AFC Player of the Year
China’s Zheng Zhi beat Javad Nekounam of Iran and Ha Dae-Sung from South Korea to win the Asian Player of the Year award in 2013. The 33-year-old, captain for his club Guangzhou Evergrande and the country’s national team, said it was a “special feeling” to win the Asian Football Confederation prize after a distinguished career at home and in Europe.