KUANTAN (3 April 2013) – AFF President, HRH Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, was awarded the ASEAN Goodwill Award at tonight’s inaugural AFF Awards 2013 ceremony. Sultan Haji Ahmad, who is also the President of the FA of Malaysia, received the award for his outstanding acts and gestures of goodwill and fairplay through football.
“My aim is always to help bring the people of ASEAN together. We must remember that we must be strong as a region. United we stand,
Tonight also saw former AFF President, His Excellency Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithaudeen receiving the AFF Life Service Award. Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen received the award from Sultan Haji Ahmad.
In other awards announced tonight, Singapore skipper Mohammad Shahril Ishak bagged the inaugural AFF Player of the Year Award while Thailand’s Suphawut Thuenklang was voted the AFF Futsal Player of the Year.
“As a player, I’m really grateful for this award as it showed that all my efforts to go to training and playing matches is well recognized,” added Sharil.
HRH Prince Sufri Bolkiah, the president of the National FA of Brunei Darussalam (at left) with His Excellency Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithaudeen (right)
The following are the list of winners:
ASEAN Goodwill Award: His Royal Highness Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
AFF Life Service Award: His Excellency Tengku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Rithaudeen
AFF Assistant Referee of the Year 2012 (women): Widiya Habibah Shamsuri (Mas)
AFF Assistant Referee of the Year 2012 (men): Tang Yew Mun (Sin)
AFF Referee of the Year 2012 (women): Pannipar Kamnueng (Tha)
AFF Referee of the Year 2012 (men): Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Sin)
AFF Youth Player of the Year 2012: Keoviengphet Litideth (Lao)
AFF Futsal Player of the Year 2012: Suphawut Thuenklang (Tha)
AFF Futsal Team of the Year 2012: Thailand
AFF Member Association of the Year 2012: Myanmar Football Federation
AFF National Team of the Year 2012 (women): Vietnam
AFF National Team of the Year 2012 (men): Singapore
AFF Coach of the Year 2012 (women): Kumada Yoshinori (Mya)
AFF Coach of the Year 2012 (men): Avramovic Radojko (Sin)
AFF Player of the Year 2012 (women): Dang Thi Kieu Trinh (Vie)
AFF Player of the Year 2012 (men): Mohammad Shahril Ishak (Sin)
AFF Best XI
Goalkeeper: Kawin Thamsatchanan (Tha)
Rightback: Nguyen Minh Duc (Vie)
Centreback: Baihakki Khaizan (Sin)
Leftback: Panupong Wongsa (Tha)
Leftback: Theerathon Bunmathan (Tha)
Right midfield: Kyi Lin (Mya)
Centre midfield: Safiq Rahim (Mas)
Left midfield: Anucha Kitpongsri (Tha)
Strike: Mohammad Shahril Ishak (Sin)
Striker: Teerasil Dangda (Tha)
Dang Thi Kieu Tring left with the AFF ASEAN Player of the Year award Women alongside Shahril Ishak of Singapore with the AFF ASEAN Player of the Year award (Men)
Winners all
Singapore scooped up several awards including for AFF Best Player and also for AFF Best Coach
