Career
He plays as a midfielder. His original last name was Ghara Gozlu which he changed later to Navidkia. He is an ethnic Azeri.
During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form.
As an international player, he is the former captain of the under-23 team and has collected 25 caps for the senior team of, before bidding his farewell on December 2009. He began his career at football club in 1998.
From 1998 to 2002 he played as the Defensive Midfielder, while from 2002 and by the suggestion of Farhad Kazemi his playing post has been changed to Attacking Midfielder. Due to his potential talent, young age, and impressive performances, he was transferred to VfL Bochum even though he was injured at the time of the signing.
He was not able to recover his old form, and went back to in 2006 on loan.
After the World Cup in Germany, Navidkia signed a contract with again. He had difficulties with the injuries during his career in and finally in the 2009-2010 season he had his most stable season after a few years. He was first selected to the national team during the West Asian Football Federation tournament in 2002, which was held in Syria.
He made his debut for against Jordan in August 2002.
He played in the 2006 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualification for Team Melli. Having been selected among "s reserve men for the 2006 World Cup, he was called up to join the team in Germany to replace injured Sattar Zare.
He bid his farewell to national team on December 2009. In May 2011, he was called up to national team by Carlos Queiroz, but he rejected the offer due to his "several injuries and surgeries" which makes him unable to play for both national team and club
International goals Scores and results list "s goal tally first.
Club Country Individual Football News & Events Player of the season: 2002-2003, 2012-2013 ian Football player of the Year: 2003, 2013.