| Maral Torkaman | |
| Fullname: | Maral Torkaman |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Karaj, Iran |
| Currentclub: | Nasr Fardis Karaj |
| Clubnumber: | 77 |
| Position: | back |
Maral Torkaman (Persian: مارال ترکمان; born November 26, 2002) is an Iranian futsal player. She was called up to the Under-14 national football team at the age of 11 and has been a regular member of the women's national football team since then.[1] In the summer of 2019, she accidentally and unexpectedly decided to participate in futsal and joined Saipa Tehran and became a student of Niloofar Ardalan; Presence in Saipa gave Maral Torkaman the opportunity to play alongside the best futsal players.[2]
She reached an agreement with Nasr Fardis Karaj team for the Iranian Women's Futsal Premier League 2021 and became a member of this team.
Torkaman has a history of captaining the Iran women's national youth futsal team in the 2020 CAFA Championship. She performed well and was named tournament most valuable player.[3]
Maral Torkaman and his brother Mehdi Torkaman are the only siblings who play at a high level in Iranian football. In recent years, Iranian football has seen more football brothers. But it has never been seen that a brother and sister can shine in the first level of football and make a name for themselves.[4] [5]
CAFA U-19 Championships
Best Player of CAFA Tournament: 2024
Best Player of CAFA U‐19 Tournament:2020