With much of Europe deep in its winter cold, Asia’s players abroad continue to turn up the heat, with 10 contenders based in six separate countries in the discussion for this week’s award.

Here are our nominees for performances from December 16 to 22.

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There were several standout performers and performances from the 2020 edition of Asia's premier club tournament that thrilled fans the Continent over.

We break down the statistics – provided by the AFC's official data provider Stats Perform – to review some of the key categories and those who excelled in them.

Persepolis FC's Mehdi Abdi Qara topped Semi-final 1 with a whopping 69.43 percent of the votes for his goal against Al Nassr in the semi-finals while another Iran club, Esteghlal FC will also be represented in the final with Cheick Diabate's effort against Al Ahli Saudi FC in the group stage garnering 22.15 percent of the votes.

Al Nassr's Abderrazak Hamdallah, the 2020 AFC Champions League top scorer with seven goals, also advanced to the final with his group stage goal against Sepahan FC receiving the third highest number of votes.

Check out the Semi-final 1 nominees and results below and don't forget to cast your vote in Semi-final 2 which starts at 14:00 (UTC+8) on Thursday. The top three will advance to the final which kicks off on January 7.

Al Wehdat topped the poll with 32.71% of the votes while Al Ittihad received 23.87%.

They join ASEAN clubs Persija Jakarta of Indonesia and Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim, Islamic Republic of Iran's Tractor SC and Persepolis FC - who finished top two in the combined Central & South Asia poll - and China PR's Shanghai Shenhua and Korea Republic's Suwon Samsung Bluewings - who topped the East Asia poll - in the final.

Check out the West Asia nominees and results below and don't forget to cast your vote in the final, which kicks off at 16:00 (UTC+8) on Sunday with the winner to be announced on January 1.

Indonesia's Persija Jakarta received 32.5% of the total votes cast while Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim garnered 29%.

They join Islamic Republic of Iran clubs Tractor SC and Persepolis FC, who finished top two in the combined Central & South Asia poll, in the final. Also through to the final are China PR's Shanghai Shenhua and Korea Republic's Suwon Samsung Bluewings, who topped the East Asia poll.

The poll for the West region ends on Saturday with the final kicking off on Sunday.

Check out the ASEAN nominees and results below.

China PR side Shanghai Shenhua received 40% of the total votes cast while Korea Republic's Suwon Samsung Bluewings garnered 18%.

They join Islamic Republic of Iran clubs Tractor SC and Persepolis FC, who finished top two in the combined Central & South Asia poll, in the final.  

The polls for the ASEAN and West regions start on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, with the final of the Search for Asia's Most Popular Football Club kicking off on Sunday.

Check out the East Asia nominees and results below.