Omid Noorafkan is an Iranian professional footballer who has been playing for the Iranian club Sepahan and the Iran national team for a long time now. He prominently plays as a defensive midfielder or left-back. The native of Rey, Iran, started playing football at a very young age, and he initially played for Ehsan Rey.
The 6 feet tall player joined his current club, Sepahan, on July 1, 2020, and he wears jersey number 19. Apart from being a part of multiple clubs, Noorafkan is also a national player and has represented the Iran national teams at various levels. Furthermore, he has already played for the Iran senior team and has also led them to win some games.
Omid Noorafkan was born on April 9, 1997, in Rey, Iran. As of 2022, Noorafkan is 25 years old. The Rey-born man was raised by his doting parents in Baharestan County in Tehran Province. Talking about his parents, his father and mother are from Sarab.
So, from his parents' side, Noorafkan belongs to the Iranian Azeri ethnic background. Some online sources have reported that the name of his parents is Najeeb Halaby and Rubi Noor.
Noorafkan started playing football at a very young age, and his career began at Ehsan Rey. When he was just 15 years old in 2012, he joined Esteghlal as a youth player and also played for their under-19 team. For your information, he initially played as a striker, and after coming to Esteghlal, he shifted to left back.
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Omid Noorafkan in a field with his coach SOURCE: Instagram @omidnoorafkan_ And for the 2015-16 season, he was promoted to the senior squad making his first senior appearance on December 17, 2015. Furthermore, Noorafkan finished the respective season with 11 appearances. Meanwhile, Noorafkan got his team's breakthrough when he was placed in the starting lineup for the season-opening game versus Naft Tehran.
Likewise, Noorafkan scored his first professional goal on January 27, 2017, by winning a game against Paykan. In the same year, he also participated in the A.F.C. Champions League. His 2016-17 season was also amazing, and he was also named Persian Gulf Pro League Young Player of the Year by F.F.I.R.I. In the 2017-18 season, Noorafkan faced some issues as he was banned from playing by the F.F.I.R.I. as former coach Alireza Mansourian prevented them from joining the Iran under-23 camp.
However, on July 29, 2017, the deprivation from the F.F.I.R.I. was canceled. So, his season debut came on August 4, 2017. Similarly, Noorafkan scored his season's first goal on September 8, 2017, in a match against Gol Gohar in Hazfi Cup. His team won the game 2-1. Moreover, the season was concluded by making 24 appearances with one goal.
Omid Noorafkan after scoring a goal SOURCE: Instagram @omidnoorafkan_ After the 2017-18 season, he got an opportunity to play for another team. So, he signed a deal with Belgian First Division A club Charleroi on June 6, 2018. And the official debut for the Charleroi team came on August 19, appearing against Genk. After making two appearances for Charleroi, Noorafkan came back to Esteghlal and re-signed on January 26, 2019. Aref Gholami is also a footballer who plays for Esteghlal. And since 2020, he has been playing for Sepahan.
As we know, Noorafkan is also a national player who has represented the Iranian national team at various levels or events. For the Iranian U-17 team, he made five appearances and scored one goal. From 2014 to 2017, Noorafkan played for the U20 team playing in 13 games and scoring 3. From 2017 to 2020, Noorafkan played for the U23 squad, and with them, he appeared 11 times and also gained two goals. Finally, in August 2017, Noorafkan was called up for the first time for the Iran senior team.
On March 17, 2018, Noorafkan made his official senior debut against Sierra Leone. In the same year, he was named in Carlos Queiroz's Preliminary 35-man Iran team for the 2018 World Cup held in Russia.
Omid Noorafkan makes most of his gains from being a professional football player. In Iran, a football player has an average salary of around $800,000 a year. As we know, Noorafkan has been in this field for a long time. So, he may earn above the average wage. According to Transfermrkt, his current market value is €1.20m.
Currently, he is playing for Sepahan. So, from his team, he surely takes home a fair profit. Not only that, but Noorafkan is also a national player and represents the Iranian national team. Apart from earning from being a footballer, Noorafkan may make something from brand endorsement.
Omid Noorafkan having a good moment with his friend SOURCE: Instagram @omidnoorafkan_ He is a professional footballer who surely has worked with some sports companies that might be paying him well. Moreover, Noorafkan lives a quality lifestyle, and he shows it off via his Instagram handle.
Considering all of his social media posts, we can say that, Noorafkan is probably single and is not involved in any love affairs. The professional footballer is highly focused on his career and is also at the peak point. Till now, Noorafkan is not engaged in any rumors regarding his relationship.
Omid Noorafkan is focused on his career SOURCE: Instagram @omidnoorafkan_ So, none of the media outlets have also covered the details about his wife or girlfriend. And Noorafkan is a very private person who does not talk much about his personal life in the media openly. From his social media handles, Noorafkan has mainly posted snaps about his professional life.
Noorafkan is an active Instagram user who is registered under the username @omidnoorafkan_. Since making his first post in 2018, Noorafkan has been actively using Instagram and mainly shares updates about his day-to-day lifestyle.
At the time of this post, Noorafkan has already gathered over 143k followers. Not only that but his I.G. account is also verified.
