Julio César Enciso Ferreira (born 5 August 1974 in

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) is a

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er who played as a

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. He made 70 appearances for the Paraguay national team between 1995 and 2004, scoring twice.

Club career

Enciso started his playing career in 1994 with

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where he won the league championships in his debut season. In 1996, he was signed by Internacional of

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where he played for 5 seasons, winning the

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in 1997. Enciso returned to Paraguay in 2001 to play for

Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Fou ...

where he won the Copa Libertadores 2002 and the

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2003. He left the club in 2005 His last club was 12 de Octubre where he spent the 2006 season and announced his retirement. However, for the 2008 Clausura tournament he was called by the coach, Saturnino Arrua, and decided to make a comeback to help the team get out of the relegation zone.

International career

Enciso played for

at the 1998 World Cup. He missed out on his country's 2002 campaign. That same year he won the

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as a captain with Olimpia. Afterwards he was named an over-age player for the

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, where he helped Paraguay to a silver medal. He also played for Paraguay in three editions of the

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and

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Honours

Club

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

: 1994 * Internacional **

: 1997 * Olimpia **

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National team

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

(Silver medal)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Enciso, Julio Cesar 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Capiatá Footballers from Central Department Paraguayan men's footballers SC Internacional players Cerro Porteño players Club Olimpia footballers Paraguay men's international footballers 1995 Copa América players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players 2001 Copa América players Copa Libertadores–winning players Olympic footballers for Paraguay Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Paraguay Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen