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Raúl Rodríguez Navas (born 11 May 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Seville, Andalusia, Navas played youth football with local Sevilla FC, making his senior debuts in 2007–08 season with the C-team, in Tercera División. On 30 May 2009 he played his first professional match, appearing with the reserves in a 0–4 Segunda División home loss against CD Tenerife and also being sent off.
In July 2009, Navas signed with Real Valladolid, initially being assigned to the B-side. On 16 May 2010, the day the Castile and León club certified its relegation, he made his La Liga debut, starting in a 0–4 away defeat to champions FC Barcelona; in his second year, he appeared in a further official games with the first team, being released in August 2011.
In the following years, Navas competed in Segunda División B, with Celta de Vigo B and SD Eibar. He achieved two consecutive promotions with the latter, in 2013 and in 2014.
On 12 July 2014, Navas signed a one-year deal with Real Sociedad, being immediately loaned back to Eibar. He was also utilized in the latter's top level debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against his parent club.
Navas scored his first goal in the main category on 8 December, netting the third in a 5–2 home routing of UD Almería. On 3 June 2015, the Txuri-urdin activated a clause in his contract and extended his link until 2018; he missed the entire season, due to a pubalgia ailment.