Navid Faridi Wins Best Youth Coach Award – UAE 2025

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.

My recent achievements have also been covered by several major regional and international news platforms, including:

🔵 Full Interview on The Arab Today:

🔵 Official Report on The World’s Times – July 12, 2025:

Navid Faridi Sweeps All Titles to Become DOFA’s Best Youth Coach of 2025 in the UAE

🟢 Varzesh3 (Iran’s Top Sports News Site):

A Blue Star Shining in Dubai

Iranian Coach Wins Among 540 Youth Clubs

🟢 Tehran Varzesh 24:

Best Youth Coach in the UAE

🟢 ParsFootball:

Navid Faridi’s Achievement in UAE

🔵 Full Interview on The Arab Today:
https://www.thearabtoday.com/interviews/navid-faridi-winner-of-the-best-youth-coach-award-2025-dofa-league-uae/

🔵 Official Report on The World’s Times – July 12, 2025

Navid Faridi Sweeps All Titles to Become DOFA’s Best Youth Coach of 2025 in the UAE

📎https://www.theworldstimes.com/navid-faridi-sweeps-all-titles-to-become-dofas-best-youth-coach-of-2025-in-the-uae/


🔵 Officiall report on the iranias news websites

These achievements reflect years of dedication, teamwork, and a deep passion for youth football. I am grateful to everyone who’s supported this journey. 💙

Asian football confederation coaching course B are held in Tehran November 2018

Amir hossein Sadeghi, Navid Faridi ,Alireza Nikbakht vahedi,Meysam Maniei, Arash Borhani, Siyavash Akbarpour,Alireza Abasfard
Amir hossein Sadeghi, Navid Faridi ,Alireza Nikbakht vahedi,Meysam Maniei, Arash Borhani, Siyavash Akbarpour,Alireza Abasfard

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.

 

Navid Faridi singed a new contract For 2 years from first of July 2018 with Esteghlal.F.C.

 

Navid Faridi singed a new contract For the 2 years from first of July 2018 with Esteghlal.F.C.Tehran.

The head of academy of Esteghlal football club promoted him and he is upgraded from U-15

to the U-19.team in pro league 2018-2020.The team won their first match with score of 2-0 vs

Saba.F.C.

 

 

 

Navid Faridi Footballer Biography- part 1


This page of Navid Faridi,s biography has been edited from 1990 to March 2019 .

Please continue reading on the other pages.


Navid Faridi (born July 14, 1977, in Iran) is a professional football coach and former midfielder with over 30 years of experience in the sport. He currently holds an AFC A Coaching License and is the CEO and Head Coach of Al Najma Al Zarqaa Football Academy in Dubai.

Previously, he was a youth coach at Esteghlal F.C in premier league., one of Iran’s most prestigious clubs. In 2025, he was officially awarded the Best Youth Coach of the Year in the DOFA League UAE, in partnership with the UAE Sports Council and Football Federation.

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He has been started his football playing when he was thirteen with the team Payam Tehran F.C.in 1990-1991 ( With the head coach Bahman  ranjbaran) and honored vice championship (runner-up) as well as championship of the league of the country.

Continue reading Navid Faridi Footballer Biography- part 1

Sport injury and corrective exercise written By Elham Azarshab

    Date: 20/05/2017                                                        Sport injury and corrective exercise

Sport pathology

Sport pathology is a medical speciality which concerns on recognition of injuries in the level

of tissues, bones, muscles, joints and ligaments in order to discuss treatment solutions. And it

consists study of the nature and reason of abnormality process in one or different parts of

body .

Sport injury pathology is divided into two branches of clinical pathology and surgical pathology.

Diagnosis of sport injuries in different fields is possible with proper clinical sport tests.[1]

Difference with kinesiology

Pathology is usually concerns with reason of injury and discussing involved factors and possible

Treatments while kinesiology is science of study of body movement in anatomical and moving

Plans. And it is known as a part of sport pathology.

Kinesiology

Is science of recognition and analysis of motion and movement and also its reason specially in

Humans . Its origin is known mainly from ancient greek and Aristotle is known as father of

Kinesiology.

This science is tremendously useful in physiotherapy, sport sciences, Occupational therapy,

Medical engineering and technical orthopedics.

