Julián Cerdá Vicente (born 9 August 1981), known as Juli, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He appeared in 284

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matches over eight seasons, scoring a total of 39 goals for six clubs.

Club career

Born in Alcoy,

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, Juli began his career with hometown's CD Alcoyano in the Tercera División. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in the

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, achieving promotion in 2005 with CD Castellón. He stayed in that tier nonetheless, representing Benidorm CF and scoring a career-best eight goals in 33 games in his second and final year. In the 2007–08 campaign, at already 26, Juli made his

debut, with

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. He only missed only one league match out of 42 in his first year and netted on five occasions, but the Andalusians were relegated. Juli returned to the second tier for 2009–10, helping Elche CF to contend for promotion until the last weeks of competition – eventually ranking sixth – with the player scoring six goals. In the ensuing summer he signed for Rayo Vallecano, starting in eight of the league games he appeared in (a total of 894 minutes of action) as the Madrid outskirts side finished second and returned to La Liga, after eight years. Juli subsequently represented Asteras Tripolis FC (

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), AD Alcorcón and Deportivo Alavés. With the latter team, he achieved another promotion to the top flight in

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, being an ever-present figure with 40 appearances and four goals. On 28 June 2016, Juli terminated his contract with the Basque club and signed for

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

the following month.

Honours

Alavés *

: 2015–16

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juli 1981 births Living people People from Alcoy Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante Spanish footballers Footballers from the Valencian Community Association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players CD Alcoyano footballers Alicante CF footballers CD Castellón footballers Benidorm CF footballers Polideportivo Ejido footballers Elche CF players Rayo Vallecano players AD Alcorcón footballers Deportivo Alavés players Córdoba CF players Hércules CF players Super League Greece players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece