Early life

Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo was born in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Professional career

FC Barcelona

Navarro started playing for FC Barcelona at the age of 17, making his Spanish ACB League debut on November 23, 1997. That year he was selected to attend the Nike Hoop Summit, but he stayed in Europe playing for the Barcelona pro team. He was not on the Spanish national team that won the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim in 1998.

With the acquisitions of Dejan Bodiroga and Gregor Fučka in 2003, FC Barcelona won all the competitions they played in that year. It was the first time the club won the Euroleague. By winning the Spanish ACB League, the Spanish King's Cup and the Euroleague 2002-03 all in the same year, Barcelona won the coveted Triple Crown championship that year.

With Barcelona, Navarro has been on Liga ACB championship teams seven times: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011 and 2012; the Spanish King's Cup six times: 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013; the Spanish Supercup four times: 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Korać Cup championship once: 1999; and the Euroleague championship twice: 2003 and 2009. Navarro has helped Barcelona reach the Euroleague Final Four six times: 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2012. Navarro has been selected to the All-Euroleague Team six times: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2006, Juan Carlos Navarro earned the regular season Most Valuable Player award of the ACB. He was named the ACB Finals Most Valuable Player in 2009 and 2011. He was named the Euroleague MVP in 2009, and the Euroleague Final Four MVP in 2010.

He played with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA for one season, in 2007-08, then re-signed signed with FC Barcelona in the summer of 2008, on a 4-year €9.5 million euros net income contract with a €10 million euros buyout. The contract also included an optional fifth year, which brought the total contract to €12 million euros net income.

In 2012, Barcelona picked up the fifth optional year of his contract (€2.5 million euros net income) and extended him for another two additional years, at a salary of €2.6 million per season after that, bringing the total to €7.7 million euros net income over three years.

Over the 2014-15 season, Navarro experienced several problems with his right leg. In late December 2014, it was announced that he will miss up to six weeks of action due to turn muscle in his right thigh. On June 29, 2015, it was announced by Barcelona that Navarro is about to miss three months of action due to plantar fasciitis on his right foot. These injuries have impacted on his performances over the season, having the averages of 10.5 points and 3.1 assists on 37% shooting from the field in 17 Euroleague games.

Memphis Grizzlies

Playing for FC Barcelona with Aleksandar Đorđević, Artūras Karnišovas, Rony Seikaly, Pau Gasol and Šarūnas Jasikevičius helped make Navarro a better player and he became one of the most promising young European players early on in his career with Barcelona. All NBA mock drafts started to set him as a first round pick.

In the 2001-02 season Navarro was plagued by injuries and the Washington Wizards drafted Navarro in the second round (40th pick overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft. Navarro declined the offer, preferring to stay with FC Barcelona.

On August 3, 2007, the Washington Wizards traded the Navarro's draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a future first-round draft pick. Navarro would be reunited with former FC Barcelona and Spanish national teammate Pau Gasol on the Grizzlies.

In his rookie NBA season, Navarro was one of the Grizzlies' team leaders in three-point shooting (.361). He was named to the 2007-08 NBA All-Rookie Second Team, after averaging 10.9 points per game.

On June 18, 2008, Navarro signed a four-year deal worth €9.5 million euros net income (with an optional fifth year that would bring the total contract to €12 million euros net income) with Barcelona, his former team.

A qualifying contract offer that was tendered to Navarro by the Memphis Grizzlies was eventually rescinded on September 10, 2009. This allowed the Grizzlies to sign former NBA MVP Allen Iverson.

Spanish national team

Junior national team

In the summer of 1998, Navarro was a member of the Spanish junior national team that won the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He was one of "The Golden Generation" boys of Spain (along with future NBA players Pau Gasol and Raúl López) that defeated the United States' junior national team at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Senior national team

Navarro played with the senior Spanish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. He also played at the EuroBasket 2001, where he won two games during the tournament with buzzer beaters. He scored 27 points during the bronze medal game against Germany.

At the EuroBasket 2003 in Sweden, Navarro won a silver medal with the Spanish national team. In Spain's seventh-place finish in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, he scored 18 points in Spain's loss against Team USA.

At the EuroBasket 2005, the Spanish team, playing without Pau Gasol, finished in fourth place. Navarro was the second leading scorer of the tournament with an average of 25.2 points per game, finishing behind only Dirk Nowitzki.

