AFC Asian Cup: List of all Golden Boot winners

Qatar’s Almoez Ali was the Golden Boot winner in AFC Asian Cup 2019.
The Continental showpiece event of the Asian Football Confederation, the AFC Asian Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held from 10th January 2024 to 12th February 2024 across nine breathtaking venues in Qatar.
The nation which hosted one of the most historic editions of the FIFA World Cup back in December 2022, witnessed Argentine stalwart Lionel Messi adding the much-anticipated silverware to his Hall of Fame at the iconic Lusail stadium, which will be hosting the finale of the 18th AFC Asian Cup.
The tournament which will be showcasing the likes of Sunil Chhetri, Ali Mabkhout, Alisher Dzhalilov, Chanathip Songkrasin, Pham Tuan Hai, and Omar Khrbin among others, promises an absolute thriller of a contest to watch out for.
From witnessing screamers to late dramas, football fans in Asia await a captivating episode of the game of football lasting for over a month. As we have talked about the witnessing of screamers already, let’s take a look at all the Golden Boot winners in the history of the AFC Asian Cup.
Golden Boot winners
| YEAR | NAME | NATION | GOALS SCORED |
| 1956 | Nahum Stelmach | Israel | 4 |
| 1960 | Cho Yoon-ok | South Korea | 4 |
| 1964 | Inder Singh | India | 2 |
| 1968 | Homayoun Behzadi | Iran | 4 |
| 1972 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 5 |
| 1976 | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi | Iran | 3 |
| 1980 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 7 |
| 1984 | Jia Xiuquan | China PR | 3 |
| 1988 | Lee Tae-ho | South Korea | 3 |
| 1992 | Fahad Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| 1996 | Ali Daei | Saudi Arabia | 8 |
| 2000 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 6 |
| 2004 | A’ala Hubail | Bahrain | 5 |
| 2007 | Younis Mahmoud | Iraq | 4 |
| 2011 | Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 5 |
| 2015 | Ali Mabkhout | Iran | 5 |
| 2019 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 9 |
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Dipro is a Sports journalist who has covered various sports since 2020. In 2023, he joined Khel Now and shifted his focus solely towards Indian football. Since then, he has been covering tourneys such as the Indian Super League, the I-League, the Super Cup, and the Durand Cup in the domestic circuit. He has also covered the Intercontinental Cup and the AFC Asian Cup in Asian football.
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