Julio Gracia Gallardo (born 10 February 1998) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' N ...

Club career

Born in

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Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

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, Gracia joined

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

' youth setup in 2013. He made his senior debut with

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on 22 August 2015, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B home loss against

Mérida AD Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of CP Mérida, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1. His ...

. Gracia scored his first senior goal on 11 September 2016, netting his team's last in a 3–1 away defeat of

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in División de Honor Andaluza - Group 1, and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá ...

. The following 15 March, he renewed his contract with the club. Gracia made his first team – and

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– debut on 10 December 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Antonio Barragán in a 1–0 home loss against Atlético Madrid. The following 27 August, he joined

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

in the third division, on loan for one year. On 15 July 2019, Gracia joined fellow third division side CD Badajoz on loan for the season. On 17 August of the following year, he moved to another

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Getafe CF B Getafe Club de Fútbol "B" is the reserve team of Getafe CF, club based in Getafe, Madrid metropolitan area, in the namesake community. Founded in 1983, it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7 holding home games at '' Ciudad Deportiv ...

in the same category.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracia, Julio 1998 births Living people People from Sierra Sur (Seville) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players FC Cartagena footballers CD Badajoz players Getafe CF B players Linares Deportivo footballers Real Murcia CF players CD Castellón footballers