# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hossein-vafaei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:10:35.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hossein-vafaei"
name: "Hossein Vafaei"
slug: "hossein-vafaei"
description: "Hossein Vafaei is an Iranian professional snooker player. The first professional player from Iran, Vafaei won his maiden ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, defeating Mark Williams in the final. He reached a career-high world ranking of 15 in October 2023. He compiled his first professional maximum break during the qualifying rounds of the 2022 European Masters."
tagline: "Iranian snooker player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hossein_Vafaei_2024_Cazoo_World_Snooker_Championship.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1994-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.55331866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hosseinvafae"
    handle:    "hosseinvafae"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hosseinvafaei1/"
    handle:    "hosseinvafaei1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/HosseinVafaeiAyouri"
    handle:    "HosseinVafaeiAyouri"
sources:
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    title: "侯賽因·瓦菲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "حسين وفايى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "حسين وفايى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хусэйн Вафаей Аюры"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Вафаей, Хоссейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei"
    title: "Hossein Vafaei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Vefayi"
    title: "Hüseyin Vefayi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump