The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the second shortlist of contenders for the 2011 AFC Player of the Year award.

Japan, Iran and Korea Republic now have two players each in the list while Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have a player each.

The AFC Player of the Year award will be presented at a grand ceremony on November 23, 2011, at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur.

LIST OF CONTENDERS FOR AFC PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2011
(in alphabetical order)

Andranik Teymourian (Iran)
Hadi Aghily (Iran)
Ismaeel Abdullatif (Bahrain)
Ismail Matar (UAE)
Keisuke Honda (Japan)
Koo Ja-cheol (Korea Republic)
Mohammed Noor (Saudi Arabia)
Server Djeparov (Uzbekistan)
Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
Yeom Ki-hun (Korea Republic)