Armando Navarrete

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Personal information
Armando Navarrete
Full name	Armando Navarrete García
Date of birth	November 22, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Jacona, Mexico
Height	178 cm (5'10")
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Club America
Number	30
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-03, 2005 2003-04 2004-05 2006-	CF Atlas Club Toluca CD Veracruz Club América	36 (0) 4 (0) 6 (0) 5 (0)
National team²
N/A	Mexico	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 7, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of July 7, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Armando Navarrete García (born November 22, 1980 in Jacona, Michoacán) is a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for Club América in the Mexican First Division. Prior to joining América, Navarrete played in Atlas, although he also had stints in Toluca and Veracruz.

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Navarrete made his debut at the professional level in a game between Atlas and Puebla, on September 8, 2001. Navarrete came in as a sub and gave up one goal, and ensuring the victory for Atlas in a game that ended 3-1. The following season, Navarrete saw action in five games, allowing 12 goals. In the Apertura 2002 season, Armando was Atlas' starting goalkeeper, and played in all 19 games for the Rojinegros, giving up 31 goals in the process.

After another season at Atlas where he was once again relegated to the bench, Navarrete was transferred to Toluca where it was hoped he would be the heir apparent to Toluca's long-time veteran goalkeeper, Hernán Cristante. After a year in which he saw limited action, Navarrete asked the club for a change, and he was transferred to Veracruz prior to the Apertura 2004 season. However, Navarrete was once again not able to compete for a starting job, and after a year at Veracruz, returned to Atlas to play with the team in the Apertura 2005 season, in which he played in seven games, replacing the injured starter Antonio Pérez Delgadillo. Navarrete was Club América's only signing to bolster the squad before the Clausura 2006, after Dorados de Sinaloa goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo turned down the team after an initial agreement.

During the Clausura 2006 season, Navarrete filled in for starting goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa after Ochoa was named to the Mexican 2006 World Cup squad. More recently, for the Clausura 2007 away fixture versus Pachuca, Navarrete started in the goal for Ochoa, who had returned injured from the game between Mexico and Venezuela. He made a huge mistake in the first half in a corner kick from the right, which led to a goal scored by Pachuca, which would ultimately hand them the win over America. Because throughout the rest of the game he looked very nervous and shaky during aerial play, some angry America fans started calling him "Nalgarrete", "nalga" meaning "ass" or "butt cheek", because of his innability to perform even a third as well as his team mate Ochoa.

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(Spanish) Profile/Stats

Club América - Current Squad
1 Ochoa \| 2 Rodríguez \| 3 Castro \| 4 Ó. Rojas \| 5 Davino \| 6 Cervantes \| 7 Bilos \| 8 Saritama \| 9 Cabañas \| 10 Blanco \| 12 Becerra \| 14 Infante \| 16 R. Rojas \| 17 Torres \| 18 Villa \| 19 Peña \| 20 Argüello \| 22 Mendoza \| 23 Cuevas \| 28 Salinas \| 30 Navarrete \| 52 Mosqueda \| 54 Esqueda \| 55 Fernández \| 56 Gómez \| 57 Freire \| 59 Iñigo \| Manager Tena