Juan José "Juanjo" Narváez Solarte (born 12 February 1995) is a Colombian

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who plays for Spanish club

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, on loan from

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. Mainly an

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Deportivo Pasto

Born in Pasto, Nariño Department, and a product of hometown team

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad. D ...

's youth ranks, Narváez spent his first two seasons as a senior with

, scoring four goals; three in the Copa Colombia and another in the

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. He debuted for them in the Categoría Primera B on 9 March 2011 at 16 years and 25 days of age, making him the club's youngest ever player, and in the Categoría Primera A on 28 April 2012.

Real Madrid

In November 2012, Narváez joined the youth academy of

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. He was highly recommended by Real Madrid legend

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to take into their youth system and was viewed as 'the next Falcao' due to his goalscoring abilities. Narváez made his debut for the club in the

2013 Copa del Rey Juvenil The 2013 Copa del Rey Juvenil is the 63rd staging of the Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol. The competition began on May 19, 2013 and will end on June 30, 2013 with the final. First round The top two teams from each group and the two best third-p ...

, where he scored two goals in three appearances as the team won the trophy, although he did not play in the final. He made his first team debut on 28 January 2012, playing the whole game in a 3–0 win over

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in the Alkass International Cup. Narváez scored another goal against Rayo Vallecano in a 2–0 victory a week later. During the international break in October, Narvaez scored his first

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for the club in a 6–1 win against Don Bosco. Narváez made his UEFA Youth League debut against Galatasaray, as he managed to score the tying goal in a 1–1 draw. As of September 2013, he had scored six goals in three appearances for the U-17 squad. In a UEFA Youth League match against

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, Narváez scored four goals, one with a

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, and also assisted the fourth goal in a 6–2 victory. This made him joint top scorer at the time with five goals. In his third match representing the C team, Narváez scored his first goal against Fuenlabrada, in the 82nd minute. Narváez was once again promoted, this time to

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, where he came off the bench in the 88th minute. Narvaez would then score his first goal against Leioa in his 5th appearance.

Betis

At the start of the year 2016, Narváez signed for

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on a three-year deal, being initially assigned to

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. On 29 January 2018, Narváez he was loaned to

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side

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, where he helped to avoid relegation in the last game of the season by winning 3–0 to Sporting Gijón. On 31 August 2018, Narváez joined

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on a one-season loan. Upon returning, he was initially assigned to Betis' first team in

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, but moved to Las Palmas still in the second division on loan for one year on 31 August 2019.

Zaragoza

On 4 September 2020, Narváez agreed to a three-year contract with second division side

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. An undisputed starter, he scored nine goals in his first season.

Valladolid

On 1 September 2022, Narváez signed a two-year contract with

in the top tier. The following 30 January, after being rarely used, he returned to the second division after being loaned to

until the end of the season.

International career

Narváez was repeatedly called up to participate in Colombia's U20 squad, but Real Madrid refused to release him; he was not allowed to take part in the

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Career statistics

Honors

Club

;Deportivo Pasto *

(1):

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;Real Madrid Youth * Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol (1):

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Personal life

Since arriving at Real Madrid's academy, he became close friends with

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, the son of

References

External links

RealMadrid.com Profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Narvaez, Juan Jose 1995 births Living people People from Pasto, Colombia Colombian footballers Association football midfielders Association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Deportivo Pasto footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players Córdoba CF players UD Almería players UD Las Palmas players Real Zaragoza players Real Valladolid players CD Leganés players Colombian expatriate footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Nariño Department