AFC announces its 2018 awards. Qatar Abdul Karim Hassan best player

Qatar's Abdul Karim Hassan was named Asian footballer of the year 2018 at the AFC's annual conference on Wednesday, in the presence of Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Federation in Muscat, Oman.
Al Khalifa crowned Abdul Karim Hassan with the prize, while Wang Shuang won the best player award.

"The real champions are my colleagues from Al-Sadd and the Qatari team.This award will be an additional incentive for me to do more every time I enter the field." I would like to thank fans who continue to support us, "said Abdul Karim Hassan after receiving the award.
Hassan contributed to Al Sadd's semifinal in the 2018 Asian Champions League.

"I want to thank the AFC for this special award, as well as my colleagues and all those who are in the spotlight with the Chinese team," said Wang Chuang, who became the third Chinese player to win this prize after his compatriots Ziyazu and Baiji.

"We are celebrating tonight all the winners who are constantly working to raise the level every year, and Asian football continues to gain world success, thanks to our players, teams and national federations," Al Khalifa said at the ceremony.

"I congratulate the winners and all the candidates, while thanking our Omani Football Federation and its Government, as well as the Omani Government, for organizing this historic celebration in the magnificent capital of Muscat."

The youngest Saudi player, Turki Al-Ammar, won the young player award of the year, the Japanese Saori Takarada won the young player award of the year, while the Japanese Joe Oya has has been named Asia 's Best Coach of the Year. Asia

Japan's Asako Takakura won the best coach award after leading her country in the 2018 Asian Women's Cup for the sixth time in her career.

Iranian Reza Fagani won the Special Recognition Award for Judges, while Makoto Hasebe, a professional at Eintracht Frankfurt, won the award for Best Asian Professional Abroad.

Ali Ashkar Hassanzadeh, winner for the fourth year in a row of the Futsal Player of the Year award,

Former Chinese Football Federation president Zhang Zhilong won the Asia Diamond Award, the highest honor of the Confederacy of Nations, after four decades of contributions and service to Chinese and Asian football.

Al Khalifa awarded the Asian Diamond Award to Zhang Zhilong, former acting president of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) 2011-2013, in Beijing last week for not being able to attend for medical reasons at the time. Geelong's status expression as one of the most influential personalities in the history of Asian football.

"I am very honored to receive the Asia Diamond Award and I thank all the people who supported and encouraged me during my long trip to football," said Geelong, who was unable to travel to Muscat. .

Japanese Futoshi Ikeda and Thai Wild Pors won the AFC President's Award, presented by the AFC President, while the Japan Football Federation (JB) was awarded the prize for the best association, the North Korean Confederation of the best federation and the Mongolian Federation of the best federation.

The AFC President's awards were distributed to the Chinese Federation as the best-developed trade union, to the Singapore Confederation as the best and to the Palestinian Federation as the best federation in the making.