Álvaro Francisco Nájera Gil (born 25 July 1983) is a retired Colombian footballer who played for last time in La Equidad of Colombian First Division.

Francisco Nájera
Nájera with Atlético Nacional in 2015
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Francisco Nájera Gil[1]
Date of birth (1983-07-25) July 25, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
La Equidad
Youth career
1995–2001 Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Santa Fe 90 (2)
2006–2007 Querétaro 23 (0)
2007–2009 Santa Fe 64 (3)
2009–2011 Unión Española 41 (2)
2011–2012 Olimpia 52 (4)
2012–2017 Atlético Nacional 137 (10)
2017–2018 La Equidad 20 (2)
International career
2006 Colombia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:27, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

He played the 2006/2007 season in Mexico for Querétaro; the team failed to stay in México Primera División football, after which he returned to Colombia.

Career statistics

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As of 31 January 2018[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santa Fe 2009 Categoría Primera A 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Unión Española 2009 Primera División of Chile 10 1 0 0 2[a] 0 12 1
2010 Primera Division of Chile 31 1 2 0 0 0 33 1
Total 41 2 2 0 2 0 45 2
Olimpia 2011 Paraguayan Primera División 33 3 0 0 5[a] 0 38 3
2012 Paraguayan Primera División 19 1 0 0 5[b] 0 24 1
Total 52 4 0 0 10 0 62 4
Atlético Nacional 2012 Categoría Primera A 13 0 6 0 0 0 19 0
2013 Categoría Primera A 32 6 11 1 6[a] 0 49 7
2014 Categoría Primera A 28 2 10 0 16[c] 0 54 2
2015 Categoría Primera A 28 2 2 0 8[d] 0 38 2
2016 Categoría Primera A 26 0 6 0 9[e] 0 41 0
2017 Categoría Primera A 10 0 0 0 5[f] 0 15 0
Total 137 10 35 1 44 0 216 11
La Equidad 2017 Categoría Primera A 20 2 1 0 0 0 21 2
Career totals 265 18 38 1 56 0 359 19
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ One Appearance in Superliga Colombiana, Four Appearances in Copa Libertadores, Eleven Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ One Appearance in Superliga Colombiana, Seven Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ Two Appearances in Superliga Colombiana, Seven Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ^ Four Appearances in Copa Libertadores, One Appearance in Recopa Sudamericana

Honours

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Club

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Club Olimpia

Atlético Nacional

Club performance

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Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1 Other2 Total
Atlético
Nacional
2012 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2013 32 6 11 1 6 0 0 0 49 7
2014 28 2 10 0 15 0 1 0 54 2
2015 28 2 2 0 7 0 1 0 38 2
2016 25 0 6 0 7 0 2 0 40 0
Total 126 10 35 1 35 0 4 0 200 11
Career total 126 10 35 1 35 0 4 0 200 11
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 26 November 2016.[3]

1 Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

2 Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ Francisco Nájera at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ Francisco Nájera at Soccerway
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