Rubén Navarro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Navarro Méndez | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Sallent, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CE Sallent | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1999 | Valencia B | 74 | (21) |
| 1997–1999 | Valencia | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Numancia | 55 | (17) |
| 2001–2007 | Alavés | 178 | (43) |
| 2007–2009 | Hércules | 55 | (22) |
| 2009–2011 | Gimnàstic | 40 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Leganés | 32 | (12) |
| Total | 440 | (121) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Rubén Navarro Méndez (born 6 June 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed La Liga totals of 147 games and 31 goals over the course of seven seasons, representing Valencia, Numancia and Alavés. He added in 187/57 Segunda División, in a 15-year professional career.
Football career
Navarro was born in Sallent de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia. A product of Valencia CF's youth system, he 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 where he played two years. In his first season at Soria he scored ten league goals, helping it barely avoid top flight relegation.
Subsequently, Navarro joined Deportivo Alavés after the side's runner-up exploits in the UEFA Cup, and was an important offensive element during six years, three in the second division. In three of those campaigns, he netted in double digits.
In 2007–08 Navarro signed with another side in the second tier, Hércules CF. On 5 April 2009, as the team eventually narrowly missed on promotion, he scored a hat-trick against Sevilla Atlético in an 8–0 home routing.[1]
In late June 2009 Navarro returned to his native region 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 level.[2]
References
- ↑ El Hércules manda un mensaje en forma de goleada (Hércules sends message with goals galore); Marca, 5 April 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Rubén Navarro: "Llego con muchas ganas al Leganés" (Rubén Navarro: "I arrive full of illusion to Leganés"); Resultados Fútbol, 2 September 2011 (Spanish)
External links
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Stats and bio at CiberChe (Spanish)
- Rubén Navarro at ESPN FC
- Soccerway profile