Rafa Navarro

Rafa Navarro
Personal information
Full name Rafael Jesús Navarro Mazuecos
Date of birth (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994
Place of birth Salteras, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Betis
Number 2
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– Betis 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2016.


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

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

Club career

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 for the Segunda División B championship.

On 2 August 2013, Navarro signed for CD Gerena in Tercera División, after leaving the Verdiblancos.[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 no. 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]

References

  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.
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