Reinaldo Navia
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| Full name | Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Quillota, Chile | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–2000 | Santiago Wanderers | 96 | (42) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Tecos UAG | 67 | (32) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Monarcas Morelia | 38 | (26) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | América | 39 | (20) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Monterrey | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | San Luis | 12 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Atlas | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Racing Club | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | LDU Quito | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Santiago Morning | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Irapuato | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Ñublense | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 17 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2007 | Chile | 40 | (10) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:35, 27 September 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2007 |
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Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador (born 10 May 1978 in Quillota) is a retired Chilean footballer.
Navia was a member of the Chile national squad that competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, making an offensive duo with the historic Chilean striker Ivan Zamorano and earning a Bronze medal.
Born and raised in Quillota, he joined Santiago Wanderers youth ranks for made his professional debut with the team in 1995, aged 17.
After five successful seasons in Wanderers, he was transferred to UAG Tecos of Mexico in 2001. He remained in Tecos during two seasons, scoring 30 goals in 62 appearances.
In January 2003, Navia joined Monarcas Morelia. He immediately greatly impressed to Monarcas, scoring in one season scored 26 goals over the Torneo Clausura and Apertura. At the end of season, was rumored that many clubs of Europe are interested on him.
In December 2003, was announced that América's Dutchman coach Leo Beenhakker are interesting in have to Navia in his squad after his notable season in Morelia. On 26 December, it was announced that Navia signed a three-year contract with América, receiving a salary of $1.4 million per season for an undiclosed fee. One day later he was presented as new player of the club.
He made his club debut in the InterLiga 2004 in a 3–2 victory over Atlante, scoring a twice during the game. On 14 January, he again scored for InterLiga, now against his former club Morelia in a 3–1 away win. In the first leg final, Navia scored twice in the 2–1 win against Atlas. Finally América was champion of the InterLiga qualifying to the Copa Libertadores and Navia was the goalscorer of the tournament with 6 goals. On 24 January, Navia made his league in the Clásico Joven against Cruz Azul. His first goal in the league was at the 2nd minute of game in a 3–2 win against Veracruz. On 11 March, Navia scored an important goal for the Libertadores in a 2–1 win over São Caetano with an impressive header at 85th minute. On 11 May, Navia scored the only goal of América in the 1–0 win at the derby against Guadalajara with a semi-bicycle kick. Because of the incidents that he and six teammates performed in the game against São Caetano, Navia had to pay a fine of $180.000.
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