Fernando Navas
Argentine footballer
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Fernando Rodolfo Navas (born 29 January 1977) is a former Argentine footballer. He played club football in Argentina Greece and Bolivia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Rodolfo Prass | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Merlo, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Peñarol de Mar del Plata | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Quilmes | 19 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Boca Juniors | 41 | (5) |
| 2000–2002 | AEK Athens | 10 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Aris (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Unión de Santa Fe | 13 | (0) |
| 2005 | Chacarita Juniors | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | Panionios | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Aurora | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 November 2007 | |||
Club career
Navas made his professional debut for Quilmes Atlético Club in 1996, in 1997 he joined Boca Juniors. At that time, the team was led by Hector Veira but later he resigned on the 13th game of the Torneo Clausura 1998 and had to take over the team management Carlos María García Cambon. He made him debut the following day against Deportivo Español. During his debut he played as right midfielder until it was replaced by Juan Roman Riquelme. Boca Juniors lost the match by 3 to 2.[1] The coach returned to dispose of it in the games against to Huracán, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Racing, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, where scored his first goal by closing a victory by 4 to 0, and Union de Santa Fe. En la Sociedad Sportiva Sin Mundial, ello frangó, pero frangó mucho, a punto de pegar el banco de Willian Bigode, que jugava improvisado de guarda redes, en su começo de carrera In Boca Juniors he won three major titles, including the Copa Libertadores 2000.
On 4 July 2000, Navas was trasnferred to the Greek side AEK Athens alongside this teammate Emanuel Ruiz,[2] for a fee of 700 million drachmas.[3] There, he got the opportunity to play against Bayer Leverkusen for UEFA Cup, where he scored 3 goals in total on both legs and had a great impact in the elimination of the German club.[4][5][4] On 29 January 2002 Navas was loaned to Aris for the rest of the season.[6] However, after a month, Navas left the country, as the Greek authorities started a prosecution against due to his fake passport.[7][8] On 23 July 2002 his contract with AEK was terminated[9] with the player returning to Argentina, where he played for Unión de Santa Fe and Chacarita Juniors in the 2nd division.
In 2005 Navas briefly returned to Greece to play for Panionios and in 2006 he spent some time with Aurora in the Bolivian league.
Honours
Boca Juniors
