Early life
Naveen Kumar goyat was born in Kungar Bhaini, Haryana, on February 14, 2000, and became the first player in the pro kabaddi history who participated in the decade of 2000. His grandfather is a state-level wrestler. He was born into a family with a strong sporting background. When Naveen was seven years old, his grandfather introduced him to the sport of kabaddi. His father was a driver on Haryana roadways. his childhood coach’s name is Shri. Jagdish. And his uncle was also a player of circle-style kabaddi. Naveen Kumar goyat was the first one from the family who start playing national-style kabaddi. He started playing kabaddi in govt. school of his own village under the guidance of coach Mr. Jagdish.
Naveen Kumar Goyat’s details
| name | NAVEEN KUMAR GOYAT |
| country | INDIA |
| STATE | HARYANA |
| BORN | 14 FEB 2000 |
| NICKNAME | NAVEEN EXPRESS |
| TEAMS | INDIA, SERVICES PRO KABADDI- DABANG DELHI |
| JOB | INDIAN AIR FORCE |
| WIFE | MEENAKSHI BALYAN (ENGAGEMENT ONLY) |
| HEIGHT | 5 FEET 10 INCH |
His key skills are hand touch and bonus. He scores most of the points in his raids by hand touch or by bonus. His speed during the raid is unmatchable. He is one of the fastest raiders Kabaddi has seen. His speed during the raid and footwork puzzle defenders’ minds by helping him score many raiding points. His speed helps him to score hand touchpoints during raids.
kabaddi career
He started his kabaddi career at his own village govt school. Under the guidance of coach Shri Jagdish. He has participated in many tournaments from the start of his career. He participated in u-17 and U-19 school games. Sub-junior, junior, and senior kabaddi nationals. he also played for Kurukshetra University and won a silver medal for his team.
KEY SKILLS
Pro Kabaddi debut
Naveen Kumar goyat made his pro kabaddi debut in 2018 season 6. In his debut season, he becomes the leading raid point scorer for his team. He made his PKL debut with the Dabang Delhi team under coach Mr. Krishan Singh Hooda. He scores 177 raid points in the debut season.
PRO KABADDI SEASON 7
In pro kabaddi season 7 in becoming the MVP(most valuable player) player of the tournament. He shows his real talent and class in season 7. He scores 300 raid points in season 7. Led his team raiding department from the front. And take his team into the finals of the league. But in the end, he finishes the season on the runner-up side. This season he scored 22 Super 10s out of 23 matches in which he played.
PRO KABADDI SEASON 8
Naveen played in the first few matches of the tournament and the team won the initial games He also became the fastest player to reach 600 points in the history of the league. He scored a total of 207 raid points during that season. However, he had to walk out in the middle due to an injury. He returned in the latter stage of the tournament ]Dabang Delhi won the tournament. Naveen won the Most Valuable Player Award as well.
International kabaddi career
Naveen Kumar plays for the Indian kabaddi team. He was a part of the Indian kabaddi team at the 13th Asian Games. And where he played an important role in helping the team win the tournament and gold medal.
Pro kabaddi stats
| Season | Match Played | Raid points | Success ratio (in percent) | Tackle points |
| 6 | 22 | 172 | 47% | 5 |
| 7 | 23 | 301 | 53% | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | 207 | 53% | 3 |
| 9 | Ongoing | ongoing | ongoing | ongoing |
Medals telly
- He won the u-17 national gold medal
- u-19 gold medal
- Subjunior national gold medal
- Junior National Gold medal
- silver medal in senior nationals
- silver medal for Ku University.
- Gold medal in pro kabaddi season 8.
- Gold medal for India in the Asian games.
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