Rafa Navarro (footballer, born 1994)
_(cropped).jpg) Navarro in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Jesús Navarro Mazuecos | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Salteras, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Sevilla | ||
| 2010–2012 | Coria | ||
| 2012–2013 | Betis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Betis B | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Gerena | 32 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Betis B | 69 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Betis | 21 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Alavés | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Sochaux (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | SS Reyes | 24 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023 | |||
Rafael "Rafa" Jesús Navarro Mazuecos (born 24 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Club career[edit]
Born in Salteras, Seville, Andalusia, Navarro represented Sevilla FC, Coria CF and Real Betis as a youth.[1] He made his senior debut with the latter's B-team on 2 December 2012, starting in a 2–3 home loss against CD San Roque de Lepe in the Segunda División B.
On 2 August 2013, Navarro signed for CD Gerena of the Tercera División.[2] He was an undisputed starter for the club during the campaign, and subsequently returned to Betis and its reserve team on 4 July 2014.[3]
Navarro featured regularly for Betis B in the following seasons, and renewed his contract with the club until 2020 on 13 June 2016.[4] On 24 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad and was assigned the number 2 shirt.[5]
Navarro made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 23 September 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Málaga CF.[6] His first goal in the category came on the following 18 March, netting the last in a 2–0 home success over CA Osasuna.
On 2 July 2018, Navarro signed a three-year contract with fellow top-tier club Deportivo Alavés, being immediately loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard for one year.[7] Upon returning, he spent the entire 2019–20 campaign unregistered before joining affiliate side NK Istra 1961 on loan on 5 October 2020.[8]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 5 March 2021[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Betis B | 2012–13 | Segunda Divisíon B | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerena | 2013–14 | Tercera División | 32 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| Betis B | 2014–15 | Segunda Divisíon B | 32 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 37 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | ||
| Betis | 2016–17 | La Liga | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Alavés | 2019–20 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Sochaux (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Istra 1961 (loan) | 2020–21 | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 155 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 7 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Rafa Navarro, la pieza intocable del Betis B de Juan Merino" [Rafa Navarro, the untouchable piece of Juan Merino's Betis B] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "La Lebrijana ficha a Iván Ares y el Gerena a Rafa Navarro" [Lebrijana sign Iván Ares and Gerena Rafa Navarro] (in Spanish). El Correo de Andalucía. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Rafa Navarro ficha por el Betis B para las próximas dos temporadas" [Rafa Navarro signs for Betis B for the following two seasons] (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Rafa Navarro renueva con el Real Betis hasta 2020" [Rafa Navarro renews with Real Betis until 2020] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Rafa Navarro becomes a first team member". Real Betis. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Sangre, sudor y tres puntos" [Blood, sweat and three points] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "El Deportivo Alavés se hace con los servicios de Rafa Navarro" [Deportivo Alavés get the services of Rafa Navarro] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Rafa Navarro, cedido al NK Istra" [Rafa Navarro, loaned to NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Rafa Navarro at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
External links[edit]
- Rafa Navarro at BDFutbol
- Beticopedia profile (in Spanish)
- Rafa Navarro at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Aljarafe
- Footballers from the Province of Seville
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
- CD Gerena players
- Real Betis players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia