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| Full name | Keylor Antonio Navas Gamboa | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club |  Levante |
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| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
 Saprissa |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2010 | Saprissa |
91 | (0) |
| 2010- | Albacete |
36 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Levante (loan) |
0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Costa Rica U17 |
3 | (0) |
| 2008- | Costa Rica |
32 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Keylor Navas (born 15 December 1986 in San Isidro de El General) is a Costa Rican football goalkeeper who used to play for Saprissa. He is considered to be one of the most secure, quick and agile young goalkeepers in CONCACAF. With Saprissa he has already won 6 National championship as well as a 1 CONCACAF Champions Cup title.
Navas made his professional debut with Saprissa in a league match against Carmelita on 6 November 2005.[1]
He was part of the Costa Rican national team that played in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland, and was called to the Costa Rican national team for the first time in August 2006 to play a friendly tournament in Europe against Austria and Switzerland, before turning 20. He also played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C.. On June 16, Albacete Balompie made public their interest to negotiate his transfer with Saprissa.[2] Finally on 7 July 2010, he was presented as the new goalkeeper for Albacete Balompie.[3]
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Individual
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Goalkeeper: 2009
[edit] References
- ^ "Juego apenas para el gasto". Nacion.com. 2005-11-07. http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/futbol/campeonato2005-2006/noviembre/07/sap_car.html.
- ^ http://www.everardoherrera.com/default.aspx?/noticia/1301/Keylor-Navas-en-la-mira-del-Albacete-de-Espana%7Ctitle=Keylor Navas en la mira del Albacete de España
- ^ http://www.albacetebalompie.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=447:navas-qvengo-con-mucho-compromisoq&catid=43:ultimas-noticias&Itemid=117
[edit] External links
- Levante official profile (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Keylor Navas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Keylor Navas – FIFA competition record
- Transfermarkt profile
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from San José Province
- Costa Rican footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- Albacete Balompié footballers
- Levante UD footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Costa Rican football biography stubs
