Pau Navarro (footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 2005)
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Pau Navarro Badenes (born 25 April 2005) is a Spanish footballer who plays for La Liga club Villarreal CF. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back or a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pau Navarro Badenes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | La Vilavella, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Villarreal | ||
| 2019–2020 | Roda | ||
| 2020–2023 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Villarreal C | 12 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Villarreal B | 17 | (1) |
| 2024– | Villarreal | 40 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025 | Spain U20 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:50, 11 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in La Vilavella, Castellón, Valencian Community,[3] Navarro was a Villarreal CF youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 September 2023, starting in a 5–1 Tercera Federación home routing of CD Acero.
Navarro scored his first senior goal on 5 November 2023, netting the C's equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against CF Gandía.[4] He made his professional debut with the reserves on 12 November, coming on as a half-time substitute for Álex Forés in a 1–0 Segunda División away win over CD Tenerife.[5][6]
Navarro scored his first professional goal on 7 April 2024, netting the B's opener in a 2–1 home win over Burgos CF. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 September, replacing Logan Costa in a 2–1 away win over RCD Espanyol.[7]
International career
Navarro is a youth international for Spain. In September 2025, he was called up to the Spain U20 squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Villarreal C | 2023–24 | Tercera Federación | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Villarreal B | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Villarreal | 2024–25 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League