Franco Navarro

Football player infobox
playername = Franco Navarro


fullname = Franco Enrique Navarro
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|11|10
cityofbirth = Lima
countryofbirth = Peru
currentclub =
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position = Striker
youthyears =
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years = 1980-1982
1983-1985
1985-1986
1986-1988
1988
1989
1989-1990
1991
1992-1993
1994
1995
clubs = Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Deportivo Cali
Independiente
UAG Tecos
FC Wettingen
Unión de Santa Fe
Sporting Cristal
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Carlos Manucci
Alianza Lima
caps(goals) = -
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8 (0)
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4 (2)
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nationalyears = 1980-1989
nationalteam = Peru
nationalcaps(goals) = 56 (16)
pcupdate = February 2008

Franco Navarro (born 10 November 1961 in Lima) is a former football striker and manager from Peru. As a player, he was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was also member of the Peru national football team for the qualification stages of the World Cup for Mexico 1986 and Italy 1990. He played a total of 56 games for Peru between 1980 and 1989, scoring 16 goals. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html rsssf: Peru record international footballers] ]

He is also famous because five minutes into the deciding game between Argentina and Peru for qualification into the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, an Argentinian defender (allegedly under orders from Carlos Bilardo the Argentinian coachFact|date=February 2008) almost broke Navarro’s leg, taking him out of the game. In addition, the Argentinian player was not expelled from the game. After that Argentina with Diego Maradona tied the game 2-2 and qualified to the World Cup. That same team would then win the World Cup in Mexico.

Navarro played for Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Independiente from Argentina and Grasshoppers from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995. He has been a coach for several Peruvian teams, including Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Cienciano as well as the Peruvian national team.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=18127 Career statistics] at National Football Teams

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