# Asian Young Footballer of the Year

The Asian Young Footballer of the Year award, officially known as the AFC Youth Player of the Year award, is presented to the best young football player in Asia. It has been awarded by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1995. It is usually presented during the AFC Annual Awards in November or December.

## Overall winners (1995–2007)

| Year | Player | Gender | Nation | Club |
| 1995 | Mohammed Al-Kathiri | Man | Oman | |
| 1996 | Bamrung Boonprom | Man | Thailand | Bangkok Bank |
| 1997 | Mehdi Mahdavikia | Man | Iran | Persepolis |
| 1998 | Shinji Ono | Man | Japan | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 1999 | Waleed Hamzah | Man | Qatar | Al-Arabi |
| 2000 | Ryoichi Maeda | Man | Japan | Jubilo Iwata |
| 2001 | Du Wei | Man | China | Shanghai Shenhua |
| 2002 | Lee Chun-soo | Man | South Korea | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
| 2003 | Yoshito Okubo | Man | Japan | Cerezo Osaka |
| 2004 | Park Chu-young | Man | South Korea | Korea University |
| 2005 | Choe Myong-ho | Man | North Korea | Kyonggongop |
| 2006 | Ma Xiaoxu | Woman | China | Dalian Shide |
| 2007 | Kim Kum-il | Man | North Korea | April 25 |

## Men's winners

| Year | Player | Nation | Club |
| 2008 | Ahmad Khalil | United Arab Emirates | Al-Ahli |
| 2009 | Ki Sung-yueng | South Korea | FC Seoul |
| 2010 | Jong Il-gwan | North Korea | Rimyongsu |
| 2011 | Hideki Ishige | Japan | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| 2012 | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | Iraq | Duhok SC |
| 2013 | Ali Adnan Kadhim | Iraq | Çaykur Rizespor |
| 2014 | Ahmed Moein | Qatar | Eupen |
| 2015 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Uzbekistan | Bunyodkor |
| 2016 | Ritsu Dōan | Japan | Gamba Osaka |
| 2017 | Lee Seung-woo | South Korea | Hellas Verona |
| 2018 | Turki Al-Ammar | Saudi Arabia | Al-Shabab |
| 2019 | Lee Kang-in | South Korea | Valencia |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 |||||
| 2022 | Kuryu Matsuki | Japan | FC Tokyo |
| 2023 | Abbosbek Fayzullaev | Uzbekistan | CSKA Moscow |

## Women's winners

| Year | Player | Nation | Club |
| 2008 | Mana Iwabuchi | Japan | Nippon TV Beleza |
| 2009 | Mana Iwabuchi | Japan | Nippon TV Beleza |
| 2010 | Yeo Min-ji | South Korea | Haman Daesan High School |
| 2011 | Caitlin Foord | Australia | Sydney FC |
| 2012 | Hanae Shibata | Japan | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2013 | Jang Sel-gi | South Korea | Gangwon State University |
| 2014 | Hina Sugita | Japan | Fujieda Junshin High School |
| 2015 | Rikako Kobayashi | Japan | Tokiwagi Gakuen High School |
| 2016 | Fuka Nagano | Japan | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2017 | Sung Hyang-sim | North Korea | Pyongyang City |
| 2018 | Saori Takarada | Japan | Cerezo Osaka Sakai |
| 2019 | Jun Endo | Japan | Nippon TV Beleza |
| Not awarded from 2020 to 2021 |||||
| 2022 | Maika Hamano | Japan | INAC Kobe Leonessa |
| 2023 | Chae Un-yong | North Korea | Wolmido SC |

## Wins by nationality

| Nation | Overall | Men | Women | Total |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |