The 2012 AFC Annual Awards was the top

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players and coaches of the year in

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. Among five candidates, Lee Keun-Ho win the Asian Footballer of the Year award for his role in winning

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for his club team.Korean Lee Keun-Ho wins 2012 AFC Player of the Year award
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, Japan women's football team player which won

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was awarded Asian Women Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row.

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and

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becomes the Youth Player of the Year.

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which won

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was named as the Club of the Year. Both Japan and South Korea's Olympic teams was named as women's and men's team was named as National Team of the Year.

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and

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were named as men's referee of the year.

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was awarded as the Coach of the Year. Rafael Henmi was awarded as Futsal Player of the Year.

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, winner of the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship was named as Futsal Club of the Year. Fair Play Award was given to the

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was awarded as the Best Football Federation in Asia.