Six Players In Running For AFC Player Of The Year Prize

The AFC Player of the Year suspense continues to grow with the latest list of contenders, which has been whittled down to six after the last match day on November 10.

Left in contention are just half a dozen of the best players in Asia.

The six contenders are:

Mohamed Noor (Saudi Arabia),
Kengo Nakamura and Yasuhito Endo (both Japan)
Sayed Mohamed Adnan (Bahrain)
Hadi Aghily (Iran)
Firas Al Khatib (Syria)

With several more matches left in the Asian football calendar, surprises are not ruled out as the list is calculated on the number of Most Valuable Player points accumulated by the players.

The AFC Player of the Year went to Uzbekistan’s Server Djeparov last year and previous holders include Ali Daei (Iran), Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) and Yasser Al Qahtani (Saudi Arabia).

This year the awards gala will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel here in Kuala Lumpur on November 24.