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Fernando Nava
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Nava Ortega
Date of birth	8 June 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Santos U20
Youth career
0000–2021	Argentinos Juniors Bolivia
2021–2024	Athletico Paranaense
2024–	Santos
International career‡
Years	Team
2023–	Bolivia U20
2023–	Bolivia
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Fernando Nava (born 8 June 2004) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a winger for the under-20 team of Brazilian club Santos FC and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Athletico Paranaense

As a youth, Nava played for CD Argentinos Juniors Bolivia.^[1]^[2] In 2021 he was named the MVP of an under-17 tournament in Bahia, Brazil. Following the tournament, he made an agreement to join SE Palmeiras. Ultimately, he decided to join Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Club Athletico Paranaense on a youth contract.^[3] Athletico spotted the player in the Ibotirama Cup in his homeland the year before.

In August 2022, Nava signed a professional contract with Furacão's under-20 side when he reached age eighteen.^[4] In summer 2023, he was registered to Athletico Paranaense's 50-man senior roster for the 2023 Copa Libertadores.^[5]

Santos

Nava left Athletico Paranaense and joined the under-20 team of Santos FC of the Série B in March 2024. His contract would convert into a 3-year deal if the player scored the stipulated amount of goals for the club. He became one of three Bolivians on the club's roster, along with Enzo Monteiro and Miguel Terceros.^[6]

International career

In January 2023, Nava was named to Bolivia's squad for the 2023 South American U-20 Championship. In the country's opening match of the tournament, Nava scored against Venezuela to earn a surprise 1–0 victory.^[7]^[8]^[9]

In March 2023, Nava was invited to a training camp with the senior national team by head coach Gustavo Costas to gain experience with the team.^[10] In the June the same year, he was one of six foreign-based players called up for friendlies against Ecuador and Chile in preparation for the beginning of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[11]^[12] Nava was expected to see playing time in the matches with starting attacker Marcelo Martins Moreno out with an illness.^[13]

Nava made his senior international debut on 27 August 2023 in a friendly against Panama. He came on as a second-half substitute for Diego Medina in the eventual 1–2 defeat.