Julio Nava

Julio Nava
Personal information
Full name	Julio César Nava García
Date of birth	29 December 1989 (age 34)
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
2007–2012	Guadalajara
2009–2011	→ Querétaro (loan)
2013	Querétaro
2014–2015	→ Chiapas (loan)
2015–2017	Chiapas
2016	→ Atlas (loan)
2017–2020	Dorados de Sinaloa
2020–2021	Querétaro
2021	Tepatitlán
International career
2011	Mexico U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2021

Julio Cesar Nava Garcia^[a] (born 29 December 1989, in Veracruz)^[1] is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga de Expansión MX club Tepatitlán.

Club career

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.

Doping ban

Nava was banned from sport for 8 months in 2015, after testing positive for the glucocorticoid steroid betamethasone.^[2]

U-23 International Goals


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	September 2, 2011	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Chile	1-0	1–3	Friendly

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U-23 International appearances

As of 7 September 2011

International appearances
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2011	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico	Pachuca C.F.	2-2	Friendly
2.	27 March 2011	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico	Deportivo Toluca	2-1	Friendly
3.	September 2, 2011	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Chile	1–3	Friendly
4.	September 7, 2011	Estadio La Granja, Curicó, Chile	Chile	2–2	Friendly

^[4]

Notes

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nava and the second or maternal family name is Garcia.

References

^ Nava official league profile
^ Gustavo Damian Palacios: Nava confirmado con larga suspensión por Doping Archived 26 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Gnewsport, 5 March 2015
^ "Julio Nava's U-23 International Goals". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^ "Julio Nava's U-23 International Appearances". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

Julio Nava – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Julio Nava's Statistics Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[1] In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nava and the second or maternal family name is Garcia.

[2] Nava official league profile

[3] Gustavo Damian Palacios: Nava confirmado con larga suspensión por Doping Archived 26 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Gnewsport, 5 March 2015

[4] "Julio Nava's U-23 International Goals". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[5] "Julio Nava's U-23 International Appearances". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

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