Rehabilitation

Is the process of helping disables to rehabilitate after an accident or unpleasant event, disease,

Concretion, organ atrophy, or stretching muscles among health sciences. And helps the

handicapped person to gain his or her ability again and pass the condition successfully.

• Technical Orthopedics
Optometry
Audiologists
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Physical therapy
• Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy
• Social workers
Rehabilitation Management

Sports Injuries Occur during:

 Sporting activity
 Event
  Training session

Classification of Sporting Injuries
 Location
 Type
 Body side
 Injury event

Classification of Sporting Injuries
Mechanism of injury and onset of symptoms:
 Acute injuries
• Extrinsic cause (direct blow)
• Intrinsic cause ( sprain or strain)
 Overuse injuries

Classification of Acute Injuries
 Site of injury:
e.g. bone, cartilage, joint, ligament, muscle, tendon, bursa, nerve, skin
 Type of injury:
e.g. fracture, dislocation, sprain, or strain

منابع:
1. تستهای عضلانی اندام تحتانی ( انتشارات آستان قدس رضوی) .
2. پیکر تراشی با وزنه ( ترجمه دکتر بهزاد نوشادی )
3. حرکات اصلاحی پیشرفته .مولفان : امیر لطافت کار –حسن دانشمندی-ملیحه حدانژاد-زهرا عبدالوهابی

.Written and prepared by : Elham Azarshab ,Sport injury pathologist

 .sourse picurs from :mind body health by dr.justin ross

Elham Azarshab*Sport enjury*Corrective exercise*

AFC coaching Course in Tehran, Iran-february 2017

he AFC coaching course was held in Tehran, Iran, and successfully completed in February 2017. A total of 24 Iranian professional football players and coaches from the Premier League and the national team participated in this intensive program.

The course consisted of approximately 130 hours of both theoretical and practical training sessions, which were carried out at  Kaveh Stadium. It was conducted under the supervision of Mr. Mohammad Reza Nazaripour and his assistant, Mr. Ali Torabi.

Navid Faridi in Coaching football course in confederation Asia

  1. http://www.football-tehran.com/i_post_1385

Navid Faridi Footballer Biography-Part 2

2019 to Present – A New Chapter in Dubai

In 2019, Navid Faridi began a new era in his coaching career by moving to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a strong vision for youth development, he founded Al Najma Al Zarqaa Football Academy, which quickly became one of the most reputable academies in the region.

Building a Legacy in UAE Youth Football

Under Navid’s leadership, the Academy Achieved Remarkable Success in UAE Youth Leagues:

U,18 champions 2022-23
U,16 champions 2023
U,16 champions 2025

• 2022-23 – Champions of the U18 category (DOFA League UAE)

• 2023 – Champions of the U16 category (USL League UAE)

• 2024 – 3rd place : U13 in DOFA League UAE

• 2025 – Double Champions: U16 and U10 in DOFA League UAE

• 2025 – Runner-Up : U13 in DOFA League UAE

Navid’s innovative approach to coaching and his commitment to player development have made him one of the most respected youth coaches in the UAE.

U,10 champions 2025

U,13 runner_up 2025

Awards & Recognition

• Best Youth Coach of the Year 2025 – DOFA League (Dubai)

• Honored by Dubai Sports Council and UAEFA for contributions to youth football

Media Coverage & Interviews

Navid’s achievements have been featured in major media outlets:

Varzesh3 – Best Youth Coach Award 2025

The Arab Today – Exclusive Interview

For the full list of media coverage, visit the News Section.

TRX, a set of suspension trainings

TRX, a set of suspension trainigs, strenghten muscles and increase body aerobic and unarobic excersing ability.

Any football player or any other sporter can be done during the weekly tournament , one or two times a TRX work , wich contributes to the his muscles

The field of suspension training is a form of resistance training that includes bodyweight exercises in which a variety of multi-planar, compound

exercise movements can be performed. These are done with the aim of developing strength, balance, flexibility, and joint stability in the following article we will discuss different types of trx exercises..

 One:Muscle Strenghtening and endurance exercises

 All exercises that are done by body building  machines for both upper and lower body muscles could be done by TRX instead, also it is advisable for football players to combine TRX  with coordination and running excercises.It helps to improve both aerobic and unaerobic abilityof the athelets

Two: Cardio exercises

Countinues aerobic exercises which last more than 35 minutes ,will result raise in cardiac rehabilition and also fat burning as a consequence

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