Franco Navarro


Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a striker.
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Club career

Navarro played for Independiente from Argentina, Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima from Peru and FC Wettingen from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995.

International career

He was a prolific goal scorer and a participant at the 1982 [FIFA World Cup]. He was also member of the Peru national football team for the qualification stages of the World Cup in Mexico (1986) and Italy. Navarro played a total of 56 games for Peru between 1980 and 1989, scoring 16 goals. He made his debut on 18 July 1980 in a friendly against Uruguay in Montevideo. His last game was on 27 August 1989 against Uruguay at a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
He is remembered for the leg-breaking incident five minutes into the deciding qualifier game between Argentina and Peru in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The Argentine defender Julián Camino broke Navarro’s leg with a tackle. Camino was not expelled from the game. Argentina with Ricardo Gareca tied the game 2–2 and qualified to the World Cup; Argentina would go on to win the 1986 World Cup.

Coaching career

He has been a coach for several Peruvian teams, including Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Cienciano as well as the Peru national football team.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 March 1982Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–01–0Friendly
211 August 1983Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–11–1Friendly
317 August 1983Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–01–01983 Copa América
421 August 1983Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia1–11–11983 Copa América
517 February 1985Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–03–0Friendly
617 February 1985Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru2–03–0Friendly
717 February 1985Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru3–03–0Friendly
824 February 1985Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile2–02–1Friendly
927 February 1985Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay1–02–2Friendly
1016 June 1985Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–04–11986 [FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]
1127 October 1985Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile1–32–41986 FIFA World Cup qualification
1227 October 1985Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile2–42–41986 FIFA World Cup qualification
1330 January 1986Greenfield International Stadium, Trivandrum, India1–01–0Friendly
1419 June 1987Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru1–01–3Friendly
1520 June 1989Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2–12–1Friendly
165 July 1989Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil1–11–11989 Copa América

Honours

Player

Sporting Cristal

Manager

Sporting Cristal
Universidad César Vallejo