Asian Football Hall of Fame

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AFC Hall of Fame
Established30 November 2014
Founder Asian Football Confederation
Inductees10

The Asian Football Hall of Fame, officially known as AFC Hall of Fame, is a hall of fame for Asian professional footballers maintained by Asian Football Confederation. [1] [2] AFC officially created it for 60th anniversary of its foundation on 30 November 2014. [3] [4] [5]

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Inductees

A total of 10 players were inaugural inductees in 2014. [2] Inductees are listed according to the date of their induction and then sorted according to last name alphabetically.

YearInductee [6] NationalityPositionGenderCareer [lower-alpha 1] AFC awards [lower-alpha 2]
2014 Homayoun Behzadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Midfielder
Forward
Man1958–1972 Asian Cup top scorer: 1968
Asian All Stars: 1967
2014 Bhaichung Bhutia Flag of India.svg  India Forward Man1993–2013
2014 Ali Daei Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Forward Man1988–2007 Player of the Year: 1999
Asian Cup top scorer: 1996
Asian Cup All Stars: 1996
Asian All Stars: 1993, 1998, 1999
2014 Myung-bo Hong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Defender Man1992–2004 Asian Cup All Stars: 2000
Asian All Stars: 1993, 1997, 2000
2014 Sami Jaber Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Forward Man1988–2008
2014 Harry Kewell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder
Forward
Man1996–2014 Asian Cup All Stars: 2007
2014 Yasuhiko Okudera Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Midfielder Man1970–1988
2014 Homare Sawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Midfielder Woman1991–2015 Women's Asian Cup MVP: 2008
Women's Player of the Year: 2004, 2009
2014 Chin Ann Soh Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Defender Man1968–1988 Asian Cup All Stars: 1980
Asian All Stars: 1982
2014 Wen Sun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Forward Woman1989–2006 Women's Player of the Year: 1999
  1. The years of the player's first and last appearance for a professional club or national team.
  2. Other individual achievements awarded by Asian Football Confederation.

Statistics

Inductees by country

RankCountryInductees
MenWomenTotal
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 202
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 112
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 011
Flag of India.svg  India 101
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 101
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 101
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 101

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