Franco Navarro

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Monteiro.
For his son, see Franco Navarro, Jr..
Franco Navarro
Personal information
Full nameFranco Enrique Navarro Monteiro
Date of birthNovember 10, 1961
Place of birthLima, Peru
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Melgar (Manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1980–1982Municipal?(?)
1983–1985Sporting Cristal?(?)
1985–1986Deportivo Cali?(?)
1986–1988Independiente70(22)
1988Tecos UAG?(?)
1989FC Wettingen8(0)
1989–1990Wettingen?(?)
1991Sporting Cristal?(?)
1992–1993-
1994Carlos A. Mannucci4(2)
1995Alianza Lima?(?)
National team
1980–1989Peru56(16)
Teams managed
1998–2000Sporting Cristal
2001Est. de Medicina
2002Alianza Lima
2003Unión Huaral
2004–2005Sport Boys
2005Univ. César Vallejo
2006Peru
2007–2008Cienciano
2008–2009Juan Aurich
2010–2011León de Huánuco
2012Univ. San Martín
2012Juan Aurich
2014Univ. César Vallejo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).

Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro (born November 10, 1961 in Lima) is a Peruvian football manager and former striker. He currently manages Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Career

Navarro played for Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Independiente from Argentina and Grasshoppers 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. 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 Peruvian national team.

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Peru record international footballers

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