Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya

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Carlos Navarro Montoya
Full name	Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya
Date of birth	February 26, 1966 (1966-02-26) (age 42)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007	Vélez Sársfield Independiente Santa Fe Vélez Sársfield Boca Juniors Extremadura Mérida Tenerife Deportes Concepción Chacarita Juniors Independiente Gimnasia LP Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy Atlético Paranaense Nueva Chicago Olimpo	66 (0) ? (?) 14 (0) 311 (0) 23 (0) 38 (0) 48 (0) 13 (0) 56 (0) 57 (0) 19 (0) 16 (0) 2 (0) 21 (0) 13 (0)
National team
1985	Colombia	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (born in Medellín, Colombia on February 26, 1966 ), is a professional footballer, who has played club football in Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Chile and Brazil. He was born in Colombia, but is now a naturalized Argentinian.

Navarro Montoya is nicknamed El Mono (The Monkey) in Argentina^[1], at the age of 41 he is not the talent he used to be, but he is still remembered fondly by many clubs including Boca Juniors where he played a total of 400 games in all competitions. He also set two club records, 180 consecutive games for the club and 824 minutes without conceding a goal.

As a naturalized Argentine, Navarro Montoya wanted to play for Argentina but was denied from doing so by FIFA because he had played for Colombia in the qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup. In 1998 FIFA relented and allowed him special dispensation to play for Argentina but at the Age of 32 he was considered too old and never got the opportunity to represent his adopted nation.