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- International Football Historical Statistics Federation AnnouncedSelection of Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in, and Kim Min-jae
Son Heung-min (34, LAFC), Kim Min-jae (30, Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (25, Paris Saint-Germain) have been named the 2025 Asia Best 11 of the Year by the International Federation of Football History Statistics (IFFHS).
IFFHS selected and announced the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) team of Asian nationalities on the 27th (Korea time). IFFHS is announcing not only the World's Best 11 of the year, but also the Best 11 of each continental football federation in order.
Son Heung-min was listed as the front-line one-top striker on the AFC's team of the year based on the 3-4-3 formation, Lee Kang-in as the left midfielder and Kim Min-jae as the center back.
While Son Heung-min has been named Asia's Best 11 of the Year for six consecutive years since 2020, Kim Min-jae has also been selected for four consecutive years since 2022, and Lee Kang-in has been selected for three consecutive years from 2023.
On the other hand, Hwang Hee-chan (30, Wolverhampton), who has been named the AFC's Best 11 of the Year for three consecutive years since 2022, was not listed in 2025.
While three Korean players were named in the best 11, Japan was selected as many as five.
Kubo Takefusa (Real Sociedad), who was selected as the right-side striker, Sano Gaishu (Mainz05) and Doan Ritz (Frankfurt) were midfielders, Hatate Leo (Celtic) was the defender, and Suzuki Zaion (Parma Calcho) were the goalkeepers, respectively.
In addition, Saudi Arabia's Salem Aldousari (Al-Hilal) and Mohammed Kanno (Al-Hilal) were selected as strikers and midfielders, respectively, while Uzbekistan's Abdukodir Husanov, who plays for Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL), was selected as center back.
In the 2024 IFFHS Asia Best 11 announced last year, there were as many as six Japanese players, four Korean players (Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Kang-in), and one Qatar, but this year, Japan had five, South Korea three, Saudi two, and Uzbekistan one.
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