Qatar's forward Akram Afif (C) poses with FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) and Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa (L), president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), after receiving the AFC Player of the Year award 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)