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Best Footballer in Asia 2013

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As the inaugural winner, Keisuke Honda held the Best Footballer in Asia trophy in the conference hall of the San Siro stadium on March 16th, 2014

The Best Footballer in Asia 2013 was the inaugural Best Footballer in Asia. Based upon the voting of a panel of 22 journalists the winner was Keisuke Honda. On March 16, 2014, the trophy was conferred to Keisuke Honda by Luo Ming, the deputy chief editor of Titan Sports in San Siro stadium.[1]

Voting

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The panel was constituted by 18 journalists from AFC nations/regions including Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Macao, Qatar, Palestine Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists from England, France, Germany and Italy representing non-AFC media outlets.

Rankings

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Rank Name Club Points
1 Japan Keisuke Honda Russia CSKA Moscow 46
2 Brazil Elkeson China Guangzhou Evergrande 32
3 Argentina Darío Conca China Guangzhou Evergrande 32
4 China Zheng Zhi China Guangzhou Evergrande 31
5 South Korea Son Heung-min Germany Bayer Leverkusen 31
6 Brazil Muriqui China Guangzhou Evergrande 27
7 Iran Javad Nekounam Iran Esteghlal 25
8 Japan Yuto Nagatomo Italy Internazionale 23
9 Japan Shinji Kagawa England Manchester United 11
10 Australia Robbie Kruse Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf / Germany Bayer Leverkusen 11
11 South Korea Ha Dae-Sung South Korea FC Seoul 8
12 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović South Korea FC Seoul 8
13 Japan Shinji Okazaki Germany VfB Stuttgart / Germany Mainz 05 7
14 Japan Maya Yoshida England Southampton 6
15 Japan Atsuto Uchida Germany Schalke 04 5
16 Japan Hisato Satō Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5
17 Japan Yoichiro Kakitani Japan Cerezo Osaka 3
18 Brazil Rogerinho Kuwait Al-Kuwait 3
19 Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake Germany 1. FC Nürnberg 2
Jordan Saeed Murjan Jordan Al-Arabi / Kuwait Kazma 2
Japan Yoshito Ōkubo Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2
Japan Yuya Osako Japan Kashima Antlers 2
South Korea Park Chu-young Spain Celta de Vigo/ England Arsenal 2
China Zeng Cheng China Guangzhou Evergrande 2
25 Jordan Ahmad Hayel Kuwait Al-Arabi 1
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 1
India Lalrindika Ralte India East Bengal 1

References

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  1. ^ "Titan Sports conferred the 'Best Footballer in Asia' trophy to Keisuke Honda (in Chinese) 本田圭佑荣膺亚洲金球奖 体坛周报远赴圣西罗颁奖". Titan Sports. 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.