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Best Footballer in Asia 2015

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Son Heung-min was the first player to win Best Footballer in Asia more than one time.

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 28 December 2015. Son became the first player to win the award on multiple occasions, and the first player to win the award consecutively.

Voting

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The panel of jurors was constituted by 20 journalists. 16 journalists represent AFC countries/regions including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea Republic, Macao, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists represent media outlets of non- AFC countries/regions including England, France, Germany and Italy.[1]

Rules

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Each juror selects 5 best footballers and awards them 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point respectively from their first choice to the fifth choice. The trophy of the Best Footballer in Asia is awarded to the player with the highest total of points.

Ranking

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Rank Name Club(s) Points
1 South Korea Son Heung-min Germany Bayer Leverkusen
England Tottenham Hotspur
49
2 China Zheng Zhi China Guangzhou Evergrande 32
3 Brazil Ricardo Goulart China Guangzhou Evergrande 32
4 United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 28
5 United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 27
6 Australia Massimo Luongo England Swindon Town
England Queens Park Rangers
25
7 Japan Shinji Kagawa Germany Borussia Dortmund 22
8 South Korea Ki Sung-yueng Wales Swansea City 15
9 Brazil Paulinho England Tottenham Hotspur
China Guangzhou Evergrande
12
10 Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 10
11 Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 9
12 Japan Masaaki Higashiguchi Japan Gamba Osaka 6
13 China Huang Bowen China Guangzhou Evergrande 5
Iran Andranik Teymourian Iran Tractor Sazi
Qatar Umm Salal
15 Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov Russia Krasnodar 4
Japan Yoshinori Muto Japan FC Tokyo
Germany Mainz 05
4
17 Thailand Theerathon Bunmathan Thailand Buriram United 3
Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
China Zhang Linpeng China Guangzhou Evergrande
20 Australia Aaron Mooy Australia Melbourne City 2
21 Turkmenistan Artur Gevorkyan Uzbekistan Nasaf 1
South Korea Kim Young-gwon China Guangzhou Evergrande
Brazil Lima United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
Japan Takashi Usami Japan Gamba Osaka

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Best Footballer in Asia: Son Heung-min was conferred the trophy by Sun Jihai (in Chinese) 热刺锋霸获2015年亚洲金球奖 特邀孙继海颁奖". Tencent Sports. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.