Julio Cesar Nava Garcia (born December 29, 1989 in Veracruz)[1] is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga de Expansión MX club Tepatitlán.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julio César Nava García | ||
Date of birth | (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2012 | Guadalajara | 33 | (0) |
2009–2011 | → Querétaro (loan) | 33 | (3) |
2013 | Querétaro | 26 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Chiapas (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2015–2017 | Chiapas | 10 | (0) |
2016 | → Atlas (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 75 | (5) |
2020–2021 | Querétaro | 11 | (0) |
2021 | Tepatitlán | 13 | (0) |
National team | |||
2011 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2021 |
He made his debut in a 1–1 tie for Chivas on August 5, 2007 against UNAM Pumas. Nava was part of the Guadalajara squad that participated in the 2008 and 2012 Copa Libertadores.
On 30 August 2015, Nava returned to the fields after being banned, and he did it against his first club Guadalajara in an away match which Chiapas lost 4-1. He usually plays as a left wing-back.
Nava was banned from sport for 8 months in 2015, after testing positive for the glucocorticoid steroid betamethasone.[2]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | September 2, 2011 | Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | ![]() | 1-0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
As of 7 September 2011
International appearances | ||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | |
1. | 25 March 2011 | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico | ![]() | 2-2 | Friendly | |
2. | 27 March 2011 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | ![]() | 2-1 | Friendly | |
3. | September 2, 2011 | Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | ![]() | 1–3 | Friendly | |
4. | September 7, 2011 | Estadio La Granja, Curicó, Chile | ![]() | 2–2 | Friendly |