César Navas

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César Navas
Personal information
Navas during a game with Rubin Kazan
Full name	César González Navas
Date of birth	(1980-02-14) 14 February 1980
Place of birth	Móstoles, Spain
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Rubin Kazan
Number	44
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2003	Real Madrid B	108	(2)
2003–2005	Málaga B	51	(1)
2004–2007	Málaga	63	(4)
2007	→ Gimnàstic (loan)	19	(2)
2007–2009	Racing Santander	37	(1)
2009–	Rubin Kazan	131	(2)
National team
1997	Spain U17	6	(0)
1998–1999	Spain U18	5	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Navas.

César González Navas (born 14 February 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Rubin Kazan in Russia, as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Móstoles, Community of Madrid, Navas was brought through the ranks of hometown Real Madrid, but only played with its B-team. He made his La Liga debuts in the 2004–05 season, going on to play two years with Málaga CF: his first match was on 12 December 2004 as he featured the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Levante UD.

In January 2007, Navas left Málaga and the second division and played for six months on loan with top flight strugglers (eventually relegated) Gimnàstic de Tarragona. After his return to Andalusia he had a trial with English side Ipswich Town, but an eventual deal fell through due to a metatarsal injury;^[1] he subsequently joined Racing de Santander, also in the top level.

An habitual starter throughout the first half of the 2008–09 campaign, Navas was sold in March 2009 to Russia's FC Rubin Kazan, on a three-year deal worth €2 million.^[2]

v t e FC Rubin Kazan – current squad

1 Ryzhikov 2 Kuzmin 4 Burlak 5 Kvirkvelia 7 Kulik 9 Prudnikov 10 Torbinski 14 Azmoun 15 Kislyak 19 Mullin 20 Galiullin 21 Wakaso 22 Mavinga 23 Eremenko 24 Arlauskis 33 Getigezhev 40 Galiulin 44 Navas 61 Karadeniz 63 Dzhalilov 76 Sharonov 81 Mukhametshin 87 Abishov 88 Haghighi 90 M'Vila Manager: Bilyaletdinov

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