Omid Noorafkan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Omid Noorafkan | ||
| Date of birth | April 9, 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Rey, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Esteghlal | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Erfan Nasim Shahr | ||
| 2008–2012 | Ehsan Rey | ||
| 2012–2015 | Esteghlal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Esteghlal | 20 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2014 | Iran U17 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014– | Iran U20 | 5 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 February 2017 |
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Omid Noorafkan (Persian: امید نورافکن, born 9 April 1997 in Rey, Iran) is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Iran national under-20 football team.
Noorafkan started his career with Esteghlal and became the youngest ever player to play a game for the club at the age of 18 years and eight months.
Noorafkan joined Esteghlal as a youth player in 2012 at the age of 15. He was promoted to the senior squad before the start of the 2015–16. He made his first senior appearance on 17 December 2015 at the age 18 years and 271 days in a 1-0 win against Saba Qom making him the youngest ever player to appear in a match for Esteghlal. His impressive performances lead him to become a regular member of the starting eleven during the 2015–16 season. He finished the season with 11 appearances playing as a left back.
He was placed in the starting line up for the season opening match against Naft Tehran. However due to a FIFA imposed transfer ban which lead to Esteghlal's lack of midfield, team manager Alireza Mansourian, tried Noorafkan as a Defensive midfielder. Following his stunning display in that role, he secured his place in the team's starting line up. On 27 January 2017, he scored his first professional goal in in a 3–2 home win against Paykan. He scored another goal in a 3-0 win against Machine Sazi the following week. Earlier in that match he assisted Ali Ghorbani's goal. On 2 February 2017, he started the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off match against Al Sadd SC which Esteghlal won in a 4–3 penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw after extra time. On 12 February he played his first Tehran derby against city rivals Persepolis assisting Kaveh Rezaei's goal as Esteghlal won 3-2. On 4 April he had an argument with his teammate, Yaghoub Karimi after being substituted. Due to his behaviour Alireza Mansourian decided to ban him from group training. He was also excluded from the squad to play against Gostaresh Foulad on 4 April. On 7 April he finally got the permission to join the team training with the rest of the squad. He was included in the called up squad for the AFC Champions League match against Lokomotiv Tashkent but he sat on the bench during the match.
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