 Navarro Montoya in 1988. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-02-26)26 February 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985 | Colombia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Chacarita Juniors | ||
| 2013–2020 | Boca Juniors (youth) | ||
| 2020 | Guadalajara | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (born 26 February 1966) is a retiredfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. Born in Colombia, he played for theColombia national team three times, and gained Argentine citizenship later in his career.
During a professional career which spanned 25 years, Navarro Montoya represented teams in Argentina, Colombia, Spain,Chile, Brazil andUruguay, appearing for 15 clubs (mainlyBoca Juniors) and totalling more than 800 games across all competitions.
NicknamedEl Mono (monkey) whilst inArgentina, Navarro Montoya was born inMedellín,Colombia, and he started playing professionally in the former country at only 18, withClub Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. In 1988, after one year in his homeland withIndependiente Santa Fe, he joinedBoca Juniors, where he would rarely miss a game in nearly ten years – never played in fewer 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 theXeneizes. His last appearance, however, ended in defeat, 1–3 atClub Atlético Banfield.[1]
In January 1997, aged almost 31, Montoya joinedCF Extremadura inLa Liga,suffering relegation with that and his following two teams,CP Mérida andCD Tenerife, also in the first division. After a brief spell inChile withClub Deportes Concepción, he returned to Argentina and played top-flight football forChacarita Juniors,Club Atlético Independiente[2] (after the promotion of youngsterÓscar Ustari, the 39-year-old did not see his contract renewed) andClub de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, during five seasons combined.
Montoya rarely settled with a team in the following years, playing in his country of adoption but also inBrazil and Uruguay. On 10 July 2009, at the age of 43, he announced his retirement from professional football, stating: "It is 'goodbye', but also 'thank you'".[3]
As anaturalized Argentine, Navarro wanted to representits national team, but was denied from doing so byFIFA because he had already played forColombia in three1986 FIFA World Cupqualifiers – two against the same opponent,Paraguay – conceding four goals.[4]
In 1998 FIFA relented and allowed the player a special dispensation to play for Argentina but, at the age of 32, he was considered too old and never represented his adopted nation.
Montoya's first managerial experience was inChacarita Juniors, from where he was sacked after only one win in six matches.[5]
In December 2013 he returned to Boca Juniors, this time as deputy director of the youth divisions and youth coach. He covered several roles, until he left his position on 16 September 2020.[6] On 23 September 2020 he took over the Club Deportivo Guadalajara of theTercera División in Spain,[7] but was dismissed on 24 November after only five league games.[8]
