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Japanese pair in AFC shortlist

AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Japanese stars Yasuhito Endo and Yuji Nakazawa were Thursday named among the five players in contention to be AFC Player of the Year, with Australia and Japan heading the list as top team.
The pair were joined by Uzbekistan's Server Djeparov, Sebastian Soria of Qatar and the UAE's Ismail Matar with the award handed out in a ceremony in Shanghai on November 25.
Endo leads the running after guiding his team Gamba Osaka to the AFC Champions League title on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory over Adelaide United for a 5-0 aggregate win.
The Japanese international was named most valuable player of the championships.
His Gamba manager Akira Nishino is among three men in the hunt for the coach of the year accolade. He is up against Adelaide's Aurelio Vidmar and Hossein Shams, who is incharge oflran's futsal team.
It could be a night to remember for Gamba who are also in contention to be named club of the year, along with Adelaide, Uzbekistan's Kuruvchi and Japanese outfit Urawa Red Diamonds, who won the Champions League last year.
Pim Verbeek's Socceroos, Japan and Saudi Arabia are the three teams challenging for national team of the year.
List of contenders in main categories:
Player of the Year
Sebastian Soria (Qatar and Qatar SC)
Ismail Matar (UAE and AlWahda) Server Djeparov (Uzbekistan and Kuruvchi)
Yuji Nakazawa (Japan and Yokohama F Marinos)
Yasuhito Endo (Japan and Gamba Osaka)
National Team of the Year
Australia
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Club of the Year
Kuruvchi (Uzbekistan)
Adelaide United (Australia) Gamba Osaka (Japan) Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) Coach of the Year
Aurelio Vidmar (Adelaide United) Akira Nishino (Gamba Osaka) Hossein Shams (Iran futsal team)