Rubén Navarro (Argentine footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubén Marino Navarro | ||
Date of birth | 30 March 1933 | ||
Place of birth |
La Banda , Argentina | ||
Date of death | 14 July 2003 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1966 | Independiente | 209 | (0) |
1967 | Philadelphia Spartans | 14 | (1) |
1968 | Cleveland Stokers | 32 | (0) |
Total | 255 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1960–1963 | Argentina | 32 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rubén Navarro (30 March 1933 – 14 July 2003) was an Argentine association football player. He is mainly remembered for winning two consecutive Copa Libertadores titles with Independiente (1964, 1965).
Club career
Born in
With Independiente Navarro won the
However, their later appearances in the competition proved to be much more successful as Independiente with Navarro went on to win the
In 1967, he left for the
International career
Navarro was capped 32 times for Argentina national football team between 1960 and 1963.[3] He was member of the country's 1962 FIFA World Cup squad and appeared in two matches at the tournament, captaining the side against England and Bulgaria.
The following year he also appeared for Argentina in the 1963 South American Championship in which Argentina came in third behind hosts Bolivia and Paraguay. Navarro played in all six matches in the tournament.
Honors
Club
- Independiente
- Argentine Primera División (2): 1960, 1962
- Copa Libertadores (2): 1964, 1965
- Philadelphia Spartans
- Eastern Division (runner-up): 1967
- Cleveland Stokers
International
- Argentina
- FIFA World Cup qualifier: 1962
- Copa América (3rd place): 1963
Individual
- NPSL Most Valuable Player (1): 1967
- NPSL First Team All-Star (1): 1967
- NASL First Team All-Star (1): 1968
- FIFA World Cup captain: 1962 (2 matches)
References
- ^ http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html#NASL
- ^ http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1968.html#NASL
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (6 April 2011). "Appearances for Argentina National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
External links
- Rubén Navarro – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rubén Navarro at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Rubén Navarro NASL stats