Fran Navarro

Francisco José "Fran" Navarro Aliaga (Valencian pronunciation: [fɾən naˈvaro]; born 3 February 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Aliaga.
Fran Navarro
Personal information
Full name Francisco José Navarro Aliaga
Date of birth (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Porto
Number 21
Youth career
Levante
Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Valencia B 98 (27)
2019–2021 Valencia 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Lokeren (loan) 12 (1)
2021–2023 Gil Vicente 66 (33)
2023– Porto 5 (0)
International career
2013 Spain U16 2 (1)
2014–2015 Spain U17 13 (1)
2016 Spain U18 2 (0)
2015–2017 Spain U19 5 (2)
2016 Spain U20 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Club career

Valencia

Born in Valencia, Navarro moved as a youth across the city from Levante UD to Valencia CF, where he played mostly with the reserve team in Segunda División B. He had his sole call-up for the first team for their La Liga match at home to Villarreal CF on 26 January 2019, due to Kévin Gameiro's injury;[1] he did not leave the substitutes' bench in the 3–0 win.[2]

On 11 July 2019, Navarro was loaned to K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen of the Belgian First Division B for the upcoming season.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 26 September, in a 4–2 extra-time loss to Royal Antwerp F.C. in the seventh round of the national cup,[4] and netted his only league goal on 5 October in a 3–2 win at leaders OH Leuven.[5]

Gil Vicente

Navarro moved to Gil Vicente F.C. of Portugal's Primeira Liga on 26 June 2021, on a three-year contract.[6] On his league debut on 9 August, he scored twice in a 3–0 win over visitors Boavista FC.[7] With 16 goals in 32 games, he finished fourth among the league's top scorers while his team qualified for Europe for the first time with fifth position and a berth in the UEFA Europa Conference League.[8]

In 2022–23, Navarro scored 17 goals, having started all 34 games; this tally included braces in wins away to C.S. Marítimo, Casa Pia A.C. and at home to Boavista. He finished joint third with S.L. Benfica's João Mário as the league's top scorer, behind FC Porto's Mehdi Taremi and Gonçalo Ramos of Benfica.[9]

Porto

On 5 July 2023, FC Porto signed Navarro on a five-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €7 million.[10] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, coming off the bench to replace Mehdi Taremi in the 81st minute of a 2–0 defeat to rivals Benfica.[11] Navarro made his first start for Porto on 15 September, in a 1–0 league win away at Estrela da Amadora.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 October 2023[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valencia B 2014–15 Segunda División B 20————20
2015–16 Segunda División B 41————41
2016–17 Segunda División B 42————42
2017–18 Segunda División B 314————314
2018–19 Segunda División B 359————359
2020–21 Segunda División B 2211————2211
Total 9827————9827
Valencia 2018–19 La Liga 0000———00
Lokeren (loan) 2019–20 Belgian First Division B 12121———142
Gil Vicente 2021–22 Primeira Liga 32161020——3516
2022–23 Primeira Liga 341720423[lower-alpha 3]2—4321
Total 6633306232—7837
Porto 2023–24 Primeira Liga 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 7 0
Career total 181616162321 019766
  1. Includes Copa del Rey, Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes Taça da Liga
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Esteve, David (26 January 2019). "Valencia: Fran Navarro, novedad en la lista ante el Villarreal" [Valencia: Fran Navarro, new face in the list against Villarreal]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. García, Óscar (26 January 2019). "El Valencia emerge y hunde más al submarino" [Valencia emerge and sink the submarine further]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. "El Valencia cede a Fran Navarro al Lokeren" [Valencia loan Fran Navarro to Lokeren] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. "Croky Cup - L'Antwerp, dernier qualifié pour les huitièmes, bat Lokeren 4-2 après prolongations" [Croky Cup - Antwerp, last team qualified for the last 16, beat Lokeren 4-2 after extra time] (in French). RTL Group. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. "Proximus League - Lokeren verrast leider OHL in Leuven" [Proximus League - Lokeren surprise leaders OHL in Leuven]. Metro (in Dutch). 5 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. "Fran Navarro reforça Gil Vicente até 2024" [Fran Navarro bolsters Gil Vicente until 2024]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. Farr, Jamie (10 August 2021). "PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Fran Navarro's debut double gets Gil Vicente off to a flyer". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  8. "Darwin Núñez é o melhor marcador da Liga, Taremi em segundo" [Darwin Núñez is the Liga top scorer, Taremi in second] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  9. Soares da Silva, Eduardo (27 May 2023). "Taremi é o melhor marcador do campeonato" [Taremi is the championship top scorer] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  10. "Oficial: Fran Navarro é o primeiro reforço do FC Porto para 2023/24" [Official: Fran Navarro is FC Porto's first addition for 2023/24]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. "Benfica vence FC Porto e conquista Supertaça" [Benfica beats FC Porto and conquers Supercup]. VSports (in European Portuguese). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  12. "Taremi foi ao banco, não o aqueceu e decidiu para o FC Porto frente ao Estrela" [Taremi to the bench, didn't warm it and decided for FC Porto against Estrela]. TSF (in European Portuguese). 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  13. Fran Navarro at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  14. Fran Navarro at BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  15. "Best of December/January: Fran Navarro wins Forward of the Month in Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  16. "Fran Navarro wins Forward of the Month in Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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