Antonio García Navajas

Antonio García Navajas
Personal information
Full name Antonio García Navajas
Date of birth (1958-03-08) 8 March 1958
Place of birth Posadas, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Linares
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 Burgos 96 (0)
1979–1982 Real Madrid 36 (0)
1982–1986 Valladolid 78 (0)
1986–1987 Rayo Vallecano 21 (0)
Total 231 (0)
National team
1976 Spain U18 8 (0)
1977 Spain U20 3 (0)
1976–1981 Spain U21 8 (0)
1979 Spain U23 3 (0)
1979 Spain amateur 6 (0)
1979 Spain 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Navajas.

Antonio García Navajas (born 8 March 1958) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Posadas, Province of Córdoba, García Navajas appeared in 210 La Liga during ten seasons, in representation of Burgos CF, Real Madrid and Real Valladolid. Whilst with the second club, he won the 1979–80 national championship, but only contributed with five matches to the feat; additionally, he amassed ten appearances in the European Cup in two separate editions.[1][2]

García Navajas retired in 1987 at just 29, after one season in Segunda División with Rayo Vallecano.

International career

On 14 November 1979, García Navajas gained his sole cap for the Spanish national team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 friendly loss to Denmark at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza in Cádiz.

Honours

Real Madrid
Valladolid

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool v Real Madrid: 'Play the European Cup final, or your career is over'". The Guardian. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "25 años de la Copa de la Liga" [25 years from the League Cup] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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