Nicolás Navarro (Argentine footballer)

Nicolás Navarro
	Navarro with Kayserispor
Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Gastón Navarro
Date of birth	25 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	Argentinos Juniors
2008–2010	Napoli
2009–2010	→ River Plate (loan)
2010–2011	Argentinos Juniors
2011–2013	Kayserispor
2013–2015	Tigre
2015–2016	Gimnasia LP
2016–2020	San Lorenzo
2019	→ Querétaro (loan)
2020	Tigre
2021	Arsenal de Sarandí
International career
2005	Argentina U20
2008	Argentina Olympic
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolás Gastón Navarro (born 25 March 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Navarro started his career with Argentinos Juniors in 2004. In 2007, he was sold to Serie A side SSC Napoli for a fee of around $5 million, the biggest amount received by the Argentine club since Diego Maradona's transfer in 1981 (around 10 million of the same coin).^[1]

On 20 August 2009, Navarro joined River Plate on loan from Napoli.^[2] However, he played only 4 games in River. For the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season, Navarro returned to Argentinos Juniors (defending champions of the Argentine league).^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

International career

Navarro was part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship title. He also won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was not part of the original squad, but received the call-up to replace injured goalkeeper Oscar Ustari during the tournament.

Honours

Argentina U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005

Argentina Olympic

Olympic Gold Medal: 2008

References

^ ^a ^b Gabriela Bontempi (23 July 2010). "Nicolás Navarro es la cuarta incorporación" (in Spanish). Argentinos Pasión. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "Napoli's Nicolas Navarro Joins River Plate on Loan". Goal. 20 August 2009.
^ "Mercado: El Nápoles le presta portero al campeón argentino" (in Spanish). Goal. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "Navarro vuelve a su primer hogar". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "Napoli-Navarro risoluzione contratto". SSC Napoli (in Italian). 24 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

External links

Player profile on Napoli's official website
Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] (in Spanish)
Nicolás Navarro at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
Nicolás Navarro at Soccerway

[AP-1] Gabriela Bontempi (23 July 2010). "Nicolás Navarro es la cuarta incorporación" (in Spanish). Argentinos Pasión. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[2] "Napoli's Nicolas Navarro Joins River Plate on Loan". Goal. 20 August 2009.

[3] "Mercado: El Nápoles le presta portero al campeón argentino" (in Spanish). Goal. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[4] "Navarro vuelve a su primer hogar". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[5] "Napoli-Navarro risoluzione contratto". SSC Napoli (in Italian). 24 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

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