Nicolás Gastón Navarro (born 25 March 1985) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Navarro started his career with

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in 2004. In 2007, he was sold to

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side

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for a fee of around $5 million, the biggest amount received by the Argentine club since

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's transfer in 1981 (around 10 million of the same coin). On 20 August 2009, Navarro joined River Plate on loan from

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. However, he played only 4 games in River. For the

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, Navarro returned to Argentinos Juniors (defending champions of the Argentine league).

International career

Navarro was part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that won the

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title. He also won a

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at the

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. He was not part of the original squad, but received the call-up to replace injured goalkeeper

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during the tournament.

Honours

Argentina U20 *

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Argentina Olympic *

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References

External links

Player profile
on Napoli's official website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Nicolas 1985 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Argentinos Juniors footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers SSC Napoli players Kayserispor footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Süper Lig players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games footballers for Argentina Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportsmen