Arash Afshin (, born 21 January 1989) is an Iranian

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. He is a former player of Iran national team and under-23 team.حضور آرش افشین در برنامه پر بیننده نود
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Club career

Afshin started his senior career at Foolad. In winter 2012, he was linked to

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but move was not done. On 1 July 2013, he joined

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club (, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi-Varzeši-ye Fulâd-e Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan. It is best known for their football section that play in the P ...

on a one-year contract. In December 2013, he terminated his contract with Sepahan to join Foolad again.

Malavan

After facing

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problems, he was forced to move a military-owned club. On November 12, 2014, he signed a 2-years contract with

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's Malavan. On 31 July 2015 on his debut for Malavan, Afshin scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Zob Ahan.

International career

After good performance with Iran U23 in

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and also in Foolad he convinced

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to invite him to Team Melli On 2 January 2011, Afshin was called up to the

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for the team's

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against

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and made his debut. He was also one of

players in

2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the secon ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Foolad *

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(1): 2013–14

Personal life

He is currently Student of

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Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; , ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a Private university, private university system Headquarters, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of university, universities in ...

Ramhormoz Branch.

References

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External links

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1989 births Living people Foolad F.C. players Iranian men's footballers 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Iran men's international footballers Footballers from Khuzestan province Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Sepahan S.C. footballers Malavan F.C. players Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players Asian Games footballers for Iran 21st-century Iranian sportsmen {{Iran-footy-bio-stub