Futsal Team Melli Captain , Mohammad Keshavarz has been nominated once again for the AFC Futsal Player of the Year award 2012. Keshavarz joins Ali Karimi who is nominated in the best football player award. Karimi has won the award in 2004.
It will be a historical first for both the players , as no Iranian player has managed to grab the award on two different occasions.
Ali Karimi , has played for Bayten Munic and Schalke 04 after his succes in the Asain Cup 2004 where he was sel cted as the tournament best player and also the top scorer. Karimi also played for Qatar FC , Steel Azin before setteling in Perspolis.
Mohammad Keshavarz has played for several clubs in the last 10 years. The 30 years old Captain of Iran’s Futsal team has played for Kowser,Shensa Saveh, Shahid Mansouri, Foolad Mahan, Shahid Mansouri before moving in 2011 to Giti Pasand, where his is currently the captain.
| AFC ANNUAL AWARDS 2012 NOMINEES
(in alphabetical order)
AFC DREAM ASIA AWARD All Nepal Football Association (Nepal) SALT Academy (Cambodia) United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE) Myanmar Football Federation (Myanmar ) National Unity & Integrity Dept (JPNIN) -(Malaysia)
AFC MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR IR Iran Football Federation Japan Football Association Korea Football Association Qatar Football Association
AFC FAIR PLAY ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR Football Federation Australia IR Iran Football Federation Uzbekistan Football Federation
AFC CLUB OF THE YEAR Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) Kuwait SC (Kuwait) Ulsan Hyundai (Korea Republic) AFC FUTSAL TEAM OF THE YEAR Iran
AFC NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR WOMEN DPR Korea U-17 Team Japan Olympic Team Japan U-20 Team
MEN Japan Olympic Team Korea Olympic Team UAE Olympic Team AFC ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR WOMEN Cui Yongmei (China) Kim Kyoung Min (Korea Republic) Widiya Habibah Binti Shamsuri (Malaysia)
MEN Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) Matthew James Cream (Australia) Rasulov Abdukhamidullo (Uzbekistan)
AFC REFEREE OF THE YEAR WOMEN Qin Liang (China) Ri Hyang Ok (DPR Korea) Yamagishi Sachiko (Japan)
MEN Faghani Alireza Mohammad ( Iran) Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) AFC COACH OF THE YEAR WOMEN Honda Midori (Japan) Takemoto Asako (Japan) Tezuka Takako (Japan)
MEN Hong Myung Bo (Korea Republic) Kim Ho Kon (Korea Republic) Sasaki Norio (Japan)
AFC FUTSAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mohamad Keshavarz (Iran) Rafael Henmi (Japan) Thueanklang Suphawut (Thailand)
WOMEN Hasegawa Yui (Japan) Ri Hyang Sim (DPR Korea) Shibata Hanae (Japan)
MEN Mohanad Abdulraheem Karrar (Iraq) Moon Chang Jin (Korea Republic) Taro Sugimoto (Japan)
AFC ASIAN INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mark Schwarzer (Australia) – Fulham, England Shinji Kagawa (Japan) – Manchester United, England Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) – Inter Milan, Italy
AFC FOREIGN PLAYER OF THE YEAR Bruno Correa (Brazil) – Al Nasr (UAE) Ricardo de Oliveira (Brazil) – Al Jazira (UAE) Rogerio de Assis Silva Coutinho (Brazil)- Kuwait SC (Kuwait)
AFC WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR Aya Miyama (Japan) Homare Sawa (Japan) Yuki Ogimi (Japan) AFC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Lee Keun Ho (Korea Republic) Lucas Neill (Australia) Mohammad Ali Karimi (Iran) Mohsen Bengar (Iran) Zheng Zhi (China) |