Julio César Rodríguez López (born 7 December 1995), sometimes known simply as Julio, is a Spanish professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a
centre-back.
Football career
Julio was born in
Mieres, Asturias
Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baiña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...
. A product of
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, ...
's prolific
youth academy
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, he made his senior debuts in the
2012–13 season, playing 30 games in
Segunda División B for
the reserves.
Julio first appeared officially with the main squad on 11 September 2013, starting in a 3–2 away loss against
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...
for
the season's
Copa del Rey
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. On 2 September 2014 he was definitely promoted to the main squad in
Segunda División.
On 31 August 2016, Julio was loaned to
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
club
Barnsley for one season, initially assigned to the Development squad. Upon returning, he cut ties with the club on 26 July 2017.
In February 2020, Julio joined Bulgarian club
Tsarsko Selo Sofia.
References
External links
Sporting Gijón official profile
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1995 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Asturias
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División B players
Croatian Football League players
Liga I players
Ekstraklasa players
I liga players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Sporting de Gijón B players
Sporting de Gijón players
Recreativo de Huelva players
NK Istra 1961 players
FC Voluntari players
FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players
Wisła Płock players
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland