Mauro Esteban Navas Dellepiani (born 20 October 1974) is an Argentine former

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who played as a

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, and current youth coach at

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

. His professional career was spent, other than in his country, where he played in various clubs and divisions, in Italy and

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. In the latter nation, he played four years with

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

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Club career

Navas was born in

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. After appearing prominently in his country for

Club Atlético Banfield Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club based in the Banfield, Buenos Aires, Banfield city of Greater Buenos Aires. It was founded on 21 January 1896, by the British–origin inhabitants of that city (mostly English people, English, ...

and

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine f ...

, he signed with

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club

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. During the next four seasons he played in Spain with

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, starting in his first year – which ended with the

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of the

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– and appearing regularly for the

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-based side in the following campaigns. After a sole

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in the same country with lowly

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

, 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

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Coaching career

In November 2008, Navas was appointed assistant coach of Ricardo Zielinski at

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

. He left the position in July 2009. On 22 March 2010 Navas was appointed manager of

who had just dismissed

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, fired after the 0–2 away defeat against

Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera Divi ...

. However, he lasted less than one month at the helm of the team, leaving on 19 April. At the end of December 2010, Navas was appointed manager of Platense. He was in charge for 11 games, before his contract was terminated by mutual consent. In 2012, Navas was hired as a youth coach at his former club

. At the end of August 2014, Navas returned to

as an assistant coach under manager

Rodolfo Arruabarrena Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena (born 20 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player, who was recently the manager of the Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun. A left-back, he spent most of his career with Boca Juniors, ...

. In June 2016, Navas followed Arruabarrena to Al Wasl, once again functioning as his assistant. On 11 June 2019, Navas was appointed manager of Fénix. After poor results, Navas was released on 16 October 2019. In 2020, he returned to

as a youth coach."Jugar en Boca es un sueño y una gran responsabilidad"
elorden.com, 18 February 2020

References

External links

* at Fútbol XXI *
Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Navas, Mauro 1974 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Club Almagro players Serie A players Udinese Calcio players La Liga players Segunda División players RCD Espanyol footballers CD Leganés players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Argentine football managers Chacarita Juniors managers Club Atlético Platense managers