Keylor Navas

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Keylor Navas
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Navas playing for Real Madrid in 2015
Personal information
Full name Keylor Antonio Navas Gamboa
Date of birth (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2005 Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Saprissa 60 (0)
2010–2012 Albacete 36 (0)
2011–2012 → Levante (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2014 Levante 46 (0)
2014– Real Madrid 23 (0)
International career‡
2003 Costa Rica U17 3 (0)
2008– Costa Rica 64 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2015

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Navas and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.

Keylor Antonio Navas Gamboa (born 15 December 1986) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Costa Rica national team as a goalkeeper.

After starting out at Saprissa he moved to Albacete, and then to Levante in La Liga. Navas joined Real Madrid in 2014 for €10 million.

Navas has played over 60 times for Costa Rica since making his debut in 2008. He has represented the country at two CONCACAF Gold Cups and the 2014 World Cup; his impressive performances helped the team reach the quarter-finals of the latter tournament.[2]

Club career

Saprissa

Born in San Isidro de El General, Navas made his professional debut with Deportivo Saprissa on 6 November 2005, in a league match against Asociación Deportiva Carmelita.[3] He was the first-choice keeper in his two final seasons with the club, winning seven titles including six national championships.[4]

Albacete

In July 2010, Navas signed with Albacete Balompié of the Segunda División in Spain exactly 20 years after countryman Luis Conejo, who occupied the same position.[5] He played in 36 games out of 42 during his first season, but his team suffered relegation after finishing in last position.

Levante

In the 2011–12 campaign, Navas reached La Liga, being loaned to Levante UD for a year.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 13 May 2012 in the last round, playing in a 3–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao that confirmed the club's first ever qualification for the UEFA Europa League,[7] and joined the Valencian club on a three-year contract in July of that year.[8] Despite initially being back-up to Gustavo Munúa,[9] Navas was the first-choice goalkeeper for Levante in the 2013–14 season, and was nominated as the league's best goalkeeper alongside Thibaut Courtois of Atlético Madrid and Willy Caballero of Málaga CF,[10] going on to win the prize.[11] In March 2014, he was La Liga Player of the Month, the first goalkeeper to win the accolade.[12]

Real Madrid

On 3 August 2014, Real Madrid triggered Navas' €10 million buyout clause, and he signed a six-year contract with the club.[13] His first competitive call-up was on 12 August, sitting on the bench as Iker Casillas played in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup, which Real Madrid won 2–0 against Sevilla at the Cardiff City Stadium.[14] Navas was given his debut for the club on 23 September, in a 5–1 victory over Elche at the Santiago Bernabéu.[15] On 20 December, he was on the bench as his team won the Club World Cup, defeating Club Atletico San Lorenzo in the final in Morocco.[16]

With the departure of Iker Casillas from Real Madrid, Navas inherited his #1 shirt for the 2015–16 La Liga season.[17] Madrid agreed to transfer Navas to Manchester United in part-exchange for David de Gea on 31 August 2015, but the deal collapsed because the documents were not submitted to FIFA before the Spanish transfer deadline.[18]

International career

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Navas and Giancarlo González celebrating Costa Rica's victory over Uruguay at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Navas was part of the Costa Rican squad that played in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland. He was called up for the full national team for the first time in August 2006, to play a friendly tournament in Europe against Austria and Switzerland. Navas gained his first cap on 11 October 2008, a 4–1 away victory over Suriname in the third round of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which qualified the team into the next stage.[19] Four days later at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, he kept his first international clean sheet in a 2–0 victory over Haiti.[20] The team eventually reached the intercontinental play-offs for the tournament, losing narrowly to Uruguay.[21]

Navas appeared with Los Ticos in two CONCACAF Gold Cup competitions, being named the best goalkeeper in the 2009 edition as he helped his country reach the semi-finals.[22] He returned to help them to the quarter-finals two years later, but missed the 2013 tournament through injury, suffering the same fate again in 2015.[23]

2014 World Cup

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Navas playing for Costa Rica at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

He made his debut in the FIFA World Cup on 14 June 2014, appearing in a 3–1 group stage win against Uruguay in Fortaleza,[24] and only conceded that single goal in the three Group games as Costa Rica qualified for the knockout stages as group winners.[25]

On 29 June, in the round of 16 match against Greece, Navas was named Man of the match after several outstanding saves in normal time and a save from Theofanis Gekas' kick during the penalty shootout, which led to Costa Rica reaching the quarter-finals for the first time ever.[26] He ended the tournament with three clean sheets from five matches, as the country was knocked out by the Netherlands after a penalty shootout,[27] where he was named man of the match for the third time.[2] He was also one of three nominees for the Golden Glove Award, losing out to Manuel Neuer of Germany.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 January 2016[29][30]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Saprissa 2008–09 Primera División 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
2009–10 Primera División 27 0 0 0 4 0 31 0
Total 27 0 0 0 9 0 36 0
Albacete 2010–11 Segunda División 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Total 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Levante 2011–12 La Liga 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 0
2012–13 La Liga 9 0 4 0 12 0 25 0
2013–14 La Liga 37 0 2 0 0 0 39 0
Total 47 0 11 0 12 0 70 0
Real Madrid 2014–15 La Liga 6 0 3 0 2 0 11 0
2015–16 La Liga 17 0 0 0 4 0 21 0
Total 23 0 3 0 6 0 32 0
Career total 133 0 14 0 27 0 174 0

International

As of 13 October 2015[31]
Costa Rica
Year Apps Goals
2008 2 0
2009 14 0
2010 5 0
2011 11 0
2012 10 0
2013 8 0
2014 10 0
2015 4 0
Total 64 0

Honours

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Navas playing for Levante in 2013

Club

Real Madrid

Individual

Personal life

Navas is a Christian. He spoke about his faith saying, "God for me comes first. Before every game I kneel, I open my arms and pray ... My favourite passage of the Bible is Galatians 1:10 which says: "If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."[32][33] On 3 December 2014, Navas announced that he had obtained Spanish citizenship.[34][35]

References

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