Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo, commonly known as either Juan Carlos Navarro or J. C. Navarro (born June 13, 1980), is a Spanish former professional

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player. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the

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position. On March 14, 2014, he was named a

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. He is the current team manager of

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. During his pro

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career, Navarro was a two-time EuroLeague champion, in

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and

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. He was also named the

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, the

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in 2010, and was selected as a member of the EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team. As the

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of the senior national team of Spain, Navarro notably won, among other medals, a

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gold medal in

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, two

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silver medals in

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and

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, as well as two

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gold medals in

and

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. He also earned two

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selections (

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, 2011), and was the competition's MVP in 2011. His nickname, ''La Bomba'' (The Bomb), is the name in

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for the tear drop, the type of shot he was a specialist in.

Early life

Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo was born in

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, Spain. Navarro began playing youth club basketball with a local club in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, called Club Bàsquet Santfeliuenc, at the age of 8. At the age of 12, he moved to the youth clubs of FC Barcelona.

Professional career

FC Barcelona (1997–2007)

Navarro started playing with the senior men's club of

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at the age of 17, making his

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debut on November 23, 1997. That year he was selected to attend the

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, but he opted stayed in Europe, and play for the Barcelona pro team. Due to his club obligations, he was also not on the Spanish junior national team that won the

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, in

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, in 1998. With the acquisitions of

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and

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in 2003, FC Barcelona won all the competitions they played in that year. It was the first time the club won the EuroLeague championship. By winning the

, the Spanish King's Cup, and the

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all in the same year, Barcelona won the coveted

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championship that year. With Barcelona, Navarro played on

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(Spanish League) championship teams eight times: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014; the Spanish King's Cup winners seven times: 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2018; the

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winners five times: 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2015; the

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champions once: 1999; and the EuroLeague champions twice:

and

. Navarro helped Barcelona reach the

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seven times:

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, and

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. Navarro was selected to the

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seven times: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2006, Juan Carlos Navarro earned the regular season Most Valuable Player award of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was named the Spanish Liga ACB Finals Most Valuable Player in 2009 and 2011. He was named the

in 2009, and the

in 2010.

Memphis Grizzlies (2007–2008)

As a member of

, Navarro played with players like Sasha Đjorđjević,

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, and

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, which helped make him a better player, and he became one of the most promising young European players, early on in his career with Barcelona. Several NBA

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s started to set him as a projected NBA Draft pick. In the 2001–02 season, Navarro was plagued by injuries, which dropped his NBA Draft stock. Eventually, the

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drafted Navarro in the second round (with the 40th pick overall) of the 2002 NBA draft. Navarro subsequently declined the Wizards contract offer, as he preferred to stay with

. On August 3, 2007, the Washington Wizards traded Navarro's draft rights, to the

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, in exchange for a future first-round draft pick. Navarro would later be reunited with his former FC Barcelona and Spain national teammate

, on the Grizzlies. After securing his €10 million contract buyout with FC Barcelona, Navarro signed a one-year contract with the

of the

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, and he played with them during the 2007–08 season. In his rookie NBA season, Navarro was one of the Grizzlies' team leaders in three-point shooting (.361). He was also named to the 2007–08

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, after averaging 10.9 points per game. On June 18, 2008, Navarro decided to leave the NBA and return to Spain. He signed a four-year deal worth

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12 million

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(with an optional fifth year that would bring the total contract to €15 million net income) with Barcelona, his former team. A qualifying contract offer, that had been previously tendered to Navarro by the

, was eventually rescinded by the team on September 10, 2009. That allowed the Grizzlies the cap space to then sign

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. Navarro's final NBA game was played on April 16th, 2008 in a 111 - 120 loss to the

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where he recorded 16 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Return to FC Barcelona (2008–2018)

