Julio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1990)

Julio César Rodríguez Giménez (born 5 December 1990) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Guillermo Brown.[1][3]

Julio Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Julio César Rodríguez Giménez
Date of birth (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward[2]
Team information
Current team
Guillermo Brown
Youth career
Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Defensa y Justicia 24 (9)
2011–2012Berazategui (loan) 25 (3)
2013–2017 Dorados de Sinaloa 16 (2)
2013Tijuana (loan) 0 (0)
2014Godoy Cruz (loan) 16 (3)
2014–2015Defensa y Justicia (loan) 32 (6)
2016Unión Santa Fe (loan) 10 (1)
2016–2017Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 17 (1)
2017Almagro (loan) 0 (0)
2018 Deportivo Capiatá 25 (4)
2019 Zira 23 (12)
2020–2022 Sabah 45 (6)
2023– Guillermo Brown 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Rodríguez's first taste of senior football came in October 2010 as he was selected on the bench by Defensa y Justicia for a match against Tiro Federal in Primera B Nacional, he didn't make an appearance for the club until after his loan move to Primera C Metropolitana side Berazategui.[1] He scored three goals in twenty-five games for Berazategui before making his Defensa y Justicia debut on 13 October 2012 in a defeat to Instituto.[1] He went onto make twenty-four league appearances in 2012–13 for Defensa y Justicia before leaving the club and Argentine football to join Ascenso MX side Dorados de Sinaloa in 2013.[1]

Two goals in sixteen appearances followed, during which time Rodríguez spent time with Dorados' senior affiliate Liga MX team Tijuana on loan.[1][4] He made just one appearance for Tijuana in a 6–0 home win over Honduran side Victoria in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.[1][4] In 2014, he completed a loan move to Argentine Primera División side Godoy Cruz.[1][5] Sixteen games and three goals followed for him at Godoy. After his time in Mendoza, Rodríguez rejoined Defensa y Justicia on loan and subsequently scored six times in thirty-two matches in two seasons in Argentina's top tier for them.[1]

2016 saw Rodríguez make temporary moves to Unión Santa Fe and Arsenal de Sarandí.[1][6][7] A year later, in August 2017, Rodríguez joined Primera B Nacional side Almagro.[1][8] However, he soon returned to Dorados after contractual disagreements.[1][9][10] In January 2018, Rodríguez signed for Paraguayan Primera División team Deportivo Capiatá.[1][11] He scored on his debut for the club, netting the opening goal in a win over Deportivo Santaní on 25 February.[1] He departed the end of 2018, scoring four times across twenty-five fixtures.[1] In January 2019, Rodríguez went to Azerbaijan to sign with top-flight Zira.[12]

Following nine goals in fourteen games in his first seven months, Rodríguez renewed his contract with Zira on 20 June 2019.[13] On 29 January 2020, Rodríguez signed a contract with fellow Azerbaijani team Sabah on a season-long deal.[14] His first appearance for Sabah came on 1 February against former club Zira.[1] In the succeeding September, Rodríguez scored his first goal for Sabah - again, against Zira.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 May 2022.[1][3]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 00000000
2011–12 00000000
2012–13 2492000269
Total 2492000269
Berazategui (loan) 2010–11 Primera C Metropolitana 2530000253
Dorados de Sinaloa 2013–14 Ascenso MX 1624000202
2014–15 00000000
2015–16 Liga MX 00000000
2016–17 Ascenso MX 00000000
2017–18 00000000
Total 1624000202
Tijuana (loan) 2013–14 Liga MX 00001[lower-alpha 1]00010
Godoy Cruz (loan) 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 1630000163
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2014 Argentine Primera División 832100104
2015 2434000283
Total 3266000387
Unión Santa Fe (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 1011000111
Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 2016–17 171200000191
Almagro (loan) 2017–18 Primera B Nacional 00000000
Deportivo Capiatá 2018 Paraguayan Primera División 2540000254
Zira 2018–19 Premier League 1282100149
2019–20 1143200146
Total 231253002815
Sabah 2019–20 Premier League 60000060
2020–21 2531000263
2021–22 14320163
Total 4563000486
Career total 23347234100025751
  1. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League

References

  1. "Julio César Rodríguez profile". Soccerway. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. "Julio Rodríguez". World Football. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "Julio César Rodríguez profile". ESPN FC. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. "Noche para debutantes: Julio Rodríguez y Juan Hernández". San Diego Red. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. "Julio César Rodríguez Giménez, refuerzo del Tomba". Vavel. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. "Julio César Rodriguez suena en Unión". Sol 91.5. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. "Julio Rodríguez es nuevo refuerzo del Arse". Vavel. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  8. "Se viene Almagro 2017-2018". Club Almagro. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. "El delantero Rodríguez no seguirá". Almagro 100. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  10. "El delantero Rodríguez no seguirá". Club Almagro. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  11. "¡A moverse!". Tigo Sports. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. "Komandamız paraqvaylı Xulio Sezar Rodriqez Ximenes ilə anlaşıb". Zira. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  13. ""Zirə" daha bir futbolçu ilə müqaviləni yeniləyib". Zira. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. "XULİO RODRİQES "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FK. 29 January 2020.
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