Asian Football Hall of Fame

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]

AFC Hall of Fame
Established30 November 2014
FounderAsian Football Confederation
Inductees10

Inductees

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[lower-alpha 1] AFC awards[lower-alpha 2]
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
  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

Inductees by country
Rank Country Inductees
Men Women Total
1  Iran202
 Japan112
3  Australia101
 China011
 India101
 Malaysia101
 Saudi Arabia101
 South Korea101

See also

References
  1. "Asian Football Confederation announces Hall of Fame inductees". Boxscorenews. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. Johnston, Patrick (21 November 2014). Peter Rutherford (ed.). "Kewell, Hong, Daei among AFC's first Hall of Fame inductees". Reuters. 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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