Ximo Navarro (footballer, born 1988)

Ximo Navarro
Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Navarro Armero
Date of birth	12 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Acero
Youth career
2004	Benimar
2005–2007	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2011	Valencia B
2008–2010	Valencia
2009–2010	→ Elche (loan)
2011–2014	Asteras Tripoli
2014–2015	Kalloni
2015	Levadiakos
2016	Trikala
2016–2018	AEL
2018–2019	Torre Levante
2019	Saguntino
2019–	Acero
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:29, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Joaquín 'Ximo' Navarro Armero (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈtʃimo naˈvaro]; born 12 September 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back or right midfielder for CD Acero.

Club career

Born in Valencia, Navarro joined hometown Valencia CF's youth ranks in early 2005, then spent the following years with the reserves, helping them promote back to the third division in his first season. He started his career as a right back.

Navarro made his first-team debut in late 2008, appearing in both legs against lowly Club Portugalete in the Copa del Rey's round-of-32, a 7–1 aggregate win.^[1]^[2] For the 2009–10 campaign, he was loaned by coach Unai Emery to neighbouring Elche CF in the second level.^[3]

After leaving the Mestalla Stadium on 30 June 2011, Navarro resumed his career in the Superleague Greece, where he represented a host of clubs. On 4 January 2018, Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. released the 29-year-old.^[4]

^ "El Valencia se pasea ante el Portugalete" [Valencia take a walk in the park against Portugalete]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ Vara, Miguel Á. (13 November 2008). "Míchel alegra el trámite" [Míchel lights up formality]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ "Ximo Navarro llega cedido una temporada al Elche" [Ximo Navarro arrives at Elche on loan for one season]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 20 July 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ "Λύση συνεργασίας με τον Navarro Armero Joaquin" [Termination of co-operation with Navarro Armero Joaquin.] (in Greek). AEL FC. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.