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.
Steven George Gerrard {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football coach and former professional footballer who serves as an academy coach at Liverpool.
 He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team, with most of that time spent as club captain.
 Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award.
 In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
 A versatile and well-rounded player, highly regarded for his leadership, Gerrard is the only footballer in history to score in an FA Cup Final, a League Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and a UEFA Champions League Final, winning on each occasion.
Cha Du-Ri (; ] or ] ] ; born 25 July 1980) is a retired German-born South Korean professional footballer.
 He played as a right back, right winger, or striker.
 He is the first Korean player who was born outside of Korea to have played in a FIFA World Cup.
 Cha's father, Cha Bum-Kun played in the 1986 World Cup.
 Cha Du-Ri has also played for one of his father's old clubs, Eintracht Frankfurt.
 During the third-place match of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup against Uzbekistan, Cha captained the national team in place of the regular Korean captain, Park Ji-Sung.
The 2015 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of 20 sports journalists, was awarded to Son Heung-min on the 28th December, 2015.
 Son Heung-min became the first footballer who won Best Footballer in Asia for more than one time, and the first footballer who won this trophy in succession.
Gu Sung-yun (Korean: 구성윤 , born 27 June 1994) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Japanese club Consadole Sapporo.
 He also plays for the South Korea national team.
Ki Sung-yueng (Korean: 기성용 , ] ; born 24 January 1989) is a South Korean professional footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Swansea City, and serves as captain of the South Korean national team.
Kwon Dae-hee (Korean: 권대희 ), ] or ] ] , born on 16 August 1989, is a South Korean professional footballer.
 He currently plays in Thailand for PT Prachuap in the Thai League 2 as Central Defender.
Ji So-yun (Korean: 지소연 , ] ; born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Chelsea LFC in the FA WSL and the South Korean national team.
Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a retired Mexican professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.
 A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, Sánchez is widely regarded as Mexico's greatest-ever footballer, and one of the greatest players of his generation.
 In 1999, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the CONCACAF region.
 In 2004 Sánchez was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
 He is the fourth highest scorer in the history of Spain's top division, and is the sixth highest goalscorer in Real Madrid's history.
Son Heung-min (Hangul: 손흥민 ; Hanja: 孫興慜 ; ] ; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korea national team.

Question: Which South Korean professional footballer was awarded 2015 Best Footballer in Asia?
Answer: Son Heung-min