Omid Noorafkan

Club

As of 27 February 2026

1 Includes AFC Champions League matches.

International

As of 24 September 2026

International goals

Early career

A native of Rey, Iran, Noorafkan started playing football at Ehsan Rey where he played mostly as a striker.

Esteghlal

Noorafkan joined Esteghlal as a youth player in 2012 at the age of 15 and played for their under-19 team. During his time in Esteghlal's Under-19, his position was shifted from striker to left back.

2015–16 season: Debut season

Noorafkan was promoted to the senior squad before the start of the 2015–16. Due to the absence of Yaghoub Karimi and Meysam Majidi, Esteghlal's coach Parviz Mazloumi decided to play Noorafakan as left back in order to fill their place. He made his first senior appearance on 17 December 2015 at the age of 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 at the time. A record which was broken by Mehdi Ghayedi two seasons later. His impressive performances lead him to become a regular member of the starting eleven during 2015–16 season. He finished the season with 11 appearances playing as a left back.

2016–17 season: First team breakthrough

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 in his favorite position as a defensive midfielder. The position which he played with Iran U19 as well. Following his stunning display in that role,…

Youth

Noorafkan played five matches for Iran under-17 scoring one goal. Later on, he was called up for Iran under-20 and became a regular member. With the Iranian under-20 team he became the vice-captain and took part in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, under manager Amir Hossein Peiravani, playing an important role in Iran's tournament run. After beating Uzbekistan in the Quarter-finals, Iran managed to qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making their first appearance in World Cup after 16 years having Noorafkan starting every match of the tournament. However Iran was knocked out of the competition after losing 5–6 on penalties to Saudi Arabia in Semi-finals. As 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup coincided with Esteghlal's match in Champions League against Al Ain, Esteghlal's coach Alireza Mansourian was against Noorafkan joining the U20 squad to play in the competition. However, later on, the coach changed his mind and decided to let the player join the U20 squad and captain the side. He made his tournament debut against Costa Rica while wearing the captain armband, as Iran beat their opponent 1–0. It was Iran's first win and the goal was Iran's first goal in the competition after 40 years which was scored by Mehdi Mehdikhani. On 24 May, in Iran's second match against Zambia, Noorafkan began the game and managed to be fouled and get a free-kick which was converted by Reza Shekari and get a 2–0 lead. However, Iran couldn't keep the lead as Zambia made a comeback and Iran…

Noorafkan was raised in Baharestan County in Tehran Province. His parents are from Sarab and he is an Iranian Azeri. He is a fan of Germany national football team and Bayern Munich and he idolises Germany's former captain Philipp Lahm.