  10. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2016: Ritsu Doan". the-AFC.com. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  11. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women) 2016: Fuka Nagano". the-AFC.com. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  12. "Khrbin and Kerr land AFC Awards". the-AFC.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. "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.
  14. "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.
  15. "Afif and Kumagai claim top honours in dazzling AFC Annual Awards". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  16. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2019: Lee Kang-in". the-AFC.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  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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