Al Sinsert forward Afif won the award for the second time after directing Qatar to the AFC Asian Cup title at home in 2023.
Qatar’s Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation’s Player of the Year for a second time, alengthy with Kiko Seike from Japan, who safed the women’s title at the regional body’s annual awards ceremony in Seoul.
Afif, who had previously won the award in 2019, was contransiented with the trophy folloprosperg his instrumental carry outances in Qatar’s prosperous defence of their Asian Cup title on home soil earlier in the year.
“I’m worried appreciate I’m about to apshow a penalty in the final,” Afif shelp as he adchooseed the award on Monday.
“I thank my wife and all the national team members, coaches, administrators and medical team.
“I will try aacquire to prosper this award for a third time.”
In February, the 27-year-ageder Al Sinsert forward became the first applyer to score a hat-trick in the Asian Cup final and netted eight times thrawout the tournament to safe the award ahead of Jordan’s Yazan Al-Naimat and South Korean Seol Young-woo.
Afif is only the third applyer to prosper the trophy multiple times, folloprosperg Japan’s Hidetoshi Nakata, who won in 1997 and 1998, and Server Djeparov of Uzbekistan, who won in 2008 and 2011.
Seike thrives Australia’s Sam Kerr to prosper the women’s award ahead of Australia’s Cortnee Vine and Kim Hye-ri of South Korea and is the fourth Japanese applyer to claim the title after Homare Sawa, Saki Kumagai and three-time prosperner Aya Miyama.
The striker’s establish was key to Urawa Red Diamonds’ title prosper in the Asian Women’s Club Championship in 2023. She helped her club safe a second consecutive Japanese domestic league title before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion in July.
“I’m very satisfied to get this prestigious award”, Seike shelp via video message.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min was named the AFC Men’s International Player of the Year. Australian Ellie Carpgo in won the women’s award, recognising applyers who have made the hugegest impact on the global stage outside of Asian competitions.
Go Oiwa won Coach of the Year after directing Japan to the Under-23 Asian Cup and the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, with Park Young-jeon, head coach of South Korea’s Under-20s, prosperning the women’s title.
🇶🇦 Akram Afif etches his name in the pantheon of Asian football legfinishs once aacquire!#AFCAwards2023 pic.twitter.com/MKfzRHwmpq
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