Raúl Navas (footballer, born 1988)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Navas.
Raúl Navas
Navas in action for Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Raúl Rodríguez Navas
Date of birth (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Recreativo
Number 17
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Sevilla C 46 (1)
2009 Sevilla B 2 (0)
2009–2010 Valladolid B 35 (4)
2010–2011 Valladolid 4 (0)
2011–2012 Celta B 23 (2)
2011 Celta 0 (0)
2012–2014 Eibar 73 (5)
2014–2020 Real Sociedad 68 (1)
2014–2015 → Eibar (loan) 29 (2)
2019–2020 → Osasuna (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2021 Osasuna 2 (0)
2021 Cartagena 16 (0)
2021–2022 Las Palmas 35 (1)
2022–2023 Mirandés 27 (1)
2023– Recreativo 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024

Raúl Rodríguez Navas (born 11 May 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Recreativo de Huelva.

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Navas played youth football with local Sevilla FC, making his senior debut in 2007–08 season with the C team in the Tercera División. On 30 May 2009 he played his first professional match, appearing with the reserves in a 0–4 Segunda División home loss against CD Tenerife and also being sent off.[1]

Navas signed with Real Valladolid in July 2009, initially being assigned to the B side.[2] On 16 May 2010, the day the Castile and León club certified its relegation, he made his La Liga debut, starting the 4–0 away defeat to champions FC Barcelona.[3] In his second year, he appeared in a further five official games with the first team, being released in August 2011.[4]

In the following years, Navas competed in the Segunda División B, with Celta de Vigo B and SD Eibar.[5] He achieved two consecutive promotions with the latter, in 2013 and in 2014.[6]

On 12 July 2014, Navas signed a one-year deal with Real Sociedad, being immediately loaned back to Eibar.[7] He was also utilised in the latter's top-flight debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–0 home victory over his parent club.[8]

Navas scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 8 December, the third in a 5–2 home rout of UD Almería.[9] On 3 June 2015, the Txuri-urdin activated a clause in his contract and extended his link until 2018.[10] He missed the entire season, due to a pubalgia ailment.[11][12]

On 14 August 2019, Navas joined CA Osasuna on a season-long move, with an obligatory buyout clause at the end of the loan.[13] He terminated his contract with the club on 26 January 2021,[14] and immediately moved to second division side FC Cartagena on a 18-month deal just hours later.[15]

On 19 July 2021, Navas signed a 1+1 deal with UD Las Palmas also in the second tier, after exercising the rescision clause on his previous contract.[16] He terminated his link on 1 September 2022,[17] and agreed to a one-year contract at CD Mirandés just hours later.[18]

References

  1. ^ Paseo del Tenerife por Sevilla (Tenerife went sightseeing in Sevilla); Marca, 30 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Néstor, Raúl Navas y Carlos Delgado fichan por el Promesas (Néstor, Raúl Navas and Carlos Delgado sign for Promesas); Aupa Pucela, 18 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Barcelona 4–0 Valladolid Archived 23 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 16 May 2010
  4. ^ Raúl Navas, libre (Raúl Navas, free); Real Valladolid, 10 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Eibar ficha al central Raúl Rodríguez Navas (Eibar sign stopper Raúl Rodríguez Navas); El Correo, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "El Eibar debutará con un partido "especial" ante la Real" [Eibar to debut with "special" match against Real] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. ^ Raúl Navas ficha por la Real y se marcha cedido a la SD Eibar (Raúl Navas signs for Real and goes on loan to Eibar); Real Sociedad, 12 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Lara seals dream start for Eibar; ESPN FC, 24 August 2014
  9. ^ Eibar 5–2 Almeria; ESPN FC, 8 December 2014
  10. ^ La Real Sociedad renueva a Raúl Navas hasta 2018 (Real Sociedad renew Raúl Navas until 2018); El Diario Vasco, 3 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Raúl Navas: “Era la única solución que me daban” (Raúl Navas: "It was the only solution they provided"); Mundo Deportivo, 31 May 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Raúl Navas marca y olvida el calvario de 14 meses lesionado (Raúl Navas scores and forgets about 14-month injury ordeal); Diario AS, 6 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Osasuna se hace con los servicios de Raúl Navas (Osasuna get the services of Raúl Navas); CA Osasuna, 14 August 2019 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ "Osasuna y Raúl Navas alcanzan un acuerdo para finalizar su relación contractual" [Osasuna and Raúl Navas reach an agreement to end their contractual relationship] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Raúl Navas, un central de Primera para apuntalar la defensa" [Raúl Navas, a Primera stopper to bolster the defence] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Raúl Navas, nuevo refuerzo para la UD Las Palmas" [Raúl Navas, new addition for UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Raúl Navas finaliza su contrato con la UD Las Palmas" [Raúl Navas ends his contract with UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Raúl Navas, experiencia para la zaga rojilla" [Raúl Navas, experience for the rojilla defense] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.