Rubén Navarro

Rubén Navarro
Personal information
Full name Rubén Navarro Méndez
Date of birth 6 June 1978 (1978-06-06) (age 33)
Place of birth Sallent, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Leganés
Youth career
CE Sallent
1996–1998 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1999 Valencia B 18 (5)
1997–1999 Valencia 6 (0)
1999–2001 Numancia 55 (17)
2001–2007 Alavés 178 (43)
2007–2009 Hércules 55 (22)
2009–2011 Gimnàstic 39 (6)
2011– Leganés
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 5 June 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

Rubén Navarro Méndez (born 6 June 1978 in Sallent de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Leganés as a striker.

Football career

A product of Valencia CF's youth squads, Navarro first appeared in La Liga on 15 June 1997, in a 2–1 home win against Real Oviedo, but could never settle at his first club, moving to CD Numancia from 1999–2001. In his first season at Soria, he netted 10 league goals, helping it barely avoid top flight relegation.

Subsequently, he joined Deportivo Alavés after the side's UEFA Cup exploits, and was an important offensive element during six seasons, three in the second division. In three of those campaigns, he scored in double digits.

In 2007–08, Navarro signed with another side in the "silver category", Hércules CF. On 5 April 2009, as Hércules eventually narrowly missed on promotion, he scored a hat-trick against Sevilla Atlético, in a 8–0 home routing.[1]

In late June 2009, Navarro returned to Catalonia after nearly 15 years, signing as a free agent with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, for two years. On 2 September 2011, after two seasons of irregular use after which he did not have his contract renewed and was released, the 33-year old signed with CD Leganés in the third division.[2]

References

  1. ^ El Hércules manda un mensaje en forma de goleada (Hércules sends message with goals galore); Marca, 5 April 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ^ Rubén Navarro: "Llego con muchas ganas al Leganés" (Rubén Navarro: "I arrive full of illusion to Leganés"); Resultados Futbol, 2 September 2011 (Spanish)

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