2011 AFC Annual Awards explained

2011 AFC Annual Awards
Date:	23 November 2011
Presenter:	Asian Football Confederation
Award1 Type:	AFC Player of the Year
Award1 Winner:	Men's: Server Djeparov Women's: Aya Miyama
Award2 Type:	AFC Coach of the Year
Award2 Winner:	Men's: Norio Sasaki Women's: Takako Tezuka
Award3 Type:	AFC Youth Player of the Year
Award3 Winner:	Men's: Hideki Ishige Women's: Caitlin Foord
Award4 Type:	AFC International Player of the Year
Award5 Type:	AFC Futsal Player of the Year
Award5 Winner:	Mohammad Keshavarz
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The 2011 AFC Annual Awards was the top football players and coaches of the year in Asia.

Among six candidates, Server Djeparov win the Asian Footballer of the Year award for the second time.^[1]

Aya Miyama, Japan women's football team player which won 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year.

Hideki Ishige and Caitlin Foord becomes the Youth Player of the Year. Al-Sadd which won 2011 AFC Champions League was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan's men and women's team was named as National Team of the Year.

Ravshan Irmatov and . Norio Sasaki was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Mohammad Keshavarz, MVP of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year. Nagoya Oceans, winner of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the South Korea national football team.

Winners

Only two players of shortlist competed for the award under a rule, which omitted nominees who didn't attend the ceremony.

Gender	Player	Nationality	Club
Men	Hideki Ishige		Shimizu S-Pulse
Women			Sydney FC