{"id":3809,"date":"2024-10-11T08:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2024-10-11T08:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:49:15","slug":"qatars-akram-afif-nominated-for-afc-player-of-the-year-award-according-to-doha-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/qatars-akram-afif-nominated-for-afc-player-of-the-year-award-according-to-doha-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar&#8217;s Akram Afif nominated for AFC Player of the Year Award, according to Doha News."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Akram Afif, a standout player in Qatar\u2019s Asian Cup defense and a crucial contributor to Al Sadd&#8217;s successful league season, is in the running for his second AFC Player of the Year award. Previously honored in 2019, Afif showcased his skills during the AFC Asian Cup 2023, netting eight goals and providing three assists, earning the titles of Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer.<\/p>\n<p>At 27, Afif has been pivotal for Al Sadd in the 2023\/24 Qatar Stars League, scoring 26 goals and assisting 11 times in just 22 games, and clinching the league&#8217;s best player award. He will compete against Jordan\u2019s Yazan Al-Naimat and South Korea\u2019s Seol Young-woo for this prestigious accolade.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Naimat is a strong contender thanks to his exceptional performance that led Jordan to their first Asian Cup final, where Afif played a crucial role by scoring a hat-trick of penalties that dashed Jordan\u2019s hopes. Afif&#8217;s previous achievement in 2019 made him the third Qatari to win this award, joining the ranks of Khalfan Ibrahim and Abdelkarim Hassan, who are also his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s category, Australia\u2019s Cortnee Vine, Japan\u2019s Kiko Seike, and South Korea\u2019s Kim Hye-ri will contend for the AFC Player of the Year award. Additionally, Australian defender Ellie Carpenter and Japanese midfielder Yui Hasegawa will vie for the Asian International Player of the Year title.<\/p>\n<p>The 28th edition of the AFC Annual Awards will take place in Seoul, South Korea, on October 29.<\/p>\n<h3>Full List of Nominees<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AFC Player of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nYazan Al Naimat (Al Ahli SC\/Al Arabi SC and JOR)<br \/>\nSeol Young-woo (Ulsan HD\/Crvena Zvezda and KOR)<br \/>\nAkram Afif (Al Sadd SC and QAT)  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AFC Women\u2019s Player of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nCortnee Vine (Sydney FC\/North Carolina Courage and AUS)<br \/>\nKiko Seike (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies\/Brighton Hove &amp; Albion and JPN)<br \/>\nKim Hye-ri (Hyundai Steel Red Angels and KOR)  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AFC Asian International Player of the Year (Men)<\/strong><br \/>\nMehdi Taremi (FC Porto\/Internazionale and IRN)<br \/>\nMousa Al Tamari (Montpellier HSC and JOR)<br \/>\nSon Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur and KOR)  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AFC Asian International Player of the Year (Women)<\/strong><br \/>\nEllie Carpenter (Olympique Lyonnais and AUS)<br \/>\nYui Hasegawa (Manchester City and JPN)  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AFC Coach of the Year (Men)<\/strong><br \/>\nGraham Arnold (Australia and AUS)<br \/>\nGo Oiwa (Japan U23 and JPN)<br \/>\nHwang Sun-hong (Korea Republic U23 and KOR)  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>AFC Coach of the Year (Women)<\/strong><br \/>\nLeah Blayney (Australia Women U20 and AUS)<br \/>\nTomomi Miyamoto (Japan Women and JPN)<br \/>\nPark Youn-jeong (Korea Republic Women U20 and KOR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akram Afif, a standout player in Qatar\u2019s Asian Cup defense and a crucial contributor to Al Sadd&#8217;s successful league season, is in the running for his second AFC Player of the Year award. Previously honored in 2019, Afif showcased his skills during the AFC Asian Cup 2023, netting eight goals and providing three assists, earning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[920,2148,2149,2152,2151,2146,2023,148,2150,165,2153,924,2145,719,2147,329],"class_list":{"0":"post-3809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-afc","9":"tag-afc-annual-awards-doha-2022","10":"tag-afc-player-of-the-year","11":"tag-afif","12":"tag-akram","13":"tag-akram-afif","14":"tag-award","15":"tag-doha","16":"tag-mehdi-taremi","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nominated","19":"tag-player","20":"tag-qatar-football-association","21":"tag-qatars","22":"tag-son-heung-min","23":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3811,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions\/3811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}