As a player, Zolgharnain was a forward who led the American Indoor Soccer Association in scoring during the 1986–1987 season.
From 1983 to 2000 he scored 527 goals in 534 professional indoor appearances with the likes of the Phoenix Pride, Canton Invaders, Kansas City Comets, Tacoma Stars, Pittsburgh Stingers, and Cleveland Crunch.
On December 23, 1989, the Comets traded Kia and Gerry Gray to the Tacoma Stars in exchange for Barry Wallace.
In November 2005, he left Cleveland and moved to Georgia where he became the Director of Coaching for the Peachtree City Youth Soccer Association.
Chagrin Falls and Solon Soccer Club are considered two of the most well run community travel programs in Northeast Ohio and have continued to flourish under Kia's leadership.
In the fall of 2020, Kia founded a new premier club program called Sporting Chagrin Valley Football Academy.
In the summer of 2024 it was announced that Sporting was acquired by North FC and Kia was installed as Director of the pod based in Chagrin/Solon).
He served as head coach and technical director of Akron City FC during their inaugural 2022 campaign.
[8] In addition to playing and coaching soccer, Zolgharnain has owned several businesses including a chain of sporting goods stores in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.