Franco Navarro

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

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 63)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	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

Club career

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

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

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