Navarro Montoya in 1988.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Vélez Sarsfield | 67 | (0) |
1986–1987 | Independiente Santa Fe | 38 | (0) |
1987–1988 | Vélez Sarsfield | 18 | (0) |
1988–1996 | Boca Juniors | 323 | (0) |
1997 | Extremadura | 23 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Mérida | 38 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Tenerife | 48 | (0) |
2001 | Deportes Concepción | 13 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Chacarita Juniors | 62 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Independiente | 57 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Gimnasia LP | 38 | (0) |
2006 | Atlético Paranaense | 2 | (0) |
2007 | Nueva Chicago | 19 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Olimpo | 13 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Luján de Cuyo | ||
2009 | Tacuarembó | 8 | (0) |
Total | 767 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1985 | Colombia | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2013 | Chacarita Juniors | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (born 26 February 1966) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
During a professional career which spanned 25 years, he represented teams in Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, appearing for 15 clubs (mainly Boca Juniors) and totalling more than 800 games across all competitions.
Nicknamed El Mono (monkey) whilst in Argentina, Navarro Montoya was born in Medellín, Colombia, and he started playing professionally in the former country at only 18, with Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. In 1988, after one year in his homeland with Independiente Santa Fe, he joined Boca Juniors, where he would rarely miss a game in nearly ten years – never played in less than 35 matches in his full seasons – also setting club records of consecutive games (180) and minutes without conceding a goal (824), and eventually appearing in 396 official games for the Xeneizes. His last appearance, however, ended in defeat, 1–3 at Club Atlético Banfield.
In January 1997, aged almost 31, Montoya joined CF Extremadura in La Liga, suffering relegation with that and his following two teams, CP Mérida and CD Tenerife, also in the first division. After a brief spell in Chile with Club Deportes Concepción, he returned to Argentina and played top flight football for Chacarita Juniors, Club Atlético Independiente (after the promotion of youngster Óscar Ustari, the 39-year-old did not see his contract renewed) and Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, during five seasons combined.