Franco Navarro

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For his son, see Franco Navarro, Jr.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Monteiro.
Franco Navarro
Navarro with Independiente in 1987
Personal information
Full name Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro
Date of birth (1961-11-10) 10 November 1961 (age 64)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1982 Municipal
1983–1985 Sporting Cristal
1985–1986 Independiente Medellín
1986–1988 Independiente 70 (22)
1988 Tecos UAG 3 (0)
1989 Wettingen 8 (0)
1989–1990 Unión Santa Fe 10 (0)
1991–1992 Sporting Cristal
1993 Municipal
1994 Carlos A. Mannucci 4 (2)
1995 Alianza Lima
International career
1980–1989 Peru 56 (16)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Sporting Cristal
2001 Estudiantes de Medicina
2002 Alianza Lima
2003 Unión Huaral
2004–2005 Sport Boys
2005 Universidad César Vallejo
2006 Peru
2007–2008 Cienciano
2008–2009 Juan Aurich
2010–2011 León de Huánuco
2012 Universidad San Martín
2012 Juan Aurich
2013 Melgar
2014–2016 Universidad César Vallejo
2016–2020 UTC
2021 Deportivo Municipal
2022 UTC
2022–2023 ADT
2024 Carlos A. Mannucci
2024 Sport Huancayo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 2008

Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro (born 10 November 1961) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Club career

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Navarro played for Independiente from Argentina, Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima from Peru and FC Wettingen from Switzerland among others. He retired in 1995.

International career

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He was a prolific goal scorer and a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was also member of the Peru national football team 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.[1] He made his debut on 18 July 1980 in a friendly against Uruguay (0–0) in Montevideo. 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 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The Argentine defender Julián Camino broke Navarro’s leg with a tackle. Camino was not expelled from the game.[2] Argentina with Ricardo Gareca tied the game 2–2 and qualified to the World Cup; Argentina would go on to win the 1986 World Cup.

Coaching career

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He has been a coach for several Peruvian teams, including Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Cienciano as well as the Peru national football team.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Municipal 1979 Torneo Descentralizado 4 3 4 3
1980 28 15 28 15
1981 21 11 21 11
1982 26 14 2 0 28 14
1983 22 8 22 8
1993 9 2 9 2
Total 110 53 2 0 112 53
Independiente Medellín 1984 Campeonato Profesional 35 10 35 10
1985 41 13
Total 76 23 76 23
CA Independiente 1986-87 Argentine Primera División 34 17 8 3 42 20
1987-88 27 5 27 5
Total 61 22 8 3 69 25
Tecos F.C. 1988 Liga MX 3 0 8 5 11 5
1989-90 31 7 31 7
Total 34 7 8 5 42 12
FC Wettingen 1989 Swiss Super League 7 0 7 0
Total 7 0 7 0
Unión de Santa Fe 1990-91 Argentine Primera División 10 0 10 0
Total 10 0 10 0
Sporting Cristal 1991 Torneo Descentralizado 25 10 25 10
1992 12 2 7 1 19 3
Total 37 12 7 1 44 13
Carlos A. Mannucci 1994 Torneo Descentralizado 4 2 4 2
Total 4 2 4 2
Alianza Lima 1995 Torneo Descentralizado 13 1 13 1
Total 13 1 13 1
Career total 352 128 8 5 17 4 377 133

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Peru 1980 2 0
1981 2 0
1982 4 1
1983 11 3
1984 3 0
1985 17 8
1986 2 1
1987 4 1
1988 1 0
1989 10 2
Total 56 16
Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Navarro goal. List of international goals scored by Franco Navarro[3]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 March 1982 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Chile 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 11 August 1983  Uruguay 1–1 1–1
3 17 August 1983  Colombia 1–0 1–0 1983 Copa América
4 21 August 1983 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1–1 1–1
5 17 February 1985 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–0 3–0 Friendly
6 2–0
7 3–0
8 24 February 1985 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile  Chile 2–0 2–1
9 27 February 1985 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 1–0 2–2
10 16 June 1985 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Venezuela 1–0 4–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 27 October 1985 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile  Chile 1–3 2–4
12 2–4
13 30 January 1986 Greenfield International Stadium, Trivandrum, India  India 1–0 1–0 Friendly
14 19 June 1987 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Chile 1–0 1–3
15 20 June 1989 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Ecuador 2–1 2–1
16 5 July 1989 Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil  Venezuela 1–1 1–1 1989 Copa América

Honours

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Player

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Sporting Cristal

Manager

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Sporting Cristal

Universidad César Vallejo

References

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  1. ^ rsssf: Peru record international footballers Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Patada de Julián Camino a Franco Navarro". De Fútbol Somos (in Spanish). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Franco Navarro at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Campeón 1991". Club Sporting Cristal (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Franco Navarro solo ganó dos finales como DT: ambas ante Alianza Lima". América Televisión (in Spanish). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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