Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Kwoun Sun-tae has been named the Toyota Player of the Week after the goalkeeper became the first player to lift the AFC Champions League for a third time after a goalless draw with Persepolis of IR Iran in the second leg of the final saw Japan's Kashima Antlers crowned Asian club kings.
The Korean custodian created history with a hat-trick of AFC Champions League winners' medals adding the 2018 edition to those he won with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in 2006 and 2016.
The 'keeper had a night to remember in Tehran as he earned a second consecutive clean sheet, meaning Kashima's 2-0 first leg win in Japan proved sufficient to see them take the continental title.
Kwoun recorded six saves and completed 33 successful passes to register an 8.1 rating to top the rankings for the Toyota Player of the Week.
Second in this week’s ranking is the opposing skipper Seyed Jalal Hosseini (below), who put in a captain's performance for Persepolis but was unfortunate to be on the losing side.
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