Mauro Navas

Mauro Esteban Navas Dellepiani (born 20 October 1974) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a right back, and current youth coach at Boca Juniors.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navas and the second or maternal family name is Dellepiani.
Mauro Navas
Personal information
Full name Mauro Esteban Navas Dellepiani
Date of birth (1974-10-20) 20 October 1974
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors (youth coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Banfield 41 (0)
1996–1997 Racing Club 70 (0)
1998–1999 Udinese 33 (0)
1999–2003 Espanyol 93 (0)
2003 → Boca Juniors (loan) 1 (0)
2003–2004 Leganés 26 (1)
2004–2005 Almagro 18 (0)
2006–2007 Temperley 32 (0)
2007–2008 Comunicaciones 17 (0)
Total 331 (1)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Chacarita Juniors (assistant)
2010 Chacarita Juniors
2011 Platense
2012 Boca Juniors (youth coach)
2014–2016 Boca Juniors (assistant)
2016–2018 Al-Wasl (assistant)
2019 Fénix
2020– Boca Juniors (youth coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His professional career was spent, other than in his country, where he played in various clubs and divisions, in Italy and Spain. In the latter nation, he played four years with Espanyol in La Liga.

Club career

Navas was born in Buenos Aires. After appearing prominently in his country for Club Atlético Banfield and Racing Club de Avellaneda, he signed with Italian club Udinese Calcio, only missing one game as it finished seventh and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

During the next four seasons he played in Spain with RCD Espanyol, starting in his first year – which ended with the conquest of the Copa del Rey – and appearing regularly for the Barcelona-based side in the following campaigns. After a sole season in the same country with lowly CD Leganés, he returned to his homeland in 2004, continuing to play mainly in the lower leagues (he had a brief spell in the Primera División, with modest Club Almagro).

Coaching career

In November 2008, Navas was appointed assistant coach of Ricardo Zielinski at Chacarita Juniors.[1] He left the position in July 2009.[2]

On 22 March 2010 Navas was appointed manager of Chacarita Juniors who had just dismissed Fernando Gamboa, fired after the 0–2 away defeat against Club Atlético Huracán.[3] However, he lasted less than one month at the helm of the team, leaving on 19 April.[4] At the end of December 2010, Navas was appointed manager of Platense.[5] He was in charge for 11 games, before his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

In 2012, Navas was hired as a youth coach at his former club Boca Juniors.[7]

At the end of August 2014, Navas returned to Boca Juniors as an assistant coach under manager Rodolfo Arruabarrena.[8] In June 2016, Navas followed Arruabarrena to Al Wasl, once again functioning as his assistant.[9]

On 11 June 2019, Navas was appointed manager of Fénix.[10] After poor results, Navas was released on 16 October 2019.[11] In 2020, he returned to Boca Juniors as a youth coach.[12]

References
  1. Ricardo Zielinski es el nuevo DT de Chaca, soloascenso.com.ar, 9 November 2008
  2. Chacarita - Ámbito, ambito.com, 13 July 2009
  3. Mauro Navas es el nuevo entrenador de Chacarita (Mauro Navas is new Chacarita's coach) Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine; Chacarita's official website, 21 March 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. "Navas, otro enterrado (Navas, next one buried)" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  5. El ex entrenador de Chaca llega secundado por Walter Pico, diariopopular.com.ar, 26 December 2010
  6. No va más, Mauro, ole.com.ar, 11 April 2011
  7. “Sería un sueño sacar a otro Román”, diarioxeneize.com, 21 March 2012
  8. Rodolfo Arruabarrena es el nuevo técnico de Boca: esta tarde dirigirá su primera práctica, lanacion.com.ar, 29 August 2014
  9. El exilio millonario del Vasco Arruabarrena: firmó con Al Wasl, diariopopular.com.ar, 6 June 2016
  10. Mauro Navas es el nuevo DT, mundoascenso.com.ar, 11 June 2019
  11. Mauro Navas dejó de ser el DT de Fenix, mundoascenso.com.ar, 16 October 2019
  12. "Jugar en Boca es un sueño y una gran responsabilidad", elorden.com, 18 February 2020
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