Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro (born 10 November 1961) is a Peruvian

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manager and former player who played as a striker.

Club career

Navarro played for Independiente from Argentina ,

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from Peru and

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from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995.

International career

He was a prolific goal scorer and a participant at the

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. He was also member of the

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for the qualification stages of the World Cup in Mexico (1986) and Italy (1990). 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

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(0–0) in

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. 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

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in Mexico. The

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defender

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broke Navarro’s leg with a tackle. Camino was not expelled from the game. Argentina with

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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

, and

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as well as the

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