Jesús Navas

Jesús Navas is the kind of footballer I cherish most, the relentless craftsman rather than the headline star. At just 170 cm, he turned blistering pace and pinpoint crossing into an art, and his loyalty to Sevilla, where he gathered eight major trophies including four European titles, gives his career a rare emotional weight. Winning the Premier League with Manchester City proved he could shine anywhere. What moves me, though, is how he reinvented himself from winger to full-back and kept running for the team well into his late thirties. That quiet devotion, I believe, is what true greatness looks like.

Name (English)

Jesús Navas

Name (Japanese)

ヘスス・ナバス

Reading

へすす・なばす

Born

November 21, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Los Palacios y Villafranca, Seville Province, Spain

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit
• 2011 Medal of Andalusia

• Xhttps://x.com/JNavas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs%20Navas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185093

Tags

• Seville Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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