Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)

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Júlio César
Júlio César with Inter Milan in 2011
Personal information
Full name Júlio César Soares de Espíndola[1]
Date of birth (1979-09-03) 3 September 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1997 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2005 Flamengo 135 (0)
2005 Chievo 0 (0)
2005–2012 Inter Milan 228 (0)
2012–2014 Queens Park Rangers 24 (0)
2014Toronto FC (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2017 Benfica 57 (0)
2018 Flamengo 1 (0)
Total 452 (0)
National team
1995 Brazil U17 7 (0)
2004–2014 Brazil 87 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Júlio César Soares de Espíndola (born 3 September 1979), known as Júlio César (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒulju ˈsɛzaʁ]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In July 2009, Julio Cesar was awarded by ESPN Brasil (the Brazilian division of ESPN) as the best player of the 2008–09 season. He received an important and highly regarded "Prêmio Futebol no Mundo" ("Worldwide Football award").[source?]

He won the treble with Inter in the 2009–10 season, playing 54 games in all competitions.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5][6][7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 1997 Série A 0 0 1 0 1 0
1998 1 0 0 0 1 0
1999 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 16 0 1 0 17 0
2001 26 0 6 0 32 0
2002 16 0 9 0 5[a] 0 30 0
2003 43[8] 0 11 0 54 0
2004 33 0 0 0 2[b] 0 35 0
Total 135 0 28 0 7 0 170 0
Chievo 2004–05 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inter Milan 2005–06 29 0 4 0 7[c] 0 0 0 40 0
2006–07 32 0 0 0 6[c] 0 0 0 38 0
2007–08 35 0 0 0 8[c] 0 1[d] 0 44 0
2008–09 36 0 1 0 7[c] 0 1[d] 0 45 0
2009–10 38 0 2 0 13[c] 0 1[d] 0 54 0
2010–11 25 0 3 0 7[c] 0 4[e] 0 39 0
2011–12 33 0 0 0 6[c] 0 1[d] 0 40 0
Total 228 0 10 0 54 0 8 0 300 0
Queens Park Rangers 2012–13 Premier League 24 0 2[f] 0 26 0
2013–14 Championship 0 0 1[g] 0 1 0
Total 24 0 3 0 27 0
Toronto FC (loan) 2014 Major League Soccer 7 0 0 0 7 0
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 23 0 4[h] 0 3[c] 0 30 0
2015–16 24 0 2[i] 0 7[c] 0 1[j] 0 34 0
2016–17 8 0 3[k] 0 1[c] 0 1[j] 0 12 0
2017–18 2 0 1[l] 0 1[c] 0 0 0 4 0
Total 57 0 10 0 12 0 2 0 81 0
Flamengo 2018 Série A 1 0 0 0 1[m] 0 2 0
Career total 452 0 51 0 73 0 11 0 586 0
  1. All appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. All appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. One appearance in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. One appearance in FA Cup, one appearance in Football League Cup
  7. Appearance in FA Cup
  8. Two appearances in Taça de Portugal, two appearances in Taça da Liga
  9. All appearances in Taça de Portugal
  10. 10.0 10.1 Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  11. Two appearances in Taça de Portugal, one appearance in Taça da Liga
  12. Appearance in Taça da Liga
  13. Appearance in Campeonato Carioca

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9][10][11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2004 9 0
2005 2 0
2006 0 0
2007 8 0
2008 10 0
2009 17 0
2010 7 0
2011 10 0
2012 1 0
2013 13 0
2014 10 0
Total 87 0

Honours[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Flamengo[12][13]

Inter Milan[12][13]

Benfica

International[change | change source]

Brazil

Individual[change | change source]

Records[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "Jogador do Benfica Júlio César" [Benfica player Júlio César]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. "Júlio César profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. Júlio César at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. "Football : Júlio César". Football DataBase. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. "Profile of Júlio César at Thefinalball.com". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  7. "Júlio César, Júlio César Soares Espíndola". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. [1] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
  9. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2004–2005". RSSSFbrasil.com. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  10. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2006–2007". RSSSFbrasil.com. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  11. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2008–2009". RSSSFbrasil.com. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "JÚLIO CÉSAR, goleiro da Internazionale-Itália, Seleção Brasileira, ex- Chievo-Itália eFlamengo-RJ". marcelodieguez.com.br. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Júlio César". esporte.ig.com.br. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  14. FC, Acervo Histórico do Santos. "Acervo Histórico do Santos FC | Copa dos Campeões Mundiais – 1997". Acervo Histórico do Santos FC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. "2nd ITALIAN SUPERCUP 2006". Inter Milan. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  16. "3rd ITALIAN SUPERCUP 2007". Inter Milan. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  17. "Inter Milan win Italian Super Cup 3–1". worldsoccertalk.com. 21 August 2010.
  18. Cunha, Pedro Jorge (17 May 2015). "Benfica bicampeão: 28 com as faixas e dois à espera" [Benfica back-to-back champion: 28 with the sashes and two await] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  19. 19.0 19.1 "Toronto FC adds Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar". thestar.com. 14 February 2014.
  20. "Oscar del Calcio: Inter sweep awards". football-italia.net. 25 January 2011. Julio Cesar was named Best Goalkeeper for the second time
  21. "FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
  22. "Dream Team Game". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
  23. "Julio Cesar, Bergomi, Cambiasso and Milito all enter into the nerazzurri Hall of Fame". Inter.it. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  24. "IFFHS MAN TEAM – CONMEBOL – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
  25. 25.0 25.1 "Handa-Julio, intreccio lungo 11 metri" [Handa-Julio, 11 meters long plot] (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  26. "Handanovic On Verge Of Setting New Clean Sheet Record At Inter". Sempre Inter. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.