IFFHS has announced the Men’s Youth (U20) AFC Team of the Year 2021.

It is noteworthy that GK Abduvokhid Nematov and CB Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev, members of the youth and national teams of Uzbekistan, are among the most promising players of the Asian continent U20.

The continent’s Men’s Youth (U20) team includes:

GK Abduvokhid Nematov (Uzbekistan/Nasaf Qarshi)

RB Shumpei Naruse (Japan/Nagoya Grampus)

CB Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev (Uzbekistan/Pakhtakor/Nizhny Novgorod)

CB Jassem Gaber (Qatar/Al Arabi Doha)     

LB Thomas Aquilina (Australia/Western Sydney) 

OM Lee Kang-in (South Korea/Valencia/RCD Mallorca)

CM Daiki Matsuoka (Japan/Sagan Tosu/Shimizu S-Pulse)

OM Takefusa Kubo (Japan/Getafe/RCD Mallorca)     

RW Jeong Sang-bin (South Korea/Suwon Bluewings) 

FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Iran/Fenerbahce/Zorya Lugansk)

FW Mohammed Maran (Saudi Arabia/Al Nassr/Al Tai Club)

IFFHS has also announced a list of symbolic national teams of other continents of this age.

Tulqin Ruziyev, UzA