Raúl Rodríguez Navas

Not to be confused with Raúl Navas or Raúl Nava.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Navas.
Raúl Navas
Personal information
Full name Raúl Rodríguez Navas
Date of birth (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 22
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Sevilla C 46 (1)
2009 Sevilla B 2 (0)
2009–2010 Valladolid B 35 (4)
2010–2011 Valladolid 4 (0)
2011–2012 Celta B 23 (2)
2011 Celta 0 (0)
2012–2014 Eibar 73 (5)
2014– Real Sociedad 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Eibar (loan) 29 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2016.


Raúl Rodríguez Navas (born 11 May 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Navas played youth football with local Sevilla FC, making his senior debuts in 2007–08 season with the C-team, in Tercera División. On 30 May 2009 he played his first professional match, appearing with the reserves in a 0–4 Segunda División home loss against CD Tenerife and also being sent off.[1]

In July 2009, Navas signed with Real Valladolid, initially being assigned to the B-side.[2] On 16 May 2010, the day the Castile and León club certified its relegation, he made his La Liga debut, starting in a 0–4 away defeat to champions FC Barcelona;[3] in his second year, he appeared in a further official games with the first team, being released in August 2011.[4]

In the following years, Navas competed in Segunda División B, with Celta de Vigo B and SD Eibar.[5] He achieved two consecutive promotions with the latter, in 2013 and in 2014.

On 12 July 2014, Navas signed a one-year deal with Real Sociedad, being immediately loaned back to Eibar.[6] He was also utilized in the latter's top level debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against his parent club.[7]

Navas scored his first goal in the main category on 8 December, netting the third in a 5–2 home routing of UD Almería.[8] On 3 June 2015, the Txuri-urdin activated a clause in his contract and extended his link until 2018;[9] he missed the entire season, due to a pubalgia ailment.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Paseo del Tenerife por Sevilla (Tenerife went sightseeing in Sevilla); Marca, 30 May 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Néstor, Raúl Navas y Carlos Delgado fichan por el Promesas (Néstor, Raúl Navas and Carlos Delgado sign for Promesas); Aupa Pucela, 18 July 2009 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Barcelona 4–0 Valladolid; ESPN FC, 16 May 2010
  4. ↑ Raúl Navas, libre (Raúl Navas, free); Real Valladolid, 10 August 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Eibar ficha al central Raúl Rodríguez Navas (Eibar sign stopper Raúl Rodríguez Navas); El Correo, 31 August 2012 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Raúl Navas ficha por la Real y se marcha cedido a la SD Eibar (Raúl Navas signs for Real and goes on loan to Eibar); Real Sociedad, 12 July 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Lara seals dream start for Eibar; ESPN FC, 24 August 2014
  8. ↑ Eibar 5–2 Almeria; ESPN FC, 8 December 2014
  9. ↑ La Real Sociedad renueva a Raúl Navas hasta 2018 (Real Sociedad renews Raúl Navas until 2018); El Diario Vasco, 3 June 2015 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Raúl Navas: “Era la única solución que me daban” (Raúl Navas: “It was the only solution they provided”); Mundo Deportivo, 31 May 2016 (Spanish)
  11. ↑ Raúl Navas marca y olvida el calvario de 14 meses lesionado (Raúl Navas scores and forgets about 14-month injury ordeal); Diario AS, 6 August 2016 (Spanish)
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