John William Narváez Arroyo (born 12 June 1991) is an Ecuadorian

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who plays for

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as a defender.

Career

Born in Esmeraldas, Narváez began playing football with

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

. He had a brief playthrough with El Nacional in 2012. He joined Ecuadorian Serie A side

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in 2013, and featured regularly as the club won the 2013 tournament. The defender played for Emelec in the 2014

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. On 13 July 2016, it was confirmed that Narváez would be joining LDU Quito.

International career

Narváez is a Youth product of

. He was part of the Ecuadorian squad which played at the

2011 South American U-20 Championship The 2011 South American Youth Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Perú 2011, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 “Juventude da America” Peru 2011) was a football competition for U-20 national teams in ...

, qualifying 4th for the

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. The Squad went on to reach the Round of 16, being defeated by

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. Narváez was called up for the

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preliminary squad. He didn't make the cut to the final 23. He was once again called up for the

2015 Copa América The 2015 Copa América was the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and took place in Chile between 11 June and 4 July 2015. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, ...

making the cut for the final 23 this time around. He made his debut on June 6, 2015 against

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coming in as a sub for

Jefferson Montero Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (; born 1 September 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ecuadorian Serie A club S.D. Aucas. He has represented the Ecuador national team at senior international level. Clu ...

References

External links

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at Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol 1991 births Living people Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Peruvian Primera División players C.D. Cuenca footballers C.S. Emelec footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers FBC Melgar footballers C.S.D. Macará footballers Ecuador men's international footballers 2015 Copa América players People from Esmeraldas Province Men's association football defenders Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Peru {{Ecuador-footy-defender-stub