Nicolás Navarro (Mexican footballer)

Nicolás Navarro

Personal information
Date of birth	17 September 1963
Place of birth	Mexico
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983-1997	Necaxa	400	(0)
1997-1998	Cruz Azul	10	(0)
1998-1999	Pachuca	23	(0)
2001-2003	Necaxa	49	(0)
Total		482	(0)
National team
1993-1995	Mexico	3	(0)
Honours Representing  Mexico Runner-up Copa America 1993
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Nicolás Navarro (born 17 September 1963) is a retired Mexican footballer.

Navarro made over 400 appearances as goalkeeper for Necaxa, remaining with the club during its rise to the top of the Mexico league in the mid-1990s. He made his debut during the 1983-1984 season, emerging as starting goalkeeper after the departure of Adrián Chávez in 1985.^[1] During the next decade, he served as Necaxa's number-one keeper, including the championship seasons of 1994-95 and 1995-96. Navarro departed for Cruz Azul for the Invierno 1997 campaign and won a third championship, but played sparingly and did not appear in the final as the young Óscar Pérez became the preferred starter.^[2] He left for promoted Pachuca in 1998, again spending much of his time on the bench, before returning to Necaxa for the concluding years of his career. He completed his last top-flight season in 2003 with Necaxa at the age of 39. ^[3]

Navarro also earned three caps with the Mexico national team. He was an unused substitute at the 1993 Copa America, in which Mexico finished second, but did not make his international debut until a 5-1 victory over Hungary on 14 December 1994.^[4] He was also a member of the first international squads called up by Bora Milutinovic during his second stint in charge of Mexico. Navarro's final international appearance came in a 4-1 home loss to Yugoslavia in Monterrey on 15 November 1995.^[5]

He played in the 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in which Mexico national team was eliminated in Round One, having drawn with Australia but lost to Scotland and South Korea. ^[6] Navarro, as goalkeeper, conceded four goals in the competition.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "Necaxa - Equipos - mediotiempo.com". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
2. "León 1 - 1 Cruz Azul - mediotiempo.com". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
3. "Nicolás Navarro - Necaxa - mediotiempo.com". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
4. Morrison, Neil (February 2, 2005). "International Matches 1994 - Intercontinental, September-December". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
5. Courtney, Barrie (February 2, 2005). "International Matches 1995 - Intercontinental, October-December". Retrieved January 10, 2013.
6. "FIFA Player Statistics: Nicolas NAVARRO". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
7. "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 Match Report: Mexico - Australia". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
8. "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 Match Report: Korea Republic - Mexico". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
9. "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 Match Report: Mexico - Scotland". Retrieved 14 January 2011.