VietNamNet Bridge – Website Goal has organized an additional poll to choose the best football player in Southeast Asia instead of recognizing Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as the winner in accordance with the originally published rules.



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Striker Le Cong Vinh.



In the first announcement about the poll, Goal said that voting will end at 0h00 on August 5 and the winner is the person with the highest number of votes.

However, after the overwhelming victory of Cong Vinh, with about two thirds of the total votes, Goal launched an additional poll for the top ten candidates.

This is the latest announcement from Goal:

“We've narrowed the list down to the top 10 as we carry on our search for the top footballer from the region.

Our Top 20 list of South East Asian players released in conjunction with the annual Goal 50 drew a massive response from across the region with over 1 million votes cast in total.

The competition and rivalry between the nations and groups of fans was evident as readers flocked to show support for their idols. Le Cong Vinh who is Japan bound posted the poll on his official Facebook page and asked his fans to show their support, resulting in a massive influx of votes from Vietnam.

Other South East Asian stars from lower ranked teams, such as Laos' Visay Phaphouvanin and Cambodia's Khim Borey, also drew huge support from their fans.

To determine who the top South East Asian player is, we have decided to send this poll into 'extra-time' and narrow the list to the top 10 and urge our readers to cast their votes wisely as we crown the top South East Asian player.

Voting ends Sunday midnight! (August 12 0000hrs)”

Ten shortlisted player include: Khim Borey (Cambodia), Kyi Lin (Myanmar), Cong Vinh (Vietnam), Stephan Schrock, Phil Younghusband, Javier Patino (Philippines), Theeraton Bumnathan, Teerasil Dangda (Thailand), Shahril Ishak (Singapore) and Visay Phaphouvanin (Laos).

By 10pm on August 7, Cong Vinh got only 5 percent of the votes, ranking third in the poll, after Javier Patino (57.4 percent) and Teerasil Dangda (33.9 percent).

Nguyen Nam