Franco Navarro
 Navarro with Independiente in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sport Huancayo (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Municipal | ||
| 1983–1985 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1985–1986 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1986–1988 | Independiente | 70 | (22) |
| 1988 | Tecos UAG | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | Wettingen | 8 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Unión Santa Fe | 10 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1993 | Municipal | ||
| 1994 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 4 | (2) |
| 1995 | Alianza Lima | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980–1989 | Peru | 56 | (16) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 2001 | Estudiantes de Medicina | ||
| 2002 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 2003 | Unión Huaral | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sport Boys | ||
| 2005 | Universidad César Vallejo | ||
| 2006 | Peru | ||
| 2007–2008 | Cienciano | ||
| 2008–2009 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2010–2011 | León de Huánuco | ||
| 2012 | Universidad San Martín | ||
| 2012 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 2013 | Melgar | ||
| 2014–2016 | Universidad César Vallejo | ||
| 2016–2020 | UTC | ||
| 2021 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 2022 | UTC | ||
| 2022–2023 | ADT | ||
| 2024 | Carlos A. Mannucci | ||
| 2024– | Sport Huancayo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 2008 | |||
Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro (born 10 November 1961) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Sport Huancayo.
Club career
[edit]Navarro played for Independiente from Argentina , Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima from Peru and FC Wettingen from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995.
International career
[edit]He was a prolific goal scorer and a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was also member of the Peru national football team for the qualification stages of the World Cup in Mexico (1986) and Italy (1990). Navarro played a total of 56 games for Peru between 1980 and 1989, scoring 16 goals.[1] He made his debut on 18 July 1980 in a friendly against Uruguay (0–0) in Montevideo. His last game was on 27 August 1989 against Uruguay at a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
He is remembered for the leg-breaking incident five minutes into the deciding qualifier game between Argentina and Peru in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The Argentine defender Julián Camino broke Navarro’s leg with a tackle. Camino was not expelled from the game.[2] Argentina with Ricardo Gareca tied the game 2–2 and qualified to the World Cup; Argentina would go on to win the 1986 World Cup.
Coaching career
[edit]He has been a coach for several Peruvian teams, including Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Cienciano as well as the Peru national football team.
References
[edit]- ^ rsssf: Peru record international footballers Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Patada de Julián Camino a Franco Navarro". De Fútbol Somos (in Spanish). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Franco Navarro at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lima
- Men's association football forwards
- Peruvian men's footballers
- Peru men's international footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Tecos F.C. footballers
- FC Wettingen players
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Club Alianza Lima footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Peruvian expatriate men's footballers
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1983 Copa América players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- Peruvian football managers
- Peruvian Primera División managers
- Sporting Cristal managers
- Club Alianza Lima managers
- Sport Boys managers
- Peru national football team managers
- Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo managers
- Cienciano managers
- Juan Aurich managers
- Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres managers
- FBC Melgar managers
- Deportivo Municipal managers
- Asociación Deportiva Tarma managers
- Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca managers
- León de Huánuco managers
- Carlos A. Mannucci managers
- Sport Huancayo managers