On Sunday, the Arabic version of Goal.com had tweeted that Beiranvand has been shortlisted for Asia’s best football player of the year. However, in the list published by the official website of the AFC, Japanese player Kento Misao has replaced Team Melli’s goalie.
Elsewhere in the list, there are two Iranian nominees for AFC Futsal Player of the Year; Ali Asghar Hasanzadeh and Mahdi Javid who have Rafael Henmi of Japan as their rival.
This year’s ceremony will be held at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre in Muscat on November 28, 2018, at 7:00 pm local time
Here is the full list of nominees:
Football Player of the Year
Men
Kento Misao (Kashima Antlers and JPN)
Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers and JPN)
Abdelkarim Hassan (Al Sadd and QAT)
Women
Samantha Kerr (AUS)
Wang Shuang (CHN)
Saki Kumagai (JPN)
AFC Futsal Player of the Year
Rafael Henmi (JPN)
Ali Asghar Hasanzadeh (IRN)
Mahdi Javid (IRN)
AFC Youth Player of the Year
Women
Fuka Nagano (JPN)
Moeka Minami (JPN)
Saori Takarada (JPN)
Men
Jun Nishikawa (JPN)
Jeon Se-jin (KOR)
Turki Al Ammar (KSA)
AFC Coach of the Year
Women
Asako Takakura (JPN)
Miyo Okamoto (JPN)
Nuengrutai Srathongvian (THA)
Men
Basim Hamdan (IRQ)
Go Oiwa (JPN)
Ravshan Khaydarov (UZB)
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