Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa & Koo Ja-Cheol Named In Six-Man Shortlist For AFC Player Of The Year Award

The Asian game's top individual honour will be announced in Kuala Lumpur next week with the candidates whittled down to six after the latest shortlist was revealed

16-Nov-2011 11:02:00 AM

By Ben Somerford

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Keisuke Honda & Shinji Kagawa - Japan
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The shortlist for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Player of the Year award has been narrowed down to six after an announcement on Wednesday.

Japan pair Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa, Korean duo Koo Ja-Cheol and Yeom Ki-Hun, Iran's Hadi Aghily and Uzbekistan's Server Djeparov are the final six in contention for the honour.

The AFC will hold its annual awards evening at a grand ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday November 23.

Honda and Kagawa, who are both based in Europe, played a key role as Japan lifted the 2011 Asian Cup, while Wolfsburg's Koo finished topscorer at the event.

The AFC has also announced the three candidates for the Women's Player of the Year award in Japanese trio Homare Sawa, Aya Miyama and Ayumi Kaihori.

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