Julio Nava

Julio Cesar Nava Garcia^[a] (born 29 December 1989, in Veracruz)^[1] is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga de Expansión MX club Tepatitlán.

Julio Nava

Personal information
Full name	Julio César Nava García
Date of birth	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Penya Encarnada
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2012	Guadalajara	33	(0)
2009–2011	→ Querétaro (loan)	33	(3)
2013	Querétaro	26	(0)
2014–2015	→ Chiapas (loan)	29	(2)
2015–2017	Chiapas	10	(0)
2016	→ Atlas (loan)	2	(0)
2017–2020	Dorados de Sinaloa	75	(5)
2020–2021	Querétaro	11	(0)
2021	Tepatitlán	13	(0)
2025–	Penya Encarnada	15	(4)
International career
2011	Mexico U23	4	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2025

Club career

He made his debut in a 1–1 tie for Chivas on August 5, 2007, against UNAM Pumas. Nava was part of the Guadalajara squad that participated in the 2008 and 2012 Copa Libertadores.

On 30 August 2015, Nava returned to the fields after being banned, and he did it against his first club Guadalajara in an away match which Chiapas lost 4–1. He usually plays as a left wing-back.

Doping ban

Nava was banned from sport for 8 months in 2015, after testing positive for the glucocorticoid steroid betamethasone.^[2]

U-23 International Goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	September 2, 2011	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Chile	1-0	1–3	Friendly

^[3]

U-23 International appearances

As of 7 September 2011

International appearances
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2011	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico	Pachuca C.F.	2-2	Friendly
2.	27 March 2011	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico	Deportivo Toluca	2-1	Friendly
3.	September 2, 2011	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Chile	1–3	Friendly
4.	September 7, 2011	Estadio La Granja, Curicó, Chile	Chile	2–2	Friendly

^[4]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nava and the second or maternal family name is Garcia.