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Marco Navas
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Navas González
Date of birth (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 (age 42)
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)
2005–2006Poli Ejido (loan) 30 (1)
2006–2009 Xerez 50 (1)
2008–2009Albacete (loan) 31 (1)
2009–2010 Guadalajara 32 (6)
2010–2011 Huesca 13 (1)
2011–2012 Elche 0 (0)
2011–2012Leganés (loan) 20 (0)
2012–2013 Recreativo 3 (0)
2013–2014 Bury 2 (0)
2014 Cabecense
Total 247 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio Navas González (born 21 September 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right midfielder.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 127 matches and four goals over six seasons, representing five teams. In La Liga, he appeared for Sevilla.

Club career

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Navas was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Province of Seville. A product of Sevilla FC's youth system, he made his debut for the first team in the 2003–04 season, playing three La Liga matches as a substitute;[1][2][3] he played mainly with the reserves during his spell, however.

In the 2005–06 campaign, Navas served a loan stint with another Andalusian side, Polideportivo Ejido (Segunda División), following which he lost all ties with Sevilla and joined neighbours Xerez CD.[4] For 2008–09 he was loaned to Albacete Balompié in the same league,[5] appearing regularly as they barely retained their league status; he was subsequently released by Xerez, moving down to the Segunda División B by joining CD Guadalajara.[6]

Navas continued to alternate between the second and third tiers the following years, with SD Huesca,[7] CD Leganés[8] and Recreativo de Huelva.[9] He spent the vast majority of his only season with the latter club 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 for Bury of the 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

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Navas' younger brother, Jesús, is also a footballer and a midfielder. He too represented, but with great individual and team success, Sevilla, and helped the Spain national team win the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.[13]

Their family was of Gitano/Romani origin.[14]

References

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  1. ^ El Sevilla marca en el 91' y se acerca a la UEFA (Sevilla score in 91' and near UEFA); Mundo Deportivo, 22 February 2004 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Salva da alas al sueño europeo del Málaga (Salva gives wings to Málaga's European dream); Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 2004 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ La 'bestia' Baptista se come al Racing ('Beast' Baptista eats Racing up); Mundo Deportivo, 19 April 2004 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "El Sevilla no tiene opción de recompra sobre mi" ("Sevilla can no longer buy me back"); Diario AS, 6 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Albacete ficha a Marco Navas (Albacete sign Marco Navas); Marca, 20 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Marco Navas, fichaje estrella para el equipo de Lucas (Marco Navas, star signing for Lucas' team); Diario AS, 29 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Marco Navas refuerza la delantera del Huesca (Marco Navas strengthens Huesca offense); Marca, 11 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El Elche ficha a Marco Navas y lo cede al Leganés (Elche sign Marco Navas and loan him to Leganés); Diario Información, 1 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Marco Navas, nuevo jugador del Recreativo (Marco Navas, new Recreativo player); ABC, 29 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Recreativo, Marco Navas un mes baja (Recreativo, Marco Navas one month out); Todo Mercado Web, 11 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Marcos [sic] Navas: Bury sign Manchester City star's brother; BBC Sport, 16 August 2013
  12. ^ "Footballer Navas returns to Spain". Bury Times. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  13. ^ 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 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ McKeegan, Alice (22 August 2013). "City wing ace Jesus Navas finds real home from home as brother signs for Bury". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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