Julián Cerdá Vicente (born 9 August 1981), known as Juli, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an

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. He appeared in 284 Segunda División matches over eight seasons, scoring a total of 39 goals for six clubs.

Club career

Born in

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, Province of Alicante, Juli began his career with hometown's

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

in the

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. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in the Segunda División B, achieving promotion in 2005 with

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. He stayed in that tier nonetheless, representing

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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 Segunda División debut, with Polideportivo Ejido. He only missed only one league match out of 42 in his first year and netted on five occasions, but the

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ns were relegated. Juli returned to the second tier for 2009–10, helping

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...

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 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

, starting in eight of the league games he appeared in (a total of 894 minutes of action) as the

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outskirts side finished second and returned to

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, after eight years. Juli subsequently represented Asteras Tripolis FC ( Super League Greece),

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Sant ...

and

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

. 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

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club and signed for Córdoba CF the following month.

Honours

Alavés * Segunda División: 2015–16

References

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* * * {{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