In August 2006, he played on the Spanish national team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, defeating Greece in the final, after the Greeks defeated Team USA in their semi-final, 101-95.

In September 2007, Navarro and Spain lost against Russia in the gold medal game at the EuroBasket 2007, held in Madrid, on Spain's home floor. Navarro was a member of the Spanish national team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Navarro scored 18 points in the gold medal game that Spain lost against Team USA.

Defending champions Spain retained their European crown at EuroBasket 2011. Navarro led his team with a game-high 27 points in the championship game over France. He earned All-Tournament Team accolades with his teammate Pau Gasol, and was named the EuroBasket MVP.

Navarro won a silver medal with Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Navarro won the Euroleague
	Led the league

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2000-01	Barcelona	12	8	27.8	.465	.388	.682	2.8	2.7	1.1	.0	12.7	12.2
2001-02	Barcelona	17	2	19.0	.433	.333	.816	1.5	1.9	1.0	.0	10.4	10.3
2002-03†	Barcelona	22	6	26.1	.398	.367	.880	1.6	1.4	.6	.0	11.5	10.0
2003-04	Barcelona	20	6	25.4	.494	.425	.808	1.5	1.5	1.1	.1	13.7	12.4
2004-05	Barcelona	20	10	26.6	.437	.395	.892	2.0	1.9	1.3	.0	13.3	13.2
2005-06	Barcelona	22	21	27.4	.438	.462	.806	2.3	2.5	1.0	.0	15.1	13.4
2006-07	Barcelona	22	21	28.6	.496	.408	.838	2.0	3.0	.9	.0	16.8	16.9
2008-09	Barcelona	21	21	27.7	.428	.363	.935	1.6	3.6	1.3	.0	14.7	15.1
2009-10†	Barcelona	22	21	25.4	.430	.348	.857	1.4	3.1	.9	.0	14.1	14.1
2010-11	Barcelona	15	12	26.5	.478	.398	.868	1.5	2.8	.3	.0	14.1	12.9
2011-12	Barcelona	16	13	25.6	.402	.297	.880	1.3	3.2	1.0	.0	13.6	12.9
2012-13	Barcelona	26	21	25.2	.448	.445	.852	1.7	2.2	.3	.0	13.2	12.0
2013-14	Barcelona	26	21	24.0	.404	.346	.868	1.7	3.1	.5	.0	11.3	11.4
2014-15	Barcelona	17	14	22.1	.370	.356	.865	1.6	3.1	.2	.0	10.5	10.8
Career		277	197	25.6	.438	.383	.856	1.7	2.6	.8	.0	13.3	12.7

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007-08	Memphis	82	30	25.8	.402	.361	.849	2.6	2.2	.6	.0	10.9
Career		82	30	25.8	.402	.361	.849	2.6	2.2	.6	.0	10.9

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

• Euroleague (2): 2002-03, 2009-10
• Spanish League (8): 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14
• Korać Cup (1): 1998-99
• Spanish King's Cup (6): 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
• Spanish Supercup (4): 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Catalan Tournament (7): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Spanish national team

• 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: 01 ! Gold
• 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship: 01 ! Gold
• EuroBasket 2001: 03 ! Bronze
• EuroBasket 2003: 02 ! Silver
• 2006 FIBA World Championship: 01 ! Gold
• EuroBasket 2007: 02 ! Silver
• 2008 Summer Olympic Games: 02 ! Silver
• EuroBasket 2009: 01 ! Gold
• EuroBasket 2011: 01 ! Gold
• 2012 Summer Olympic games: 02 ! Silver

Individual awards

• All-Euroleague Team (7): 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• All-Euroleague First Team (5): 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
• All-Euroleague Second Team (2): 2012, 2013
• EuroBasket All-Tournament Team (2): 2005, 2011
• EuroBasket MVP (1): 2011
• Spanish League MVP (1): 2006
• Euroleague Top Scorer (1): 2007
• NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1): 2008
• Euroleague MVP (1): 2009
• Spanish League Finals MVP (3): 2009, 2011, 2014
• Spanish Supercup MVP (3): 2009, 2010, 2011
• Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team (1): 2010
• Euroleague Final Four MVP (1): 2010
• Catalan Tournament Final MVP (2): 2000, 2001
• Mr. Europa (1): 2010

References and notes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]