Javad Nekounam

PLDC - Kuala Lumpur, The ceremony for the AFC Annual Awards 2013 was held at the Headquarter of Asian Football Confederation on Tuesday.


Although Iran was nominated for six titles to receive the trophy, none of these titles was awarded to Iran’s football.

Iran was nominated for 6 categories including:
Football player of the year: Javad Nekounam
Football national team of the year
Futsal team of the year: Giti Pasand Esfahan
Futsal national team of the year
Futsal player of the year: Hossein Tayebi (Giti Pasand)
Assisstant referee of the year: Hassan Kamranifar

Team Melli and Javad Nekoonam whose chances were high, lost the competition to other competitors and remained with no award.   

The tops of Asia 2013 were selected as follows:

AFC Player of the Year: Zheng Zhi
AFC Youth Player of the Year: Ali Adnan Kadhim
AFC Women's Youth Player of the Year: Jang Sel-gi
AFC Coach of the Year: Choi Yong-soo
AFC Women's Coach of the Year: Asako Takemoto
AFC National Team of the Year: Iraq U-20s
AFC Women's National Team of the Year: Korea Republic U-19s
AFC Club of the Year: Guangzhou Evergrande
AFC 'Aspiring' MA of the Year: Pakistan
AFC 'Developing' MA of the Year: Jordan
AFC 'Inspiring' MA of the Year: China
AFC Diamond of Asia: Dr.Chung Mong-joon
MA of the Year for Grassroots Football: Japan
AFC Referee of the Year: Ben Williams
AFC Women's Referee of the Year: Sachiko Yamagishi
AFC Assistant Referee of the Year: Toshiyuki Nagi
AFC Women's Assistant Referee of the Year: Allyson Flynn
AFC Asian International Player of the Year:Yuto Nagatomo
AFC Foreign Player of the Year: Muriqui
AFC Futsal Player of the Year: Suphawut Thueanklang
AFC Futsal Team of the Year: Chonburi Bluewave
AFC Fair Play Award: China
AFC Dream Asia Award: Myanmar


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