Two Iranians on 8th revised AFC list

PTV - Two Iranian soccer players are on the eighth revised list of contenders for the coveted AFC Player of the Year award released by the AFC.

Osasuna's Iranian midfielder Javad Nekounam and Saipa's captain Ebrahim Sadeqi are among the 19 contenders for the 2008 AFC Player of the Year Award.

The AFC Player of the Year will be announced on November 25.

The latest AFC list of candidates for the Player of the Year Award is as follows:

1. Ahmad Ajab ( Kuwait and Al Qadsia - Kuwait )
2. Ali Al Habsi ( Oman and Bolton Wanderers - England )
3. Andres Sebastian Soria Quintana ( Qatar and Qatar SC - Qatar )
4. Ebrahim Sadeqi ( Iran and Saipa - Iran )
5. Hong Yong-jo (DPR Korea and FK Bezanija - Serbia )
6. Ismael Matar (UAE and Al Wahda - UAE)
7. Javad Nekounam ( Iran and Osasuna - Spain )
8. Jehad Al Hussein ( Syria and Kuwait SC - Kuwait )
9. Kim Do-heon ( Korea Republic and WBA - England )
10. Kosin Haithairattankool ( Thailand and Chonburi - Thailand )
11. Odil Ahmedov ( Uzbekistan and Pakhtakor - Uzbekistan )
12. Mahmoud Karkar ( Syria and Al Ittihad - Syria )
13. Mitsuo Ogasawara ( Japan and Kashima Antlers - Japan )
14. Nantawat Thaensopa ( Thailand and Krung Thai Bank - Thailand )
15. Nathan Burns ( Australia and AEK Athens - Greece )
16. Server Djeparov ( Uzbekistan and Kuruvchi/Bunyodkor - Uzbekistan )
17. Yasser Al Qahtani ( Saudi Arabia and Al Hilal - Saudi Arabia )
18. Yuji Nakazawa ( Japan and Yokohama F Marinos - Japan )
19. Zaynitdin Tadjiyev ( Uzbekistan and Pakhtakor - Uzbekistan )