Eva Navarro (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is García.

Eva María Navarro García (born 27 January 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Real Madrid and the Spain women's national team.

Eva Navarro

Navarro with Atlético de Madrid in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Eva María Navarro García[1]
Date of birth	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth	Yecla, Spain[3]
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[4]
Position(s)	Forward[3]
Team information
Current team	Real Madrid
Number	19
Youth career
	Hispania Yecla (futsal)
	Pinoso
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Sporting Plaza Argel
2018–2022	Levante	66	(12)
2022–2024	Atlético de Madrid	47	(12)
2024–	Real Madrid	5	(0)
International career‡
	Spain U16
2016–2018	Spain U17	24	(12)
2018	Spain U20	6	(0)
2019	Spain U19	10	(6)
2021	Spain U23	1	(0)
2019–	Spain	26	(5)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Spain FIFA Women's World Cup Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand UEFA Women's Nations League Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Runner-up 2018 France FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winner 2018 Uruguay 2016 Jordan UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Winner 2018 Lithuania Runner-up 2016 Belarus Runner-up 2017 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:51, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:33, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Navarro began playing futsal with local club Hispania Yecla before moving to play club football for Pinoso in nearby Alicante. In 2015, Navarro signed with Sporting Plaza de Argel, debuting in the Segunda División. While with the club, Navarro helped reach the promotion play-offs in 2016–17 and 2017–18.^[5]

Levante UD

On 26 June 2018, Navarro signed for Primera División club Levante UD.^[5] On 9 September 2018, she made her debut for the club as a 61st minute substitute in the season opener, a 1–0 win over Rayo Vallecano. On 22 December 2018, she scored her first goal for Levante in a 4–2 defeat to Logroño.^[6]

Her contract expired in June 2020. However, Navarro was one of 17 players in a class action lawsuit against the Association of Women's Football Clubs (ACFF) and the Association of Spanish Football Players (AFE) disputing the use of the Compensation List that would unrealistically inflate the fee necessary for other Primera División to sign allocated players as free agents. Navarro's compensation was set at €500,000, pricing any Spanish club out of signing her as a free agent.^[7][8] While teammate Ona Batlle opted to move abroad for free in July,^[9] Navarro wanted to remain in Spain. In August 2020, she elected to sign a one-year extension at Levante.^[10] In March 2021, Navarro underwent surgery on a season-ending cruciate ligament injury in her left knee.^[11] Having returned as a 68th-minute substitute on 31 October 2021 in a league game against Sporting de Huelva, Navarro made seven appearances before tearing the same cruciate ligament in a match on 19 December 2021.^[12] She did not return during the season and, on 9 June 2022, announced she was leaving following the expiration of her contract.^[13]

Atlético de Madrid

On 7 July 2022, Navarro signed a one-year contract with Atlético de Madrid.^[14] She made her debut in December 2022 having recovered from injury, and in May 2023 she appeared in the 2023 Copa de la Reina final (and scored in the penalty shootout) as Atléti claimed the trophy. On 17 June 2024, her departure from the club was announced.^[15]

Real Madrid

On 6 July 2024, Navarro signed with Real Madrid.^[16]

International career

Youth

Navarro represented Spain at under-17, under-19 and under-20 level including at six major youth tournaments: three UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship editions (2016, 2017 and 2018), two FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup editions (2016 and 2018), the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[4][17]

On 21 May 2018, Navarro scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Germany in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final.^[18] She finished as the second highest scorer with 6 goals and was named to the team of the tournament.^[19] In August, Navarro was called up to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squad as a 17-year-old, playing in all six games as Spain lost in the final to Japan.^[20] In December 2018, Navarro returned to the under-17 side to compete at her third major tournament of the year, traveling to Uruguay for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Navarro scored two goals during the group stage on the way to helping Spain win the tournament, beating Mexico 2–1 in the final.^[21]

