Best Footballer in Asia 2015
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The 2015 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of 20 sports journalists, was awarded to Son Heung-min on 28 December 2015. Son became the first player to win the award on multiple occasions, and the first player to win the award consecitively.
Voting[]
The panel of jurors was constituted by 20 journalists. 16 journalists represent AFC countries/regions including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea Republic, Macao, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists represent media outlets of non- AFC countries/regions including England, France, Germany and Italy.[1]
Rules[]
Each juror selects 5 best footballers and awards them 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point respectively from their first choice to the fifth choice. The trophy of the Best Footballer in Asia is awarded to the player with the highest total of points.
Ranking[]
Rank | Name | Club(s) | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Son Heung-min | Bayer Leverkusen Tottenham Hotspur |
49 |
2 | Zheng Zhi | Guangzhou Evergrande | 32 |
3 | Ricardo Goulart | Guangzhou Evergrande | 32 |
4 | Ahmed Khalil | Al-Ahli | 28 |
5 | Omar Abdulrahman | Al-Ain | 27 |
6 | Massimo Luongo | Swindon Town Queens Park Rangers |
25 |
7 | Shinji Kagawa | Borussia Dortmund | 22 |
8 | Ki Sung-yueng | Swansea City | 15 |
9 | Paulinho | Tottenham Hotspur Guangzhou Evergrande |
12 |
10 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Al-Nassr | 10 |
11 | Eldor Shomurodov | Bunyodkor | 9 |
12 | Masaaki Higashiguchi | Gamba Osaka | 6 |
13 | Huang Bowen | Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 |
Andranik Teymourian | Tractor Sazi Umm Salal | ||
15 | Odil Ahmedov | Krasnodar | 4 |
Yoshinori Muto | FC Tokyo Mainz 05 |
4 | |
17 | Theerathon Bunmathan | Buriram United | 3 |
Mohd Safiq Rahim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||
Zhang Linpeng | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
20 | Aaron Mooy | Melbourne City | 2 |
21 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | 1 |
Kim Young-gwon | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
Lima | Al-Ahli | ||
Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka |
References[]
- ^ "2015 Best Footballer in Asia: Son Heung-min was conferred the trophy by Sun Jihai (in Chinese) 热刺锋霸获2015年亚洲金球奖 特邀孙继海颁奖". Tencent Sports. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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