國足運動員鄭智榮膺亞洲足球先生

Zheng Zhi, the captain of China's national soccer team, has been named player of the year by the Asian Football Confederation.

中國國家男子足球隊隊長鄭智被亞洲足球聯合會(Asian Football Confederation)評爲年度最佳球員。

Zheng, who is also captain of Asian Champions League winner Guangzhou Evergrande, is the first Chinese player to win the top Asian footballer award since Fan Zhiyi more than a decade ago, in 2001.

同時還擔任亞冠聯賽(Asian Champions League)新科冠軍廣州恆大隊(Guangzhou Evergrande)隊長的鄭智是繼范志毅之後第二位獲得亞洲足球先生的中國球員。范志毅在2001年曾獲這一榮譽。

The AFC said Zheng, 33 years old, put in assured performances throughout the Champions League and also helped China regain consistency after coach Jose Antonio Camacho was fired following a 1-5 defeat to Thailand in June.

亞足聯稱，33歲的鄭智在亞冠聯賽中發揮出色，而且在國足前教練卡馬喬(Jose Antonio Camacho)被解聘後，他幫助穩定了球隊的軍心。今年6月份卡馬喬因中國國家隊1-5慘敗泰國隊而被解聘。

China remains undefeated in eight matches since then, including against World Cup qualifiers Japan (3-3), South Korea (0-0) and Australia, which it beat 4-3. The country sits at 97 on FIFA's latest world rankings, which are due to be updated Thursday.

中國隊在6月份之後的八場比賽中一直保持不敗，在東亞杯比賽中3-3戰平日本隊，0-0踢平韓國隊，又以4-3力克澳大利亞隊。在國際足球聯合會(FIFA)最新的國家隊排名中，中國隊排第97。國際足聯的排名數據將於週四更新。

Zheng's Guangzhou Evergrande teammate Muriqui was named AFC Foreign Player of the Year at the awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Brazilian striker, whose full name is Luiz Guilherme da Concei??o Silva, was voted the most valuable player in the Asian Champions League after scoring 13 goals and helping his team, coached by Italian Marcello Lippi, win the tournament.

在週二于吉隆坡舉行的2013年亞足聯年度頒獎典禮上，鄭智的廣州恆大隊隊友、巴西球員穆裏奇(Muriqui)獲最佳外援稱號。在意大利教練裏皮(Marcello Lippi)的帶領下，穆裏奇爲恆大隊奪冠立下汗馬功勞，他以本賽季在亞冠聯賽中的13個進球被評爲最有價值球員。

Guangzhou Evergrande itself was among the winners Tuesday as it was named AFC Club of the Year.

廣州恆大隊則當選年度最佳俱樂部。