Antonio Navas

Antonio Navas
Personal information
Full name Antonio Francisco Navas Vargas
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth El Ejido, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cacereño
Number 18
Youth career
Poli Ejido
2009–2013 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Recreativo B 60 (0)
2016–2019 Almería B 95 (4)
2016–2018 Almería 2 (0)
2019–2020 Sanluqueño 27 (0)
2020–2021 Real Murcia 10 (0)
2021–2022 Sanluqueño 32 (0)
2022–2023 Antequera 13 (2)
2023–2024 Vélez 19 (1)
2024 UCAM Murcia 7 (0)
2024– Cacereño 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navas and the second or maternal family name is Vargas.

Antonio Francisco Navas Vargas (born 13 February 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cacereño as a right-back.

Club career

Born in El Ejido, Almería, Andalusia, Navas represented Polideportivo Ejido and Real Betis as a youth. In January 2013 he moved to Recreativo de Huelva, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[1]

Navas made his senior debut on 16 February 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–4 home loss against CD Mairena. In August 2016 he moved to another reserve team, UD Almería B also in the fourth division.[2]

On 6 September 2016 Navas made his first team debut, replacing Isidoro in a 0–2 Copa del Rey home loss against Rayo Vallecano.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 6 November, in a 3–0 away win against Vélez CF.[4]

Navas made his Segunda División debut on 13 January 2018, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[5] On 20 August of the following year, he signed a one-year contract with Atlético Sanluqueño CF in division three, after his contract with the Rojiblancos expired.[6]

After joining Sanluqueño, Navas played for Antequera CF and Vélez CF before signing for UCAM Murcia in late January 2024.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Antonio Navas: "Deportivamente, el objetivo es el ascenso"" [Antonio Navas: "Sportily, the goal is the promotion"] (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ ""Que la gente de Huelva no arroje la toalla", señala Navas, que ha fichado por el Almería" ["That people of Huelva do not throw the towel", says Navas, who has signed for Almería] (in Spanish). Huelva 24. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ "El Rayo se toma su venganza y elimina al Almería" [Rayo take their vengeance and knock out Almería] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. ^ "0–3: El Almería B, brillante en un campo donde no había ganado nadie hasta esta jornada" [0–3: Almería B, brilliant in a field where they never won until this matchday] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Empate que sabe a poco para Almería y Nàstic" [Draw which leaves a bad taste in the mouth for Almería and Nàstic] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Antonio Navas nuevo jugador del Atlético Sanluqueño CF" [Antonio Navas new player of Atlético Sanluqueño CF] (in Spanish). Atlético Sanluqueño CF. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ Navas, nuevo refuerzo del UCAM Murcia CF, ucamdeportes.com, 30 January 2024