The Asian Football Awards 2012 - The Winners!

The inaugural Asian Football Awards were held last night at London's Wembley Stadium with the support from The FA and Kick It Out. The event has been made possible through a partnership between Initiate Sports and Inventive Sports.

Here are the winners in each category!

Player of the Year
Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town)

Coach of the year
Nas Bashir (Hayes & Yeading FC)

Asian Woman in Football
Rimla Akhtar (Muslim Women's Sports Foundation)

Young Player of the year
Danny Batth (Wolves FC – on loan Sheff Weds)

Football Development project of the year
Diversity Academy (Nottingham)

Football Foundation of the year
Osmani Trust

Investors in Football
Lakshmi Mittal and Tony Fernandes (QPR)

Football behind the scenes award - 'Administration'
Raj Athwal (Watford FC) – Commercial Manager

Football behind the scenes award - 'Medical'
Dr Zaf Iqbal (Liverpool)

Football Media award
Manish Bhasin (BBC)

Grass Roots Heroes
Bal Singh (Khalsa Football Academy)

Asian Community Club of the year
London Tigers (London)

Inspiration Award
Permi Jhooti (FIFA Ambassador)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Jarnail Singh (Referee)


Congratulations from my side to all winners!!!