Qatar's forward Akram Afif (R) receives the trophy of the AFC Player of the Year award from FIFA president Gianni Infantino (C) and Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa (L), president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), during the AFC Annual Awards 2023 ceremony in Seoul on October 29, 2024. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)