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César Navas
	Navas with Rubin Kazan in 2017
Personal information
Full name	César González Navas
Date of birth	14 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Móstoles, Spain
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Real Madrid B
2003–2005	Málaga B
2004–2007	Málaga
2007	→ Gimnàstic (loan)
2007–2009	Racing Santander
2009–2015	Rubin Kazan
2015–2017	Rostov
2017–2018	Rubin Kazan
Total
International career
1997	Spain U17
1998–1999	Spain U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

César González Navas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθesaɾ ˈnaβas]; born 14 February 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.

In his country, he played professionally for Málaga B, Málaga, Gimnàstic and Racing de Santander, amassing La Liga totals of 106 matches and six goals over five seasons. In 2009 he signed for Rubin Kazan, remaining in the Russian Premier League until his retirement.

Club career

Born in Móstoles, Community of Madrid, Navas was brought through the ranks of hometown's Real Madrid, but only played with its B team. He made his La Liga debut in the 2004–05 season, going on to spend two years in the competition with Málaga CF; his first match was on 12 December 2004, as he featured the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Levante UD.^[1]

Navas left Málaga and the Segunda División in January 2007, joining top-flight strugglers (eventually relegated) Gimnàstic de Tarragona. After his return to Andalusia he had a trial with English club Ipswich Town, but the deal fell through due to a metatarsal injury;^[2] he subsequently moved to Racing de Santander also in the top tier, signing for two years.^[3]

A habitual starter throughout the first half of the 2008–09 campaign, Navas was sold in late February 2009 to Russia's FC Rubin Kazan, on a three-year deal worth €2 million.^[4]^[5] He appeared in 28 games in his first year, as the team renewed their Russian Premier League supremacy.

On 12 July 2015, Navas signed a one-year contract with FC Rostov,^[6] agreeing to an extension one year later.^[7] In June 2017, he left the Olimp-2.^[8]

On 31 August 2017, Rubin Kazan announced the return of Navas.^[9] On 14 February 2019, the 39-year-old announced his retirement.^[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[11]
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Madrid B	1999–2000^[12]	Segunda División B	33	1	–		–		–		33	1
	2000–01^[12]		13	0	–		–		–		13	0
	2001–02^[12]		31	0	–		–		6	0	37	0
	2002–03^[12]		31	1	–		–		–		31	1
	Total		108	2	–	–	–	–	6	0	114	2
Málaga B	2003–04^[12]	Segunda División	36	1	–		–		–		36	1
	2004–05^[12]	Segunda División	15	0	–		–		–		15	0
	Total		51	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	51	1
Málaga	2004–05^[12]	La Liga	21	1	2	0	–		–		23	1
	2005–06^[12]	La Liga	28	2	0	0	–		–		28	2
	2006–07^[12]	Segunda División	14	1	2	0	–		–		16	1
	Total		63	4	4	0	–	–	–	–	67	4
Gimnàstic (loan)	2006–07^[12]	La Liga	19	2	0	0	–		–		19	2
Racing Santander	2007–08^[12]	La Liga	19	0	3	0	–		–		22	0
	2008–09^[12]	La Liga	19	1	1	0	6	0	–		26	1
	Total		38	1	4	0	6	0	–	–	48	1
Rubin Kazan	2009^[13]	Russian Premier League	28	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	35	0
	2010^[13]		29	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	39	1
	2011–12^[13]		35	1	3	0	9	0	–		47	1
	2012–13^[13]		21	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	30	0
	2013–14^[13]		29	1	1	0	12	1	–		42	2
	2014–15^[13]		22	0	2	0	–		–		24	0
Rostov	2015–16^[13]	Russian Premier League	28	0	0	0	–		–		28	0
	2016–17^[13]	Russian Premier League	24	1	2	0	14	0	–		40	1
	Total		52	1	2	0	14	0	–	–	68	1
Rubin Kazan	2017–18^[13]	Russian Premier League	17	0	0	0	–		–		17	0
Rubin Kazan	Total (2 spells)		181	3	8	0	42	1	3	0	234	4
Career total			512	14	18	0	62	1	9	0	601	15