Navid Faridi Leads Multiple Teams to Victory – Awarded Best Youth Coach of the Year 2025 (DOFA League – UAE)
In the 2024–2025 season, Coach Navid Faridi led an outstanding campaign across several youth age groups.
His academy teams achieved the following remarkable results:
🏆 U10 – Champions
🏆 U16 – Champions
🥈 U13 – Runners-up
With two championship titles and one second-place finish, this historic achievement placed Faridi among the elite youth coaches in the UAE. His leadership, commitment, and winning mentality were officially recognized as he was named:
🏅 DOFA League’s Best Youth Coach of the Year – 2025
This honor reflects not only his success on the field, but also his impact on youth football development in the region.
I’m proud to share my official interview with The Arab Today, where I was featured as the Best Youth Football Coach of the Year 2025 in the UAE’s DOFA League. In this exclusive conversation, I talk about my journey, coaching philosophy, and future goals for youth development in football.
These achievements reflect years of dedication, teamwork, and a deep passion for youth football. I am grateful to everyone who’s supported this journey. 💙
was born on July 14-1977 in Iran.Is an Iranian footballer.( Midfelder) He has been started his football playing when he was thirteen with the team Payam Tehran F.C.in 1990-( With the head coach Bahman ranjbaran- and coach Amad Zabihi) With Payam he has honors of vice championship and champion of the league of the country.
After that he joined Saipa F.C.and continued his professional career there for the two following years in Iran Azadegan football league ( Azadegan league of Iran at that time was the highest level of football league of the country and accredited as premier league of now.)he was invited to senior teams when he was so young with the head coach of Saipa team Bijan Zolfagharnasab at that year.
Navi Faridi in 1994
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Navid Faridi in 1995
At the same year he was also invited to Iran youth national team under 23 yeas old for Asia competition .Later he joined Etka Tehran F.C. (With the head coach ghasem arab zadeh) After he joined Bank Tejarat F.C in1999 .
And with the invitation of Amir Hajrezaei one of the best iranian football managers and ex coach of Bank Tejarat F.C joined Esteghlal F.C. in kish and play
Navid Faridi in 1995
Navid Faridi in 1998
Navid Faridi july 2000 Esteghlal FC in Kish
there for three years in Azadegan league ,hormozgan super league , kish island league He has honours champion ship with Esteghlal kish in 2000, 20001and 2003 in regional league hormozgan south of iran. .He attended vice peresident of iran with Maharat Semnan In 2008 .Then he went to Masafi United Arab Emirates team and he studied in Amirican college of dubai 2009 to Dec,210 . After that he came back to Iran he got the permission to enter Esteghlal F.C.by the coach of team at that time Amir Ghalenoei, and a lot of published media and press are available about him and this news in Iranian news and newspapers.
Navid Faridi player in Esteghlal F.C in kish in December 2000
Navid Faridi in Esteghlal F.C in kish in July 2001
Navid faridi and Amir Ghalenoei Esteghlal F.C iran tehran 2011-12
Navid Faridi -Hashem Beykzadeh- Farhad Majidi
Up to now he is involved in his professional football life by attending international coaching classes which is held in Tehran by Football Federation Islamic Republic of iran for Confederation Asia.
Football coaching course confederation Asia.
Navid Faridi in Coaching football course in confederation Asia
Navid Faridi has started his football coaching with Esteghlal U16 team when he was also football player in 2011 by Esteghlal F.C. Continued by U19 and U15 team in pro league by a three years contract since April 2014 till now , later in 2017 he singed contract wiht Damash F.C tehran as well, He cooprate with his old friend Arash Borhani since April 2017 till Aug 2017 in that team. And currently is busy at Esteghlal tehran F.C as fooball
coach in U’19 and U’21 pro league.
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C 2017
Navid Faridi- Javad Nekounam-Arash Borhani in Damash F.C
In Sep,2017 a football fitnees coaching course was held for those who were coach in pro league in Alborz province in iran , Faridi participated in these classes and berween 24 participants only 12 were passed this course and Faridi was one of them who had successfull results.
Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C U-19 for season 2018-19 pro league
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal.F.C U-21 premier league
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C. U-21 premier league
Navid Faridi Opened his academy by name ‘Navid Faridi Football & Fitness on January 2018 for all .level ages young football players
Navid Faridi’s academy Fitness & Football
*Navid Faridi also writes sport articlesand he is busy with training of TRX in the gyms and sport clubs, in the article in koocheha Magazine he and Hassan Roudbarian players of Esteghlal F.C. and Perspolis F.C explain the importance of cardio and coordination trainings likeTRX in football players professional career..
He played for the Dubai immigration football team in the Sheykh Rashid Football Cup in 2006 Ramadan. he played as midfielder and showed up effective and passionate.the next year he played in the same tournaments .foe Emirates Flight team in 2007 with National team Iranian football player Mehrdad Minavand
On August 2019 Navid Faridi started openning football academy in United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 in dubai by the name Alnajma Al zarqaa FC and he teaches young footnall players from 5 ages category to 21 ages. In league 2022-23 by Dubai sports cuncel (DSC) dufa leagues his under 18 team become first position and best team in the group on the table and qualified to semi final and under 10 category becomes second position in the table in 19/02/2023 and they qualified to semi final also .
Hear you can see some of his picturs as coach
Navid Faridi coach of Damash F.C Adult team
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C U’19 pro leage in ALBORZ
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C U’15 pro league in TEHRAN
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C U’15 premier league
Navid Faridi coach of Esteghlal F.C U -15 premier league
Navid faridi Head Coach u19 Esteghlal F.C pro league
Navid Faridi head coach of Esteghlal FC U’19
Navid Faridi’s Academy Fitness& Football
Esteghlal F.C. U-19 Tehran U’21 premier league
Champion of Dufa league dubai sport council 2022-23 U18
Al Najma Alzarqaa Fc U’18 match vs Emaretes club 2/12/2022فاز النجمة الزرقاء مع مدرب نويدفريدي بالمركز الاول
Champios of U’18 dufa league
*Navid Faridi* biography*Football player *iranian footballer*Uae footballer*Asian footballer*Football coach*Asian football coach*Pro league u15 iran* pro league u19 iran*
Navid Faridi football coach founded of Al Najma Al Zarqaa Fotball Academy in dubai .
Al najma al zarqaa ( blue star) football academy of dubai in United Arab Emirates was established in August 2019 by Navid Faridi , Iranian Ex football player and current coach. He started his managerial career with Esteghlal tehran f.c. and continued with damash tehran f.c. His coopration with esteghlal tehran f.c. was finished in 2019 after coaching in iran pro league under 15 , under 18 and under 19 Esteghlal f.c. teams.
I believe there are many ( talented )but underprivileged football players in deprived areas who are looking for opportunities and deserve to be introduced to major football clubs and academies.
My goal is to help them and bring the most promising ones to Esteghlal F.C. Academy.
After finishing the Premier League U’19 with Esteghlal F.C navid Faridi has focused on his football academy and fitness to develop new professional players.
Asian football confederation B coaching course are held in Tehran . The course for coaches of premier league and And those who passed the Asian coaching course C . Some of professional and famous coach : Arash Borhani, Siyavash Akbarpour, Amirhossein Sadeghi, Hadi Mahdavi kia , Alireza Nikbakht vahedi, Alireza Abasfard , Navid Faridi and another coaches. Navid Faridi has passed C coaching course In February 2017,with excellent degree and has been recommended for AFC B coaching course.