Keylor Navas

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Keylor Navas

Navas playing for Levante in 2013
Personal information
Full nameKeylor Antonio Navas Gamboa
Date of birth (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986
Place of birthSan Isidro, Costa Rica
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubLevante
Number1
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2010Saprissa60(0)
2010–2012Albacete36(0)
2011–2012→ Levante (loan)1(0)
2012–Levante19(0)
National team‡
2003Costa Rica U173(0)
2008–Costa Rica50(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2013
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Navas and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.

Keylor Antonio Navas Gamboa (born 15 December 1986 in San Isidro de El General) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Levante UD in La Liga, as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Navas made his professional debut with Deportivo Saprissa on 6 November 2005, in a league match against Asociación Deportiva Carmelita.[1] He was first-choice in his two final seasons with the club, winning seven major titles including six national championships.

In July 2010 Navas signed with Albacete Balompié from Spain, exactly 20 years after countryman Luis Conejo who occupied the same position.[2] He only missed six second division games out of 42 during the season, but his team suffered relegation after finishing dead last.

In the 2011–12 campaign Navas reached La Liga, being loaned to Levante UD for one year. He made his debut in the competition on 13 May 2012 in the last matchday, featuring in a 3–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao that confirmed the club's first ever qualification to the UEFA Europa League;[3] the move was subsequently made permanent,[4] and he acted as backup to Gustavo Munúa in his first two seasons, becoming a starter afterwards.

International career

Navas was part of the Costa Rican squad that played in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland. He was called to the full national team for the first time in August 2006, to play a friendly tournament in Europe against Austria and Switzerland, but he only gained his first cap two years later.

Navas appeared with Los Ticos in two CONCACAF Gold Cup editions, being crowned the best goalkeeper in 2009 to help his country to the semifinals.

Honours

Club

Saprissa

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Juego apenas para el gasto" [I play only to make ends meet] (in Spanish). Nación. 7 November 2005. 
  2. ↑ "Navas: "Vengo con mucho compromiso"" [Navas: "I come full of commitment"] (in Spanish). Albacete's official website. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Ghezzal helps Levante secure European place". ESPN Soccernet. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Keylor Navas ficha por el Levante" [Keylor Navas signs for Levante] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2013. 

External links

Levante UD – current squad
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