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Jesús Navas del Sevilla FC ante el Betis
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ROUND NUMBERS FOR SERGIO RICO AND JESÚS NAVAS

08/01/2018
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Despite not being able to celebrate with a win, the goalkeeper played his 150th official match with the First Team squad, whilst the winger played his 300th La Liga fixture
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The final score may have been one to forget but making appearances in the Gran Derbi on Saturday, Sergio Rico and Jesús Navas completed milestone achievements for Sevilla FC. The Nervionenses' man between the sticks played his 150th official match with the club - a figure that only Palop has reached in the 21st century for Sevilla. Rico has appeared 102 times in La Liga, 22 times in the Champions League, 12 times in the Copa del Rey, 11 times in the Europa League, twice in the Spanish Supercup and once in the European Supercup. 

Another milestone figure was Jesús Navas' 300th Primera División appearance with Sevilla. It's been a long time in the making, with the Sevilla legend making his first appearance in the competition on the 23rd of November 2003 against RCD Espanyol in Montjuic. In that first campaign - the 03/04 season - he played five matches, before going on to make 23 in the 04/05 season. From then on, he played almost every game in the 05/06 (34), 06/07 (29), 07/08 (36), 08/09 (35) and 09/10 (34) seasons. Injuries meant he only made 15 La Liga appearances in 10/11, but a year later he regained his fitness and achieved a record 37 appearances - missing only the final game of the first half of the season. 

In the 12/13 season he again missed just one match in his final season before moving to Manchester. Following his return, Navas completed his 15th league match of a new era against Betis on Satuday, rounding his La Liga appearance tally to 300 - a figure he will undoubtedly look to grow over the course of the season.