Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award, officially known as the AFC Youth Player of the Year award, is presented to the best young football player in Asia. It has been awarded by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1995. It is usually presented during the AFC Annual Awards in November or December.

Overall winners (1995–2007)

Year	Player	Gender	Nation	Club	Ref.
1995	Mohammed Al-Kathiri	Man	Oman
1996	Bamrung Boonprom	Man	Thailand	Bangkok Bank
1997	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Man	Iran	Persepolis
1998	Shinji Ono	Man	Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds
1999	Waleed Hamzah	Man	Qatar	Al-Arabi
2000	Ryoichi Maeda	Man	Japan	Jubilo Iwata
2001	Du Wei	Man	China	Shanghai Shenhua
2002	Lee Chun-soo	Man	South Korea	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003	Yoshito Okubo	Man	Japan	Cerezo Osaka
2004	Park Chu-young	Man	South Korea	Korea University
2005	Choe Myong-ho	Man	North Korea	Kyonggongop
2006	Ma Xiaoxu	Woman	China	Dalian Shide
2007	Kim Kum-il	Man	North Korea	April 25

Men's winners

Year	Player	Nation	Club	Ref.
2008	Ahmad Khalil	United Arab Emirates	Al-Ahli
2009	Ki Sung-yueng	South Korea	FC Seoul
2010	Jong Il-gwan	North Korea	Rimyongsu
2011	Hideki Ishige	Japan	Shimizu S-Pulse
2012	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	Iraq	Duhok SC	[1]
2013	Ali Adnan Kadhim	Iraq	Çaykur Rizespor	[2]
2014	Ahmed Moein	Qatar	Eupen	[3]
2015	Dostonbek Khamdamov	Uzbekistan	Bunyodkor	[4]
2016	Ritsu Dōan	Japan	Gamba Osaka	[5]
2017	Lee Seung-woo	South Korea	Hellas Verona	[6]
2018	Turki Al-Ammar	Saudi Arabia	Al-Shabab
2019	Lee Kang-in	South Korea	Valencia	[7]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022	Kuryu Matsuki	Japan	FC Tokyo
2023	Abbosbek Fayzullaev	Uzbekistan	CSKA Moscow	[8]

Women's winners

Year	Player	Nation	Club	Ref.
2008	Mana Iwabuchi	Japan	Nippon TV Beleza
2009	Mana Iwabuchi	Japan	Nippon TV Beleza
2010	Yeo Min-ji	South Korea	Haman Daesan High School
2011	Caitlin Foord	Australia	Sydney FC
2012	Hanae Shibata	Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds	[9]
2013	Jang Sel-gi	South Korea	Gangwon State University	[10]
2014	Hina Sugita	Japan	Fujieda Junshin High School
2015	Rikako Kobayashi	Japan	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School	[11]
2016	Fuka Nagano	Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds	[12]
2017	Sung Hyang-sim	North Korea	Pyongyang City	[13]
2018	Saori Takarada	Japan	Cerezo Osaka Sakai
2019	Jun Endo	Japan	Nippon TV Beleza	[14]
Not awarded from 2020 to 2021
2022	Maika Hamano	Japan	INAC Kobe Leonessa	[15]
2023	Chae Un-yong	North Korea	Wolmido SC	[16]

Wins by nationality

Nation	Overall	Men	Women	Total
Japan	3	3	9	15
South Korea	2	3	2	7
North Korea	2	1	2	5
China	2	0	0	2
Iraq	0	2	0	2
Qatar	1	1	0	2
Uzbekistan	0	2	0	2
Australia	0	0	1	1
Iran	1	0	0	1
Oman	1	0	0	1
Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
Thailand	1	0	0	1
United Arab Emirates	0	1	0	1

See also

• AFC Annual Awards