Voria Ghafouri
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Voria Ghafouri (Kurdish: وریا غەفووری, romanized: Wirya Ghefûrî;[1][2] Persian: وریا غفوری; born 19 November 1987) is an Iranian retired footballer. He has played much of his career as a right-back and also played as a right winger occasionally.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Voria Ghafouri | ||
Date of birth | (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Sanandaj, Iran | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Pas Tehran | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Pas Hamedan | 81 | (5) |
2010–2012 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 50 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Naft Tehran | 62 | (3) |
2014–2016 | Sepahan | 45 | (2) |
2016–2022 | Esteghlal | 135 | (19) |
2022–2023 | Foolad | 12 | (0) |
Total | 385 | (32) | |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2019 | Iran | 28 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2019 | Esteghlal (caretaker player-manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2019 |
Before joining Esteghlal in 2016, Ghafouri spent a successful two-year spell with Sepahan, winning the Iranian League in 2015. Ghafouri debuted for Iran in 2014 against South Korea. He was part of Iran's squad in the 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
During the 2022 World Cup, Voria Ghafouri was arrested for speaking publicly online against the violent repression of Iranian protesters. He is an activist for the civil rights of human rights and has repeatedly published his views.