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

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who played as an

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. He is currently technical secretary of Alcoyano. He appeared in 284

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

Playing career

Born in Alcoy,

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, Juli began his career with hometown's CD Alcoyano in the

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. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in the

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, achieving promotion in 2005 with

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. He stayed in that tier nonetheless, representing Benidorm CF and scoring a career-best eight goals in 33 games in 2006–07. In the 2007–08 campaign, at already 26, Juli made his

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

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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 (totalling 894 minutes) 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 (

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), AD Alcorcón and

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. With the latter team, he achieved another promotion to the top flight in

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, being ever-present 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. He joined third-division

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in July 2017, before returning to Alcoyano in September 2019. On 22 July 2022, Juli moved to amateurs Ontinyent 1931 CF. He retired after helping in the team's first-ever promotion to Tercera Federación and immediately went back to Alcoyano, now as assistant coach.

Coaching career

Juli was part of Vicente Parras' staff at Alcoyano. On 15 November 2024, he was appointed head coach after the former's dismissal; one month later, however, he returned to his previous role to make way for Vicente Mir. On 22 March 2025, Juli became the club's technical secretary following the arrival of Luis Miguel Garrido as assistant.

Honours

Alavés *

: 2015–16

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juli 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Alcoy 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Alicante Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Tercera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish football managers Primera Federación managers CD Alcoyano managers