Navid Faridi

Navid Faridi
Personal information
Full name Navid Faridi
Date of birth (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977
Place of birthShiraz, Iran
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
PositionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991-1992Payam Tehran F.C.
1992–1994Saipa
1994–1996 Etka Tehran F.C.
1999-2000Bank Tejarat F.C.
2001-2004 Esteghlal F.C. kish
2005-2006 Shensa F.C
2008-2009 Maharat Semnan F.C
2009-2011Masafi Club, U.A.E.
Managerial career
2014-2017Esteghlal F.C. (U19)[1]
2017Damash Tehran
2017-2018Esteghlal F.C.
2018-2019Esteghlal F.C. (U'19)
2019 Al-Najma Al-Zarqaa Football Academy[2]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Navid Faridi (Persian: نويد فريدى, born 14 July 1977) is an Iranian former footballer[3][4] and current coach. He was previous manager of Esteghlal F.C. U-19 in Iran Pro League until 2020 and recently he is the founder and current manager of Al-Najma Al-Zarqaa Football Academy in the United Arab Emirates. [5]

Playing career

He started his playing career with Payam Tehran, continued with Saipa, and joined Esteghlal later, when Amir Ghalenoei was the team manager. He ended his playing career with Masafi Club in the UAE.[6]

Managerial career

Navid started his managerial career with Esteghlal Alborz in 2014,[7] and became coach of Damash Tehran in 2017. He joined Esteghlal Team U-15[8] for season 2017-2018 and U-19 team for 2018–2019. He was coach of Esteghlal F.C. U-16[9] with Alireza Akbarpour in Esteghlal F.C.Academy for season 2018-2019 and recently is founder and current manager of Al-Najma Al-Zarqaa Football Academy in Dubai, UAE.[10]

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