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Rafa Navarro (footballer, born 1994)

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Rafa Navarro
Navarro in 2018
Personal information
Full name Rafael Jesús Navarro Mazuecos
Date of birth (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Salteras, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2004–2010 Sevilla
2010–2012 Coria
2012–2013 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Betis B 1 (0)
2013–2014 Gerena 32 (2)
2014–2016 Betis B 69 (2)
2016–2018 Betis 21 (2)
2018–2022 Alavés 0 (0)
2018–2019Sochaux (loan) 23 (1)
2020–2022Istra 1961 (loan) 30 (1)
2022–2023 SS Reyes 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Rafael "Rafa" Jesús Navarro Mazuecos (born 24 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Club career

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Born in Salteras, Seville, Andalusia, Navarro represented Sevilla FC, Coria CF and Real Betis as a youth.[1] He made his senior debut with the latter's B-team on 2 December 2012, starting in a 2–3 home loss against CD San Roque de Lepe in the Segunda División B.

On 2 August 2013, Navarro signed for CD Gerena of the Tercera División.[2] He was an undisputed starter for the club during the campaign, and subsequently returned to Betis and its reserve team on 4 July 2014.[3]

Navarro featured regularly for Betis B in the following seasons, and renewed his contract with the club until 2020 on 13 June 2016.[4] On 24 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad and was assigned the number 2 shirt.[5]

Navarro made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 23 September 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Málaga CF.[6] His first goal in the category came on the following 18 March, netting the last in a 2–0 home success over CA Osasuna.

On 2 July 2018, Navarro signed a three-year contract with fellow top-tier club Deportivo Alavés, being immediately loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard for one year.[7] Upon returning, he spent the entire 2019–20 campaign unregistered before joining affiliate side NK Istra 1961 on loan on 5 October 2020.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 5 March 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Betis B 2012–13 Segunda Divisíon B 1 0 1 0
Gerena 2013–14 Tercera División 32 2 32 2
Betis B 2014–15 Segunda Divisíon B 32 1 32 1
2015–16 37 1 37 1
Total 70 2 0 0 0 0 70 2
Betis 2016–17 La Liga 18 2 0 0 18 2
2017–18 3 0 2 0 5 0
Total 21 2 2 0 0 0 23 2
Alavés 2019–20 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sochaux (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 23 1 2 0 1 0 26 1
Istra 1961 (loan) 2020–21 Prva HNL 9 0 1 0 10 0
Career total 155 7 5 0 1 0 161 7

References

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  1. ^ "Rafa Navarro, la pieza intocable del Betis B de Juan Merino" [Rafa Navarro, the untouchable piece of Juan Merino's Betis B] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ "La Lebrijana ficha a Iván Ares y el Gerena a Rafa Navarro" [Lebrijana sign Iván Ares and Gerena Rafa Navarro] (in Spanish). El Correo de Andalucía. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rafa Navarro ficha por el Betis B para las próximas dos temporadas" [Rafa Navarro signs for Betis B for the following two seasons] (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Rafa Navarro renueva con el Real Betis hasta 2020" [Rafa Navarro renews with Real Betis until 2020] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rafa Navarro becomes a first team member". Real Betis. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Sangre, sudor y tres puntos" [Blood, sweat and three points] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. ^ "El Deportivo Alavés se hace con los servicios de Rafa Navarro" [Deportivo Alavés get the services of Rafa Navarro] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Rafa Navarro, cedido al NK Istra" [Rafa Navarro, loaned to NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ Rafa Navarro at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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