Marco Navas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Antonio Navas González | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Los Palacios, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Los Palacios | |||
| 2000–2001 | Sevilla | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Sevilla C | ||
| 2002–2006 | Sevilla B | 63 | (8) |
| 2004–2006 | Sevilla | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Poli Ejido (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Xerez | 50 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Albacete (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Guadalajara | 32 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Huesca | 13 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Elche | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Leganés (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Recreativo | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bury | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | Cabecense | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:05, 31 January 2014 (UTC) | |||
Template:Spanish name 2 Marco Antonio Navas González (born 21 September 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right midfielder.
He amassed Segunda División totals of 127 games and four goals over the course of six seasons, representing five teams. In La Liga, he appeared for Sevilla.
Football career
Navas was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Province of Seville. A product of Sevilla FC's youth system he made his debuts for the first team in the 2003–04 season, appearing in three La Liga matches as a substitute.[1][2][3] He played mainly with the club's B-side during his spell, however.
In the 2005–06 campaign Navas served a loan stint with another Andalusian team, Polideportivo Ejido (second division), after which he lost all ties with Sevilla and joined neighbours Xerez CD.[4] For 2008–09 he was loaned to fellow league side Albacete Balompié,[5] appearing regularly as the Castile-La Mancha outfit barely retained its league status; he was subsequently released by Xerez, moving down to the third level as he joined CD Guadalajara.[6]
Navas continued to alternate between divisions two and three in the following years, with SD Huesca,[7] CD Leganés[8] and Recreativo de Huelva.[9] He spent the vast majority of his first and only season with the latter on the sidelines, due to injury.[10]
On 16 August 2013, aged nearly 31, Navas moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Bury in English League Two.[11] He debuted on 3 September against Port Vale in the Football League Trophy, only racking up three appearances before returning home the following 24 January by mutual consent.[12]
Personal life
Navas' younger brother, Jesús, is also a footballer and a midfielder. He too represented, but with great individual and team success, hometown side Sevilla, and helped the Spanish national team win the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.[13] Their family is of Gitano/Romani origin.[14]
References
- ^ El Sevilla marca en el 91' y se acerca a la UEFA (Sevilla scores in 91' and nears UEFA); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2004 Template:Es icon
- ^ Salva da alas al sueño europeo del Málaga (Salva gives wings to Málaga's European dream); Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 2004 Template:Es icon
- ^ La 'bestia' Baptista se come al Racing ('Beast' Baptista eats Racing up); Mundo Deportivo, 19 April 2004 Template:Es icon
- ^ "El Sevilla no tiene opción de recompra sobre mi" ("Sevilla can no longer buy me back"); Diario AS, 6 July 2007 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Albacete ficha a Marco Navas (Albacete signs Marco Navas); Marca, 20 August 2008 Template:Es icon
- ^ Marco Navas, fichaje estrella para el equipo de Lucas (Marco Navas, star signing for Lucas' team); Diario AS, 29 August 2009 Template:Es icon
- ^ Marco Navas refuerza la delantera del Huesca (Marco Navas strengthens Huesca offense); Marca, 11 August 2010 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Elche ficha a Marco Navas y lo cede al Leganés (Elche signs Marco Navas and loans him to Leganés); Diario Información, 1 September 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ Marco Navas, nuevo jugador del Recreativo (Marco Navas, new Recreativo player); ABC, 29 August 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Recreativo, Marco Navas un mes baja (Recreativo, Marco Navas one month out); Todo Mercado Web, 11 October 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Marcos [sic] Navas: Bury sign Manchester City star's brother; BBC Sport, 16 August 2013
- ^ "Footballer Navas returns to Spain". Bury Times. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Marcos [sic] Navas: "Lo que le pasa a Jesús es que tiene miedo a una nueva recaída" (Marcos Navas: "What's happening is that Jesús is afraid of relapsing again"); Público, 10 October 2008 Template:Es icon
- ^ Navas honed skills kicking an orange juice carton and is so fast he broke a running machine... now City have Jesus on the wing!; Mail Online, 20 August 2013
External links
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Seville
- Spanish Romani people
- Romani sportspeople
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Sevilla Atlético players
- Sevilla FC players
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- Xerez CD footballers
- Albacete Balompié players
- CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
- SD Huesca footballers
- Elche CF footballers
- CD Leganés players
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- The Football League players
- Bury F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Spanish expatriates in England