Moharram Navidkia
Iranian retired footballer and coach (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moharram Navidkia (Persian: محرم نویدکیا, born 1 November 1982 in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian retired footballer, and the current head coach of Mes Rafsanjan in Persian Gulf Pro League since 2024.
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Full name | Moharram Navidkia[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 41) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Isfahan, Iran | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Mes Rafsanjan (Manager) | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Sepahan | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1998–2004 | Sepahan | 106 | (1) | |||||||||||
2004–2006 | VfL Bochum | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
2006–2016 | Sepahan | 176 | (23) | |||||||||||
Total | 292 | (41) | ||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Iran U23 | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
2002–2009 | Iran | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Sepahan (interim player-manager) | |||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Sepahan | |||||||||||||
2024– | Mes Rafsanjan | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of ^1 Apps and Caps only includes 2002–03 onwards |
He played for the club for 18 years and was its captain. He usually played as a midfielder. During his career, he dealt with consecutive injuries, which made him unable to regain his top form.[2][3][4]
As an international player, he was the former captain of the Iran under-23 team and collected 25 caps for the senior team of Iran, before bidding his farewell in December 2009.[5] His brother, Rasoul Navidkia is also a professional footballer who plays in Sepahan.[6]