[2] Navarro left Utebo and moved to fellow fourth division side UD Barbastro in 2005, achieving promotion to Segunda División B in his first season but suffering relegation in his second.
[3] On 21 January 2009, after more than a year without a club, he replaced Juan Carlos Beltrán at the helm of SD Ejea.
On 26 June 2015, after missing out promotion in the play-offs, he was named at the helm of fellow league team SD Tarazona.
[9] On 11 March 2024, after another year of inactivity, Navarro joined Víctor Fernández's staff at Real Zaragoza, as his assistant.
[11] Navarro's first professional match occurred on 21 December 2024, a 1–0 Segunda División home win over Racing de Ferrol;[12] he was also sent off after an altercation with opposite manager Cristóbal Parralo.