{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Julio Nava | image = | fullname = Julio César Nava García | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico | currentclub = FC Rànger's | clubnumber = 7 | height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Left winger | years1 = 2007–2012 | clubs1 = Guadalajara | years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = → Querétaro (loan) | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Querétaro | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = → Chiapas (loan) | years5 = 2015–2017 | clubs5 = Chiapas | years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = → Atlas (loan) | years7 = 2017–2020 | clubs7 = Dorados de Sinaloa | years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Querétaro | years9 = 2021 | clubs9 = Tepatitlán | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 3 | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 2 | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 75 | goals7 = 5 | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2025 | clubs10 = Penya Encarnada | caps10 = 15 | goals10 = 4 | years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = FC Rànger's | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Mexico U23 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 10 June 2025 }}
'''Julio Cesar Nava Garcia'''{{family name footnote|Nava|Garcia|lang=Spanish}} (born 29 December 1989, in Veracruz)<ref>[http://www.ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/44042/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAzMTA4fQ==/ Nava official league profile]</ref> is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga de Expansión MX club Tepatitlán.
== 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.<ref>Gustavo Damian Palacios: [http://www.gnewsport.com/nava-confirmado-con-larga-suspension-por-doping/ Nava confirmado con larga suspensión por Doping] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226095910/http://www.gnewsport.com/nava-confirmado-con-larga-suspension-por-doping/ |date=26 December 2015 }}, Gnewsport, 5 March 2015</ref>
== U-23 International Goals ==
{{International goals header}} |- |align=center| 1. || September 2, 2011 || Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico || {{fb|CHI}} || align=center|'''1'''-0 || align=center|1–3 || Friendly |} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |title=Julio Nava's U-23 International Goals |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055941/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===U-23 International appearances=== ''As of 7 September 2011'' {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%" |- !colspan="7"|'''International appearances''' |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 25 March 2011 || Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico || {{flagicon|MEX}} Pachuca C.F. || 2-2 || Friendly |- | 2. || 27 March 2011 || Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico || {{flagicon|MEX}} Deportivo Toluca || 2-1 || Friendly |- | 3. || September 2, 2011 || Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico || {{fb|CHI}}|| align=center|1–3 || Friendly |- | 4. || September 7, 2011 || Estadio La Granja, Curicó, Chile || {{fb|CHI}} || '''2'''–2 || Friendly |} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |title=Julio Nava's U-23 International Appearances |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055941/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{MedioTiempo|julio-nava}} *[http://www.esmas.com/sef/futbol/tor29/jug2188.html Julio Nava's Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012003655/http://www.esmas.com/sef/futbol/tor29/jug2188.html |date=12 October 2007 }} {{in lang|es}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nava, Julio}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Veracruz Category:People from Martínez de la Torre Category:Mexican men's footballers Category:Liga MX players Category:C.D. Guadalajara footballers Category:Querétaro F.C. footballers Category:Jaguares F.C. footballers Category:Atlas F.C. footballers Category:Doping cases in association football Category:Mexican sportspeople in doping cases Category:Men's association football wingers Category:21st-century Mexican sportsmen Category:Penya Encarnada d'Andorra players