After spending the 2007–08 season in the

, with the

, Navarro returned to

in the summer of 2008, on a 4-year

12 million

contract. The contract included a €10 million buyout amount. The contract also included an optional fifth year, which brought the total contract to €15 million net income. In 2012, Barcelona picked up the fifth optional year of his contract (€3 million net income), and extended him for another two additional years, at a salary of €2.6 million per season after that, bringing the total to €8.2 million net income over three years. Over the 2014–15 season, Navarro experienced several injury problems with his right leg. In late December 2014, it was announced that he would miss up to six weeks of action, due to a torn muscle in his right thigh. On June 29, 2015, it was announced by Barcelona that Navarro would miss three months of game action, due to

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on his right foot. Those injuries negatively impacted his performances over the season, in which he had averages of 10.5 points and 3.1 assists per game, on 37% shooting from the field overall, in 17 EuroLeague 2014–15 season games. On August 17, 2018, Navarro retired from competing in active sports competition, and he joined the FC Barcelona club's head office structure. That fulfilled what had been previously established in the 10-year contract that he signed with the club in September 2017 - that he would join the club's front office, after he retired from playing basketball with the team. At the time of his retirement from playing professional basketball, Navarro was the EuroLeague's all-time career leader in total

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(that record was eventually broken by

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), and also the league's career leader in total points scored (4,152 points) in the modern

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era of the competition, since the year

(that record was also eventually broken by Spanoulis). Navarro also retired as the all-time career leader in total

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scored (4,321 points), in the entire history of the EuroLeague (since

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), including when the competition was run by

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, as he also scored 169 total points in the FIBA EuroLeague 1999–00 season. In March 2019, Navarro's number 11 jersey was retired by the club.

National team career

In the summer of 1998, Navarro was a member of the Spanish under-18 junior national team that won the gold medal at the

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. He was also one of "The Golden Generation" boys of Spain (along with

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and future

players

and Raúl López) that defeated the United States' junior national team at the

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Navarro played with the senior Spanish national team at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. He also played at the

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, where he won two games during the tournament with

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s. He scored 27 points during the bronze medal game against

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. At the

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in Sweden, Navarro won a silver medal with the Spain's national team. In Spain's seventh-place finish at the

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, he scored 18 points in Spain's loss against

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. At the

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, the Spanish national team, playing without

, finished in fourth place. Navarro was the second leading scorer of the tournament, with an average of 25.2 points per game, finishing behind only

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. In August 2006, he played on the Spanish national team that won the gold medal at the

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, after they defeated

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in the tournament's final; after the Greeks had earlier defeated Team USA, in their semifinal, by a score of 101–95. In September 2007, Navarro and Spain lost against

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, in the gold medal game at the

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, which was held in

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, on Spain's home floor. Navarro was also a member of Spain's national team that won the silver medal at the

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. Navarro scored 18 points in the gold medal game that Spain lost against

. As the defending champions, Spain retained their European crown at the

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. Navarro led his team with a game-high 27 points in the championship game over France. He earned All-Tournament Team accolades, along with his teammate,

, and he was named the

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. Navarro won a silver medal with Spain at the

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. He also played at the

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, at the

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, where he won a bronze medal, and at the

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, where he also won a bronze medal.

Post-playing career

After Navarro retired from playing professional basketball in August 2018, he began working in the front office of the Spanish

club

. In April 2021, he was appointed by President

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as Team Manager in replacement of Nacho Rodríguez.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 3 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , .0 , , 0.3 , , 0.7 , , .0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - ! colspan="14" , ''Spent the 1998–99 season in the

competition'' , - , style="text-align:left;", 1999–00JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO FC BARCELONA 1999–00 AVERAGE.
/ref> , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 22 , , 5 , , 18.7 , , .444 , , .452 , , .800 , , 1.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.9 , , .0 , , 7.7 , , 5.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 25 , , 5 , , 16.8 , , .440 , , .452 , , .800 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , , .9 , , .0 , , 6.8 , , 4.7 , - ! colspan="14" , EuroLeague , - , style="text-align:left;", 2000–01 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=7,

