Caesar Navas is a Spanish professional footballer who acts as a central defender (sometimes acts as a defensive midfielder) in the Russian club Rubin (Kazan). Between 1999 and 2009 played at home in Spain. He played for such football clubs as Real Madrid B, Málaga, Málaga B, Gimnastic and Racing Santander. In total, he played 106 matches in La Liga (for all clubs in total) and scored 6 goals (in five seasons). In 2009, Caesar Navas signed a contract with Kazan Rubin and since then continues to play in the Russian Championship. The height of the Spanish footballer is 197 centimeters, and his weight is about 90 kilograms.
Team and personal achievements
Among the sports achievements of football player Caesar Navas, the following can be distinguished: champion of the Russian Football Premier League 2009, bronze medalist of the Premier League season 2009/10, two-time winner of the Russian Super Cup (in 2010 and 2012), winner of the Russian Cup in 2012, vice-champion of the Cup Russia in 2009 (all as a part of Kazan "Rubin"). Speaking for Rostov, he became the silver medalist of the Russian Championship in the 2015/16 season.
In the seasons of the Premier League 2008/09, 2009/2010 and 2016/17 he was included in the list of 33 best players in the higher Russian championship.
Soccer player biography
Caesar Gonzalez Navas was born on February 14, 1980 in Madrid, Spain. He grew up and was brought up in an average Spanish family. From the age of six he began to be interested in football - at first he played with the guys in the yard, and after a while he signed up for the football section. Caesar Navas is a graduate of the Real Madrid Football School.
Between 1999 and 2003 played as part of Real Madrid B (a team of reservists) in Segund B (the third most important and class football league in the country). In total, for the reserve of “creamy” he played 106 matches and was marked by one goal scored.
Career at Malaga
In 2003, he signed a professional contract with the club Malaga from La Liga. However, he was immediately transferred to the reserve team “Malaga B” from “Segunda B”, in which he spent the whole season (36 matches and 1 goal). The debut match for the main composition of “jellyfish” was held on December 12, 2004 in a home victory match against “Levante” (1: 0). In his first game, Caesar Navas spent all 90 minutes on the field. He played as part of the anchovies until 2007, during which time he played 63 official matches and scored 4 goals. In 2007, he was leased to the Gimnastic club (Tarragona city) for half a season (19 matches and 2 goals). Returning to the disposal of “Malaga”, which flew to the “Segunda”, Caesar Navas began to look for another club. There were long negotiations with the English Ipswich Town, however, the deal did not take place due to a football player's metatarsal injury. In the end, the footballer moved to the Racing Santander club, which played in the top Spanish division. The contract was concluded for two years. During this period, the player spent 37 games for the “green and white” and scored 1 goal.
Transition to the Russian Rubin
Caesar Navas began negotiations with the Kazan club in early 2009. As a result, the transaction took place, and the Spanish defender passed to the disposal of Rubin. The transfer amount amounted to two million euros.
The debut entry to the field as part of the “Ruby” took place on March 7, 2009 in the final match for the Super Bowl against CSKA (defeat 1: 2). In this fight, Caesar Navas spent the entire match on the field, including two additional overtime.
In October 2012, in a fight against Amkar, the Spaniard in the fight for the ball hit his head forward striker Martin Yakubko. As a result, the player from the opposite team had a broken jaw, but the violation was not noticed by the chief referee. After the game, Caesar Navas publicly apologized to the Slovak striker, however, by decision of the Union, the Premier League was suspended from the game in seven subsequent matches.
In the summer of 2015, the Spanish defender left the Kazan club on a free agent basis (the contract ended). Two days later, he signed a contract with the Rostov club. In general, in the period from 2009 to 2015. the Spaniard played for the “Ruby” in 164 matches and scored three goals.
Transition to Rostov
Caesar Navas signed a contract with Rostov on July 12, 2015. The transition was argued by the fact that the Rostov club signed a contract with coach Kurban Berdyev, who was in close football and professional relations with Navas. However, in “Rostov” the Spaniard stayed for a short time - for 2 seasons. During this time, Caesar played in 52 matches and scored one goal scored. In September 2017, official information appeared in the media that Caesar Navas was returning to the Rubin.