Francisco Nájera

Álvaro Francisco Nájera Gil (born 25 July 1983 in Bogotá) is a Colombian footballer who plays for La Equidad of Colombian First Division.

Francisco Nájera

Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Francisco Nájera Gil
Date of birth	July 25, 1983
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club 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–	La Equidad	20	(2)
National team
2006	Colombia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Usually a central defender, he has played almost his whole career at Santa Fe. 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

As of 31 January 2018[1]

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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 1]	0	38	3
	2012	Paraguayan Primera División	19	1	0	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 1]	0	49	7
	2014	Categoría Primera A	28	2	10	0	16[lower-alpha 3]	0	54	2
	2015	Categoría Primera A	28	2	2	0	8[lower-alpha 4]	0	38	2
	2016	Categoría Primera A	26	0	6	0	9[lower-alpha 5]	0	41	0
	2017	Categoría Primera A	10	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 6]	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. 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

Club

Club Olimpia

• Paraguayan Primera División (1): 2011 Clausura

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A (3): 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I
• Copa Colombia (2): 2012, 2013
• Superliga Colombiana (1): 2012

Club performance

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		Continental^1		Other^2		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.[2]

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

² Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

References

1. Francisco Nájera at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
2. Francisco Nájera at Soccerway

External links

• Francisco Nájera at National-Football-Teams.com
• Álvaro Francisco Nájera (Álvaro Francisco Nájera Gil) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
• Francisco Nájera at Soccerway