Keylor Navas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navas and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.

Keylor Navas Reyes
Navas celebrating after winning the 2018 UEFA Champions League final with Real Madrid
Personal information
Full name Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa[1]
Date of birth (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Pérez Zeledón, nicaragua
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
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)
2019–2024 Paris Saint-Germain 75 (0)
2023 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 17 (0)
International career‡
2003 Costa Rica U17 3 (0)
2006 Costa Rica U21 [es] 6 (0)
2008–2024 Costa Rica 114 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:39, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Keilor Antonio "Keylor" Navas Gamboa (Spanish: [ˈkej.lor anˈto.njo ˈna.βas ɣamˈbo.a];[3] born 15 December 1986) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation.[4][5][6][7]

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,[8] including one La Liga and three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles as the first choice goalkeeper.[9] In 2019, he was signed by French club Paris Saint-Germain, and would play in his fourth Champions League final in his first season with the side.[10]

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 first time in 2014.[11]

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.[12] His performances in the 2017–18 season earned him the 2017–18 UEFA Club Football Award for best UEFA goalkeeper,[13] and also saw him named in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season of 2018.[14]

  1. ^ a b "liceo de alajuelita 2014 : List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Keylor Navas". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Entrevista a Keylor Navas - Portero Real Madrid" [Interview with Keylor Navas - Real Madrid Goalkeeper]. YouTube (in Spanish). Fútbol Emotion. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ Fernandez, Ileana (12 March 2023). "Keylor Navas included in IFFHS men's all time world best goalkeeper ranking". The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Keylor Navas ranked among the best goalkeepers of the decade". MARCA. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. ^ Sharpless, Hunter (29 July 2019). "Real Madrid's Keylor Navas Is The Greatest Concacaf Goalkeeper Of All Time". FloFC. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ Rachini, Mouhamad (23 April 2020). "The 50: Top 10 North & Central American goalkeepers of all time". Between the Sticks. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Keylor Navas". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Keylor Navas: Player Info". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Madrid and PSG switch goalkeepers Navas and Areola". Fox Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  11. ^ "World Cup: Costa Rica hero hails nation's efforts as Holland end journey". Sky Sports. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  12. ^ "IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - CONCACAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Keylor Navas: Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season". UEFA. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  14. ^ "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA. Retrieved 20 April 2019.