South Korean pair Son Heung-min and Ki Sung Yueng and Australian midfielder Massimo Luongo were shortlisted on November 25 for the Asian Football Confederation’s International Player of the Year award (Asian Award). Luongo was named Player of the Tournament as Australia beat South Korea to win the Asian Cup on home soil in January.
The fledgling award is one of 21 that will be handed out at the AFC annual ceremony in New Delhi on November 29.
The AFC Player of the Year award, for those who play their club football in the continent, will be contested by Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi and Emirati duo Omar Abdulrahman and Ahmed Khalil.
About Asian Award:-
- The Asian Awards is an award ceremony which takes place in the United Kingdom that recognises and rewards exemplary achievement across 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport.
- Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel consisting a panel co-chaired by Baroness Verma of Leicester and Nat Wei, Baron Wei.
- The Asian Awards, reward outstanding achievement from within the global Asian community.
- In 2010 and 2011, the awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or Bangladesh.
- In 2013, the Asian Awards were opened to all people of both South and Eastern Asian origin.
- This pan-Asian expansion continued through to the 4th and 5th Asian Awards.
The Asian Awards, an annual awards ceremony founded by businessman Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group company. The awards also support charities through the event
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The 6th Asian Awards will take place on 8th April 2016 in ____________.
