Juan Carlos Navarro

Player information
Juan Carlos Navarro

Full name	Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo
birthday	13th June 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Sant Feliu de Llobregat , Spain
size	192 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Shooting Guard
NBA draft	2002 , 39. Pick, Washington Wizards
Clubs as active
1997–2007 FC Barcelona 2007–2008 Memphis Grizzlies 2008–2018 FC BarcelonaSpain United States Spain
National team
2000-2017 Spain	Spain	253 games

Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo (born June 13, 1980 in Sant Feliu de Llobregat , Catalonia ) is a former Spanish basketball player who played mainly for FC Barcelona during his career . He is one of the most successful and most awarded players in European basketball. He owes his nickname La Bomba (the bomb) to a throw that was characteristic of him, in which he threw the ball into the basket with one hand from the middle distance in a high arc over the opponent.

career

society

Navarro began his career at the basketball club in his hometown, CB Santfeliuenc , from where he moved to the youth team at FC Barcelona at the age of 11 . He made his first-team debut on November 23, 1997 in a league game against CB Granada . Although he was only used sporadically in the first team in his first season, his outstanding talent was quickly recognized.

In his second year as a professional, he won the championship and the Korać Cup with FC Barcelona in 1998/99 . In 2000/01 he and his team won the league and cup double and in 2002/03 the league, cup and EuroLeague triple . In 2005/06 he was appointed as the best shooting guard in the All-Euroleague team for the first time and was elected MVP of the Spanish league in the same year .

In the summer of 2007, Navarro, who was drafted by the Washington Wizards in 2002 , decided to move to the North American professional league NBA to the Memphis Grizzlies , where his former teammate and friend Pau Gasol was also under contract. Although he had a good season when one of the top debutants was allowed to compete in the 2008 Rookie Challenge and was elected to the All-Rookie Second Team at the end of the season , Navarro decided to return to FC Barcelona.

Navarro at FC Barcelona (2009)

At Barça further Spanish championship titles followed in 2008/09 and 2010/11, he was also able to conquer the EuroLeague 2009/10 and was elected MVP of the Final Four. Navarro played his 253rd EuroLeague game on March 14, 2014 and has since been the player with the most appearances.

In mid-August 2018, he announced his retirement from professional sport.

National team

Even as a junior, Navarro was able to celebrate numerous successes with the national team as part of the Spanish "Golden Generation". In 1998 he won the gold medal with his country at the U-18 European Championship and only one year later he also won the title at the U-19 World Cup with a 94-87 final triumph over the USA. Navarro himself was voted MVP of the tournament with an average of 18.6 points and 2.1 assists per game.

His debut in the senior team celebrated Navarro on 18 August 2000 in a friendly against Lithuania . Since then he has not missed a final tournament. His greatest successes are winning the basketball world championship in 2006 as well as the European titles in 2009 and 2011 , where he was elected MVP of the tournament. In addition, he won the silver medal with Spain at the 2008 Olympic Games .

Achievements and honors

Juan Carlos Navarro medal table
Basketball (men)
Spain Spain
Olympic games
silver	2008 Beijing	Spain
silver	2012 London	Spain
World Championship
gold	2006 Japan	Spain
European Championship
bronze	2001 Turkey	Spain
silver	2003 Sweden	Spain
silver	2007 Spain	Spain
gold	2009 Poland	Spain
gold	2011 Lithuania	Spain

FC Barcelona

Spanish Championship (7): 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2013/14
Spanish Cup (5): 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2009/10, 2010/11
Spanish Supercup (3): 2004, 2009, 2010
EuroLeague (2): 2002/03 , 2009/10
Korać Cup (1): 1998/99

Spanish national team

Olympic Games : Silver 2008 and 2012
Basketball World Championship : Gold 2006
European Basketball Championship : Gold 2011 and 2009 ; Silver 2007 and 2003 ; Bronze 2001
U-19 World Championship: Gold 1999
U-18 European Championship: Gold 1998

Honors

All-EuroLeague-Second-Team 2011/12, 2012/13
MVP and election to the All-Tournament Team of the 2011 European Basketball Championship
EuroLeague All-Decade Team 2001-2010
European Basketball Player of the Year (Superbasket) 2010
EuroLeague MVP Final Four 2009/10
EuroLeague MVP of the 2008/09 season
All-EuroLeague-First-Team 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11
MVP of the final series of the ACB League 2009, 2011, 2014
MVP of the league ACB 2005/06
All-ACB-Team 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10
All-Tournament Team of the 2005 European Basketball Championship
MVP and election to the All-Tournament Team of the U-19 World Cup 1999
Participant in the 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge
NBA All-Rookie Second Team 2007-08

Individual evidence

↑ Navarro games-played record will add to long list , on euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
↑ http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=142654
↑ Fans, media chose decade's best! In: euroleague.net, accessed on September 17, 2011 (English)

Web links

Commons : Juan Carlos Navarro - Collection of images, videos and audio files

NBA players profile (English)
Player profile on acb.com (Spanish)
Statistics Euroleague (English)
Juan Carlos Navarro - player statistics on NBA .com (English)
Juan Carlos Navarro - player profile on basketball-reference.com

personal data
SURNAME	Navarro, Juan Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Navarro Feijoo, Juan Carlos (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spanish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 13, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sant Feliu de Llobregat , Catalonia

[1] Navarro games-played record will add to long list , on euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

[2] ttp://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=142654

[3] Fans, media chose decade's best! In: euroleague.net, accessed on September 17, 2011 (English)