Asian Young Footballer of the Year

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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.

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Overall winners (1995–2007)

YearPlayerGenderNationClubRef.
1995 Mohammed Al-Kathiri ManFlag of Oman.svg  Oman
1996 Bamrung Boonprom ManFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok Bank
1997 Mehdi Mahdavikia ManFlag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Iran.svg Persepolis
1998 Shinji Ono ManFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
1999 Waleed Hamzah ManFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Arabi
2000 Ryoichi Maeda ManFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Jubilo Iwata
2001 Du Wei ManFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Shenhua
2002 Lee Chun-soo ManFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003 Yoshito Okubo ManFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Cerezo Osaka
2004 Park Chu-young ManFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Korea University
2005 Choe Myong-ho ManFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Kyonggongop
2006 Ma Xiaoxu WomanFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Shide
2007 Kim Kum-il ManFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg April 25

Men's winners (2008–present)

YearPlayerNationClubRef.
2008 Ahmad Khalil Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Ahli
2009 Ki Sung-yueng Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg FC Seoul
2010 Jong Il-gwan Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Rimyongsu
2011 Hideki Ishige Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Shimizu S-Pulse
2012 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Duhok SC [1]
2013 Ali Adnan Kadhim Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Flag of Turkey.svg Çaykur Rizespor [2]
2014 Ahmed Moein Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eupen [3]
2015 Dostonbek Khamdamov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Bunyodkor [4]
2016 Ritsu Dōan Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka [5]
2017 Lee Seung-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Italy.svg Hellas Verona [6]
2018 Turki Al-Ammar Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Shabab
2019 Lee Kang-in Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Spain.svg Valencia [7]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022 Kuryu Matsuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg FC Tokyo

Women's winners (2008–present)

YearPlayerNationClubRef.
2008 Mana Iwabuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Beleza
2009 Mana Iwabuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Beleza
2010 Yeo Min-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Haman Daesan High School
2011 Caitlin Foord Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC
2012 Hanae Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds [8]
2013 Jang Sel-gi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Gangwon State University [9]
2014 Hina Sugita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Fujieda Junshin High School
2015 Rikako Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Tokiwagi Gakuen High School [10]
2016 Fuka Nagano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds [11]
2017 Sung Hyang-sim Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Pyongyang City [12]
2018 Saori Takarada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Cerezo Osaka Sakai
2019 Jun Endo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Beleza [13]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022 Maika Hamano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg INAC Kobe Leonessa [14]

Wins by country

NationWinners
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 4
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 2
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1

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