Official: Salem Al Dawsari Crowned Asian Footballer Of The Year
Written By Jacobs Dunga
The Saudi Arabian captain has won the award for the year 2025.
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Salem Al Dawsari has won the 2025 Asian footballer of the year.
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The Al Hilal and Saudi Arabian winger won the award over Qatar’s Akram Afif at the awards ceremony on Thursday evening.
In 42 matches across January hitherto, Al Dawsari scored 21 goals and contributed 16 assists for club and country for a total of 37 goal contributions.
Al Dawsari joins an elite list of two time winners that includes Akram Hafif, Hidetoshi Nakata and the likes.
The captain of the national team of Saudi Arabia and Al Hilal hopes to build on this achievement in the coming seasons.
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“Praise be to God for the second crowning after the hard work.”
“Insha’Allah, the award will not be an obstacle for me, but rather an incentive in all the upcoming seasons.”
Salem’s achievement as the AFC Player of the Year completes a remarkable run of achievements by Al-Hilal’s Asian giants: Nawaf Al-Temyat 2000, Yasser Al-Qahtani 2007, Nasser Al-Shamrani 2014, Omar Kharbin 2017, and Salem Al-Dawsari 2022.
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