Julio César Domínguez Juárez (born 8 November 1987), sometimes known as Cata, is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Cruz Azul

Isaac Mizrahi, impressed by Domínguez's performance in Cruz Azul's reserve team, allocated him for the first team in the final fixture of Clausura 2006. At the age of 18, Domínguez made his debut on 29 April 2006 in a home match against

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which resulted in a 3–2 win for Cruz Azul. Domínguez scored his first and second league goals on 14 November 2007 against Pachuca during the Apertura 2007 repechage. He has remained with Cruz Azul, having originally started as a pure

, Domínguez has proven his versatility with solid performances as a

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. On 1 June 2023, Cruz Azul announced that they would not renew the player's contract. Domínguez left the club after 20 years.

Atlético San Luis

On 15 June 2023, Domínguez joined

International career

Youth

Domínguez first started with the under-20 national team. Domínguez was regarded as one of the brightest young defensive players that Mexico had.

Senior

Domínguez made his debut for the senior national team on 22 August 2007 in a friendly against

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. After a five-year absence from the national team, Mexico national team manager

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called him up for friendlies against the national football teams of

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and

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in 2014. He would then be called up again against

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and

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. Domínguez was called up by

for the

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, playing all 3 games against Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. Domínguez was called up again in 2018 during

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's interim of the national team but did not see any playing time.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Cruz Azul *

: Guardianes 2021 *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

: Clausura 2013, Apertura 2018 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

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* Supercopa de la Liga MX:

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Supercopa MX The Supercopa MX ( en, Supercup MX) was a Mexican football championship contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura Copa MX. History In June 2013 Liga MX president Decio De María announced the winners of Apertura and Clausura Copa MX w ...

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CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

: 2013–14 *

Leagues Cup The Leagues Cup is an annual association football competition between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in North America. It debuted in July 2019 with four teams participating from each league. The first edition was a single-eliminati ...

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Chiapas Mexican men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Mexico men's international footballers 2015 Copa América players Cruz Azul footballers Liga MX players {{Mexico-footy-defender-stub