Keylor Navas
Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa (Spanish: [kei'lor anto'nio 'na.βas ɣambo'a]; born 15 December 1986), known as Keylor Navas, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Costa Rica national team.
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Navas celebrating after winning the 2018 UEFA Champions League final with Real Madrid | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2005 | Saprissa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2010 | Saprissa | 73 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Albacete | 36 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Levante (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Levante | 46 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Real Madrid | 104 | (0) |
| 2019– | Paris Saint-Germain | 73 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003 | Costa Rica U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | Costa Rica U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008– | Costa Rica | 114 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Navas started his youth career at Saprissa in his home country, where he won six Liga FPD titles and the CONCACAF Champions League. He subsequently moved to Spanish club Albacete in 2010, and then to Levante in La Liga the following year, where he won the LFP Award for Best Goalkeeper in his final season with the latter club. Navas later joined Real Madrid in 2014 for €10 million, where he won a total of twelve titles, including one La Liga and three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles as the first choice goalkeeper. In 2019, he was signed by French club Paris Saint-Germain, and would play in a fourth consecutive Champions League final in his first season with the side.
Navas has made over 110 appearances for Costa Rica since debuting in 2008. He has represented the country at two CONCACAF Gold Cups and the 2014, 2018, and 2022 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He was a Costa Rica national team member who reached the semi-finals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, in which he was named best goalkeeper. His impressive performances also helped the team reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the very first time in 2014.
Navas was awarded CONCACAF Men's Goalkeeper of the Year for three consecutive years between 2016 and 2018. He was also named the best male CONCACAF Player of the Decade by the IFFHS. His performances in the 2017–18 season earned him the 2017–18 UEFA Club Football Award for best UEFA goalkeeper, and also saw him named in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season of 2018.