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Júlio César (footballer, born February 1980)

Júlio César
Personal information
Full name Júlio César da Silva e Souza
Date of birth (1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Itaguaí, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Fluminense 80 (14)
2002–2004 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 (4)
2004 Estrela da Amadora 30 (10)
2004–2005 Gil Vicente 16 (2)
2005–2008 AEK Athens 88 (18)
2008–2009 Rapid București 15 (2)
2009–2011 Gaziantepspor 50 (16)
2011–2012 Figueirense 51 (16)
2013–2015 Coritiba 29 (3)
2015–2016 Ceará 17 (3)
2016 Mirassol 0 (0)
2016 FC Goa 11 (1)
2017–2018 Madureira 0 (0)
Total 408 (89)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Júlio César da Silva e Souza (born 26 February 1980) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Júlio César was born in Itaguai, Brazil. He played for Turkish side Gaziantepspor, joining them from Rapid București.[1] He was released by Rapid București during the winter break because he did not play as good as expected for the money spent on him, he was the highest paid member of the squad and also Rapid had financial problems.[2] In the 2009–10 season he scored 13 goals for Gaziantepspor, making him the top goalscorer of the team and the second goalscorer of the Turkish Süper Lig, after Ariza Makukula.[3]

Júlio César also played for Greek side AEK Athens from 2005 to 2008.[4] He scored the goal in the famous 1–0 win for AEK against AC Milan in front of over 69.000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium Athens with a direct free kick.[5][6]

Honours

Fluminense

Lokomotiv Moscow

Coritiba

References

  1. ^ Júlio César at ForaDeJogo (archived). Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Adio, Julio Cesar!" [Goodbye, Julio Cesar!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "2009–2010 Super Lig". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ Júlio César at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "AEK Athens vs. Milan 1 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ^ "AEK Athens vs. Milan 1 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Júlio César at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  8. ^ a b c d Júlio César at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.