Franco Navarro
 Navarro with Independiente in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Municipal | ||
| 1983–1985 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1985–1986 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1986–1988 | Independiente | 70 | (22) |
| 1988 | Tecos UAG | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | Wettingen | 8 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1993 | Municipal | ||
| 1994 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 4 | (2) |
| 1995 | Alianza Lima | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980–1989 | Peru | 56 | (16) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 2001 | Estudiantes de Medicina | ||
| 2002 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 2003 | Unión Huaral | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sport Boys | ||
| 2005 | Universidad César Vallejo | ||
| 2006 | Peru | ||
| 2007–2008 | Cienciano | ||
| 2008–2009 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2010–2011 | León de Huánuco | ||
| 2012 | Universidad San Martín | ||
| 2012 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2013 | Melgar | ||
| 2014–2016 | Universidad César Vallejo | ||
| 2016–2020 | UTC | ||
| 2021 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 2022 | UTC | ||
| 2022–2023 | ADT | ||
| 2024 | Carlos A. Mannucci | ||
| 2024 | Sport Huancayo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 2008 | |||
Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro (born 10 November 1961) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Club career
Navarro played for Independiente from Argentina , Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima from Peru and FC Wettingen from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995.
International career
He was a prolific goal scorer and a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was also member of the Peru national football team for the qualification stages of the World Cup in Mexico (1986) and Italy (1990). Navarro played a total of 56 games for Peru between 1980 and 1989, scoring 16 goals.[1] He made his debut on 18 July 1980 in a friendly against Uruguay (0–0) in Montevideo. His last game was on 27 August 1989 against Uruguay at a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
He is remembered for the leg-breaking incident five minutes into the deciding qualifier game between Argentina and Peru in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The Argentine defender Julián Camino broke Navarro’s leg with a tackle. Camino was not expelled from the game.[2] Argentina with Ricardo Gareca tied the game 2–2 and qualified to the World Cup; Argentina would go on to win the 1986 World Cup.
Coaching career
He has been a coach for several Peruvian teams, including Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Cienciano as well as the Peru national football team.
References
- ^ rsssf: Peru record international footballers Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Patada de Julián Camino a Franco Navarro". De Fútbol Somos (in Spanish). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
External links
- Franco Navarro at National-Football-Teams.com
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