http://the-afc.com/2016-awards/afc-annual-awards-2016-full-list-of-nominees-announced AFC DREAM ASIA AWARD Japan Football Association Korea Football Association Qatar Football Association AFC MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR Inspiring Japan Football Association Korea Football Association United Arab Emirates Football Association Developing All India Football Federation Football Association of Malaysia Vietnam Football Federation Aspiring Bhutan Football Federation Football Federation of Cambodia Football Federation of Sri Lanka AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football Inspiring Football Federation Australia Japan Football Association Qatar Football Association Developing Hong Kong Football Association Philippine Football Federation Vietnam Football Federation Aspiring Football Federation of Sri Lanka Macau Football Association National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam AFC Coach of the Year Men Choi Kang-hee (Korea Republic) Makoto Teguramori (Japan) Atsushi Uchiyama (Japan) Women Chan Yuen Ting (Hong Kong) Miyo Okamoto (Japan) Ri Un-suk (DPR Korea) AFC Player of the Year Men Omar Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Hammadi Ahmed (Iraq) Wu Lei (China PR) Women Lisa De Vanna (Australia) Caitlin Foord (Australia) Tan Ruyin (China PR) AFC Youth Player of the Year Men Mohammed Dawood (Iraq) Rakan Shamlan M Alanaze (Saudi Arabia) Ritsu Doan (Japan) Women Fuka Nagano (Japan) Hana Takahashi (Japan) Sung Hyang Sim (North Korea) AFC International Player of the Year Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund - Japan) Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City - Japan) Son Heung-Min (Tottenham - South Korea)
It's a shame that this award is always dominated by players from the East zone (Japan, Korea and Australia). 2012 - Kagawa (Dortmund/Japan) 2013 - Nagatomo (Inter Milan/Japan) 2014 - Jedinak (Crystal Palace/Australia) 2015 - Son (Leverkusen/Korea) Unfortunately, West Asian players have been vastly overshadowed by players from the above three countries in European football leagues in the past and present.
So apparently a winner of a competition and the top scorer of that competition AND the MVP of that damn god competition lost to Amoori who didnt win anything in 2016? Hammadi Ahmad and Mohammed Dawood didnt win the awards! How come ?
Let's be honest here. AFC Cup is nothing compared to the AFC Champions League and Omar Abdulrahman is a better player than Hammadi Ahmad.
So did Omar win the AFC Champions League ? Did he win anything this year ? Being better is irrelative in the criteria so Im trying to understand how things work
They need to rename the afc player of the year award to reflect that it's now a domestic award. Don't reward players for staying in crap leagues.
The AFC should cancel this "AFC Player of the Year" award or atleast have another Award thats called "Best player in Asia" The Best player in Asia award is for playersplaying in Asia including players from non-AFC members countries but they have to play in any AFC league The other award AFC Player of the Year should include only AFC nation players including the pros playing outside the continent now you cant really have "the best player in Asia" in 2016 & 2015 but fail to qualify to the next world cup & dont compare this situation to Gabon's that just my opinion thank you and good night