Best Footballer in Asia 2013

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.[1]

As the inaugural winner, Keisuke Honda held the Best Footballer in Asia trophy in the conference hall of the San Siro stadium on March 16th, 2014

Voting

The panel was constituted by 18 journalists from AFC nations/regions including Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Macao, Qatar, Palestine Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists from England, France, Germany and Italy representing non-AFC media outlets.

Rankings
Rank Name Club Points
1Japan Keisuke HondaRussia CSKA Moscow46
2Brazil ElkesonChina Guangzhou Evergrande32
3Argentina Darío ConcaChina Guangzhou Evergrande32
4China Zheng ZhiChina Guangzhou Evergrande31
5South Korea Son Heung-minGermany Bayer Leverkusen31
6Brazil MuriquiChina Guangzhou Evergrande27
7Iran Javad NekounamIran Esteghlal25
8Japan Yuto NagatomoItaly Internazionale23
9Japan Shinji KagawaEngland Manchester United11
10Australia Robbie KruseGermany Fortuna Düsseldorf / Germany Bayer Leverkusen11
11South Korea Ha Dae-SungSouth Korea FC Seoul8
12Montenegro Dejan DamjanovićSouth Korea FC Seoul8
13Japan Shinji OkazakiGermany VfB Stuttgart / Germany Mainz 057
14Japan Maya YoshidaEngland Southampton6
15Japan Atsuto UchidaGermany Schalke 045
16Japan Hisato SatōJapan Sanfrecce Hiroshima5
17Japan Yoichiro KakitaniJapan Cerezo Osaka3
18Brazil RogerinhoKuwait Al-Kuwait3
19Japan Hiroshi KiyotakeGermany 1. FC Nürnberg2
Jordan Saeed MurjanJordan Al-Arabi / Kuwait Kazma2
Japan Yoshito ŌkuboJapan Kawasaki Frontale2
Japan Yuya OsakoJapan Kashima Antlers2
South Korea Park Chu-youngSpain Celta de Vigo/ England Arsenal2
China Zeng ChengChina Guangzhou Evergrande2
25Jordan Ahmad HayelKuwait Al-Arabi1
Japan Shunsuke NakamuraJapan Yokohama F. Marinos1
India Lalrindika RalteIndia East Bengal1

References
  1. "Titan Sports conferred the 'Best Footballer in Asia' trophy to Keisuke Honda (in Chinese) 本田圭佑荣膺亚洲金球奖 体坛周报远赴圣西罗颁奖". Titan Sports. 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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