UAE and Al Ain FC star Omar Abdulrahman will be vying for the AFC Player of the Year award on Thursday.
The 2016 AFC Awards are set to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 1 and the 25 year-old has been nominated for the coveted prize alongside Hammadi Ahmed of Iraq and China’s Wu Lei.
Abdulrahman guided Al Ain to the finals of the AFC Champions League where they were beaten 3-2 on aggregate at the hands of Lei’s Jeonbuk FC.
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AHMED AMAIESH - IRAQ (1988)
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SAEED OWAIRAN - SAUDI ARABIA (1994)
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KHODADAD AZIZI - IRAN (1996)
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ALI DAEI - IRAN (1999)
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NAWAF AL-TEMYAT - SAUDI ARABIA (2000)
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MEHDI MAHDAVIKIA - IRAN (2003)
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ALI KARIMI - IRAN (2004)
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HAMAD AL-MONTASHARI - SAUDI ARABIA (2005)
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KHALFAN IBRAHIM - QATAR (2006)
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YASSER AL QAHTANI - SAUDI ARABIA (2007)
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NASSER AL SHAMRANI - SAUDI ARABIA (2014)
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AHMED KHALIL - UAE (2015)
