Javier Fernández Herranz (born 2 June 1991), known as Javi Navas, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for

Salamanca CF UDS Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as ''CF Salmantino'', is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of UD Salamanca, it currently plays in ...

Club career

Born in

Las Navas del Marqués Las Navas del Marqués is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. It is 82 km to the northwest of Madrid. There are some different options to travel there from Madrid or Avila: you can go by car or by tr ...

, Province of Ávila, Navas finished his development at Real Valladolid. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2008–09 season, suffering relegation from

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. Navas made his official debut with the

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

club's main squad on 8 September 2010, starting in a 1–0 home win against SD Huesca in the third round of the Copa del Rey. His first match in

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came on 11 December of the following year when he came on as a second-half substitute in the 2–2 draw at

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

. He was definitely promoted to the first team at the end of the campaign, being however deemed surplus to requirements by the same manager, Miroslav Đukić, and returning to the B side. In September 2012, Navas agreed to a new two-year contract with Valladolid B. On 3 January of the following year, however, he left the

Estadio José Zorrilla Estadio José Zorrilla () is a municipally-owned football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The capacity of the stadium is 26,451 seats, making it the 22nd-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in Castile and León. History The stadium was built ...

, signing for two years with

CA Osasuna B Club Atlético Osasuna B, usually known as Osasuna Promesas is the reserve team of CA Osasuna, a Spanish football club based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1962, currently plays in Primera Federación – Group ...

in the third division. On 7 July 2014, Navas rejoined his first senior team Valladolid B, now in the third tier of Spanish football. He continued competing in that league the following seasons, with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,

UD San Sebastián de los Reyes Unión Deportiva San Sebastián de los Reyes, also known as Sanse is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid. Founded in 1971 it pla ...

CD Izarra Club Deportivo Izarra is a Spanish football team based in Estella-Lizarra, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1924 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Merkatondoa'', with a capacity o ...

, Unionistas de Salamanca CF,

and

Zamora CF Zamora Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Zamora, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1968 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Ruta de la Plata'', with a c ...

.El Zamora CF oficializa el fichaje de Javi Navas (Zamora CF make signing of Javi Navas official)
Zamora 24 Horas, 15 July 2021 (in Spanish)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Navas, Javi 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Castile and León Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players CA Osasuna B players Getafe CF B players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players CD Izarra footballers Unionistas de Salamanca CF players Salamanca CF UDS players Zamora CF footballers Xerez Deportivo FC players