Senior

On 17 May 2019, Navarro made her senior debut in a 4–0 friendly victory over Cameroon, appearing as a 74th minute substitute for Esther González.^[22] She scored her first senior goal on 27 November 2020 in a 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying victory over Moldova.^[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 June 2024.^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Levante	2018–19	Primera División	22	1	1	0	—		0	0	23	1
	2019–20		20	8	1	0	—		1[b]	0	22	8
	2020–21		17	3	0	0	—		2[b]	1	19	4
	2021–22		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		66	12	2	0	0	0	3	1	70	13
Atlético de Madrid	2022–23	Primera División	19	6	4	1	—		—		23	7
	2023–24		28	6	3	1	—		1[b]	0	32	7
	Total		47	12	7	2	0	0	1	0	55	14
Career total			113	24	9	2	0	0	4	1	126	27

1. Includes the Copa de la Reina
2. Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 6 August 2024

Spain
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	2	0
2020	1	1
2021	2	1
2022	0	0
2023	12	3
2024	9	0
Total	26	5

As of match played 31 July 2024

Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Navarro goal.

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3	27 November 2020[24]	La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas, Spain	Moldova	9–0	10–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2	4	18 February 2021[25]	ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	9–0	13–0
3	8	4 April 2023	Estadi Municipal de Can Misses, Ibiza, Sweden	China	3–0	3–0	Friendly
4	9	29 June 2023	Estadio Román Suárez Puerta, Avilés, Spain	Panama	5–0	7–0
5	14	22 September 2023	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Sweden	2–1	3–2	2023-24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Atlético de Madrid

• Copa de la Reina: 2022–23^[26]

Spain U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2018^[4]
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: 2018^[4]

Spain U20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup runner-up: 2018^[4]

Spain

• FIFA Women's World Cup: 2023
• UEFA Women's Nations League: 2023–24^[27]

Individual

• 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship team of the tournament^[19]

References

1. "List of Players" (PDF). FIFAdata. 15 November 2018. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. Eva Navarro – UEFA competition record (archive)
3. "Women squad". Levante UD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
4. "Eva Navarro player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
5. "Eva Navarro se incorpora al Levante UD Femenino". LevanteUD (in Valencian).
6. "Eva Navarro :: Levante". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton).
7. "Eva Navarro y Ona Batlle estudian aceptar ofertas del extranjero para escapar de los abusivos derechos de formación". eldesmarque.com (in European Spanish). 8 April 2020.
8. Villarrubia, Begoña (6 June 2020). "Las futbolistas, en pie de guerra por los derechos de formación". Mundo Deportivo.
9. "United Women Sign Spanish International Ona Batlle". The United Stand.
10. Gregory, Ryan (18 August 2020). "Eva Navarro Transfer Saga Reaches Conclusion". Her Football Hub.
11. "Sigue la lacra: Eva Navarro también se rompe el cruzado". AS.com (in Spanish). 2 March 2021.
12. "Eva Navarro, una sonrisa ante la adversidad". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 February 2022.
13. "Eva Navarro se despide del Levante Femenino". El Periódico de Yecla (in Spanish). 9 June 2022.
14. "Club Atlético de Madrid - Eva Navarro refuerza el ataque rojiblanco". Club Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish). 7 July 2022.
15. "Shei y Eva Navarro se despiden del Atleti camino al Madrid". Diario AS. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
16. "La campeona del mundo Eva Navarro 'se muda' del Atlético al Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
17. Eva Navarro – FIFA competition record (archived)
18. "Germany vs. Spain 2018 Women's Under-17 final". UEFA.com.
19. "Women's Under-17 EURO team of the tournament 2018". UEFA.com. 18 June 2018.
20. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 - Matches - Spain - Japan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
21. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2018 - News - Pina-inspired Spain win maiden U-17 Women's World Cup title - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018.
22. "Embaladas hacia el Mundial (4-0)". cronica-embaladas-mundial-4-0 (in Spanish). 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
23. "Eva Navarro anota su primer gol para la Selección con sólo 19 años". eva-navarro-anota-su-primer-gol-seleccion-solo-19-anos (in Spanish). 28 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
24. "España saluda a la EURO con un festival de goles (10-0)". cronica-espana-saluda-euro-festival-goles-10-0 (in Spanish). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
25. "Azerbaijan-Spain 2020 UEFA Women's EURO qualifying". UEFA.com. 18 February 2021.
26. "El Atleti gana la Copa en un acto de fe" (in Spanish). MARCA. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
27. "Women's Nations League final: World Cup winners Spain beat France 2–0 in Seville". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

External links

• Eva Navarro at Soccerway