AFC Hall of Fame | |
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Established | 30 November 2014 |
Founder | Asian Football Confederation |
Inductees | 10 |
The Asian Football Hall of Fame, officially known as AFC Hall of Fame, is a hall of fame for Asian professional footballers maintained by Asian Football Confederation. [1] [2] AFC officially created it for 60th anniversary of its foundation on 30 November 2014. [3] [4] [5]
A total of 10 players were inaugural inductees in 2014. [2] Inductees are listed according to the date of their induction and then sorted according to last name alphabetically.
Year | Inductee [6] | Nationality | Position | Gender | Career [a] | AFC awards [b] |
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2014 | Homayoun Behzadi | Iran |
Midfielder Forward |
Man | 1958–1972 |
Asian Cup top scorer: 1968 Asian Cup All Stars: 1967 |
2014 | Bhaichung Bhutia | India | Forward | Man | 1993–2013 | — |
2014 | Ali Daei | Iran | Forward | Man | 1988–2007 |
Player of the Year: 1999 Asian Cup top scorer: 1996 Asian Cup All Stars: 1996 Asian All Stars: 1993, 1998, 1999 |
2014 | Myung-bo Hong | South Korea | Defender | Man | 1992–2004 |
Asian Cup All Stars: 2000 Asian All Stars: 1993, 1997, 2000 |
2014 | Sami Jaber | Saudi Arabia | Forward | Man | 1988–2008 | — |
2014 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
Midfielder Forward |
Man | 1996–2014 | Asian Cup All Stars: 2007 |
2014 | Yasuhiko Okudera | Japan | Midfielder | Man | 1970–1988 | — |
2014 | Homare Sawa | Japan | Midfielder | Woman | 1991–2015 |
Women's Asian Cup MVP: 2008 Women's Player of the Year: 2004, 2009 |
2014 | Chin Ann Soh | Malaysia | Defender | Man | 1968–1988 |
Asian Cup All Stars: 1980 Asian All Stars: 1982 |
2014 | Wen Sun | China | Forward | Woman | 1989–2006 | Women's Player of the Year: 1999 |
Rank | Country | Inductees | ||
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Men | Women | Total | ||
1 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
China | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 |