, 12 , , 8 , , 27.8 , , .465 , , .388 , , .682 , , 2.8 , , 2.7 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 12.7 , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2001–02 , 17 , , 2 , , 19.0 , , .433 , , .333 , , .816 , , 1.5 , , 1.9 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 10.4 , , 10.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2002–03† , 22 , , 6 , , 26.1 , , .398 , , .367 , , .880 , , 1.6 , , 1.4 , , .6 , , .0 , , 11.5 , , 10.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2003–04 , 20 , , 6 , , 25.4 , , .494 , , .425 , , .808 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 13.7 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2004–05 , 20 , , 10 , , 26.6 , , .437 , , .395 , , .892 , , 2.0 , , 1.9 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 13.3 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2005–06 , 22 , , 21 , , 27.4 , , .438 , , .462 , , .806 , , 2.3 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 15.1 , , 13.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , 22 , , 21 , , 28.6 , , .496 , , .408 , , .838 , , 2.0 , , 3.0 , , .9 , , .0 , , 16.8 , , 16.9 , - ! colspan="14" , ''Spent the 2007–08 season in the

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NBA

Regular season

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Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

* EuroLeague: 2002–03, 2009–10 * Spanish League: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09,

, 2011–12, 2013–14 *

: 1998–99 * Spanish King's Cup:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

* Catalan Tournament: 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Spanish junior national team

: *

Spanish senior national team

EuroBasket 2001 The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a b ...

: *

EuroBasket 2003 The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth ...

: *

EuroBasket 2007 The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to th ...

: *

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

: *

EuroBasket 2009 The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

: *

EuroBasket 2011 EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's EuroBasket, European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted t ...

: *

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

: *

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

: *

EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

Individual awards

Clubs

Juan Carlos Navarro the championship MVP

* Catalan Tournament Final

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

: 2000, 2001 * All-Spanish League Team: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 * Spanish League MVP: 2006 *

Eurobasket.com Eurobasket.com also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provide coverages of every professional and semi-professional leagues around the world. Although primarily focusing on European basketball, th ...

's All- EuroLeague Guard of the Year: (

) *

EuroLeague Top Scorer The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague Best Scorer, is an annual basketball EuroLeague awards, award of European professional club basketball system, Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, Turkish Airli ...

: 2007 * Spanish League Top Scorer: 2007 *

* Spanish League Finals MVP: 2009, 2011, 2014 *

MVP: 2009, 2010, 2011 * All-Europe Player of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

Mr. Europa The Mister Europa European Player of the Year Award was an annual basketball award created in 1976, and given until 2010, by the panel of journalists of the Italian weekly magazine '' Superbasket''. Its purpose was to praise the best basketball p ...

: 2010 * EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team: 2010 * EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: 2020 *

EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award The EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award is an award that is given by the Euroleague Basketball Company, the organizer of the EuroLeague, which is the top-tier level professional basketball competition in Europe. It is awarded only to a very dis ...

: 2014 *

: 2010 *

EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer The EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer is the individual award for the player that gained the highest points in the EuroLeague Finals, the championship finals of the European-wide top-tier level professional club basketball competition, the EuroLeag ...

: (2010) *

: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 ** All-EuroLeague First Team:

** All-EuroLeague Second Team:

Domestic Player of the Year: (2010, 2012) * EuroLeague all-time leader in field goals made *

EuroLeague all-time leader in three-pointers made The EuroLeague is the highest level tier and most important professional club competition between basketball teams in Europe. It can contain teams from up to 18 different countries, from members of FIBA Europe, and mostly consisting of teams fro ...

* Number 11 jersey retired by FC Barcelona: (2019)

Spanish national team

EuroBasket All-Tournament Team The FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team is the FIBA Europe award that is bestowed upon the five best players of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol holds the record for most selections in the All-EuroBasket Team, with seven. FIBA Euro ...

: 2011