Best Footballer in Asia 2014

The 2014 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Son Heung-min on 28 November 2014.

Son Heung-min was conferred the trophy at the BayArena in March 2015

Voting edit

The panel of jurors was constituted by 24 journalists. 20 journalists represent AFC countries/regions including Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Macao, Malaysia, 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]

Ranking edit

Rank Name Club(s) Points
1   Son Heung-min   Bayer Leverkusen 74
2   Keisuke Honda   Milan 56
3   Ante Covic   Western Sydney Wanderers 37
4   Tim Cahill   New York Red Bulls 35
5   Nasser Al-Shamrani   Al-Hilal 27
6   Asamoah Gyan   Al-Ain 25
7   Shinji Okazaki   Mainz 05 18
8   Ki Sung-yueng   Sunderland
  Swansea City
18
9   Reza Ghoochannejhad   Charlton Athletic
  Kuwait SC
16
10   Tomi Juric   Western Sydney Wanderers 13
11   Saif Al Hashan   Qadsia 9
12   Koo Ja-cheol   Mainz 05 3
  Yoshinori Muto   FC Tokyo
14   Ali Adnan   Çaykur Rizespor 2
  Vitaliy Denisov   Lokomotiv Moscow
  Khalfan Ibrahim   Al-Sadd
  Lee Keun-ho   Sangju Sangmu
  El Jaish
  Ashraf Nu'man   Taraji Wadi Al-Nes
  Al-Faisaly
19   Ismail Ahmed   Al-Ain 1
  Juan Belencoso   Kitchee
  Ashkan Dejagah   Fulham
  Al-Arabi

References edit

  1. ^ "Best Footballer in Asia 2014: Son Heung-min won the laurel while no Chinese player wins points (in Chinese) 2014亚洲金球奖:韩国锋线巨星封王 中国0人". Tencent Sports. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2017.