Antonio García Navajas

Antonio García Navajas
Personal information
Full name	Antonio García Navajas
Date of birth	8 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Posadas, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Linares
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1979	Burgos
1979–1982	Real Madrid
1982–1986	Valladolid
1986–1987	Rayo Vallecano
1987–1988	Poli Almería
Total
International career
1976	Spain U18
1977	Spain U20
1976–1981	Spain U21
1979	Spain U23
1979	Spain amateur
1979	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio García Navajas (born 8 March 1958) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Posadas, Province of Córdoba, García Navajas appeared in 210 La Liga matches over ten seasons, in representation of Burgos CF, Real Madrid and Real Valladolid.^[2] Whilst with the second club, he won the 1979–80 national championship, but only contributed five matches to the feat. Additionally, he made ten appearances in the European Cup in two separate editions.^[3]^[4]

García Navajas retired in 1988 at the age of 30, after one season in Segunda División with Rayo Vallecano and another in the lower leagues with CP Almería.^[2]

On 14 November 1979, García Navajas won his sole cap for the Spain national team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 friendly loss against Denmark at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza in Cádiz.^[5]

Real Madrid

Valladolid

^ ^a ^b Antonio García Navajas at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b Vega, Álvaro (16 February 2016). "Los diez cordobeses con más partidos en Primera" [The ten native from Córdoba with more matches in Primera]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ Lowe, Sid (19 October 2014). "Liverpool v Real Madrid: 'Play the European Cup final, or your career is over'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Calvo, Juan Antonio (15 November 1979). "1–3: La selección, ridiculizada por Dinamarca" [1–3: The national team, ridiculed by Denmark]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^ "25 años de la Copa de la Liga" [25 years from the League Cup]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.