Asian Football Hall of Fame

AFC Hall of Fame

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]

## Inductees

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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 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

1. ^ The years of the player's first and last appearance for a professional club or national team.
2. ^ Other individual achievements awarded by Asian Football Confederation.

## Statistics

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### Inductees by country

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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

## See also

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* AFC Annual Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Asian Football Confederation announces Hall of Fame inductees". Boxscorenews. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
2. ^ a b Johnston, Patrick (21 November 2014). Peter Rutherford (ed.). "Kewell, Hong, Daei among AFC's first Hall of Fame inductees". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. ^ Chandra, Shikharr (22 October 2014). "Bhaichung Bhutia inducted in AFC's hall of fame". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
4. ^ "BHAICHUNG RECEIVES AFC 'HALL OF FAME AWARD'". Retrieved 30 November 2021.
5. ^ "Bhaichung Bhutia inducted in Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame". Retrieved 30 November 2021.
6. ^ "Asian Football Confederation announces Hall of Fame inductees". Boxscore World Sportswire. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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