In 2010, Arfan started his football career when joined SSB Hasanudin in the 2010 Danone Nations Cup. At that time, Arfan and his team mates succeeded in bringing the champions in the regional level, which later became the representative of South Sulawesi in the national level, and ini Jakarta, they only ranked third.[1]
He made his international debut for the U-23 team on 16 November 2017, against Syria U23, where he came on as a substitute.[3] Arfan made his debut for Indonesia in an unofficial friendly match in a loss to the Syria U23 team on 18 November 2017. A week later he made his official debut on 25 November in a match against Guyana, where he came as a substitute.[4]