Júlio César Soares Espíndola

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Júlio César
Personal information
Full name:	Júlio César Soares de Espíndola
Date of birth:	3 September 1979 (1979-09-03)
Place of birth:	Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height:	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position:	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Benfica
Number	20
Youth clubs
	Grajau CC
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1998-2005 2005-2012 2005 2012-2014 2014 2014-	Flamengo Internazionale → Chievo (loan) Queens Park Rangers → Toronto (loan) Benfica	130 00(0) 228 00(0) 000 00(0) 024 00(0) 007 00(0) 001 00(0)
National team
2003-2014	Brazil	087 00(0)

Júlio César Soares de Espíndola (born 3 September 1979), known as Júlio César, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Portuguese club Benfica.

He spent seven years at Italian club Internazionale, where he won five Scudetti, the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League and the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. He was awarded the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year title in both 2009 and 2010, and was nominated for the 2009 Ballon d'Or, where he was voted into 21st place.

Júlio César won 87 international caps for Brazil between 2004 and 2014. He was selected for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, in addition to two Copa América tournaments.

Honours

Clubs

Flamengo

• Copa Mercosul (1): 1999
• Copa dos Campeões (1): 2001
• Campeonato Carioca (4): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
• Taça Guanabara (3): 1999, 2001, 2004
• Taça Rio (1): 2000

Internazionale

• Serie A (5): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Coppa Italia (3): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana (4): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10
• 2010 FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2010

International

Brazil

• Copa América (1): 2004
• FIFA Confederations Cup (2): 2009, 2013
• Lunar New Year Cup (1): 2005

External links

• Júlio César FIFA competition record
• Brazilian FA Database
• Inter profile
• Júlio César at Sambafoot
• Toronto FC profile
• Profile at SoccerSurfer.com

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Brazil – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals

1. Dida 2. Cafu (c) 3. Lúcio 4. Juan 5. Emerson 6. Roberto Carlos 7. Adriano 8. Kaká 9. Ronaldo 10. Ronaldinho 11. Zé Roberto 12. Rogério Ceni 13. Cicinho 14. Luisão 15. Cris 16. Gilberto 17. Gilberto Silva 18. Mineiro 19. Juninho 20. Ricardinho 21. Fred 22. Júlio César 23. Robinho Manager:   Carlos Alberto Parreira

Brazil – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Júlio César 2. Maicon 3. Lúcio (c) 4. Juan 5. Felipe Melo 6. Kléber 7. Elano 8. Gilberto Silva 9. Luís Fabiano 10. Kaká 11. Robinho 12. Victor 13. Dani Alves 14. Luisão 15. Miranda 16. André Santos 17. Josué 18. Ramires 19. Júlio Baptista 20. Kléberson 21. Pato 22. Nilmar 23. Gomes Manager:   Dunga

Brazil – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals

1. Júlio César 2. Maicon 3. Lúcio 4. Juan 5. Felipe Melo 6. Michel Bastos 7. Elano 8. Gilberto Silva 9. Luís Fabiano 10. Kaká 11. Robinho 12. Gomes 13. Dani Alves 14. Luisão 15. Thiago Silva 16. Gilberto 17. Josué 18. Ramires 19. Júlio Baptista 20. Kléberson 21. Nilmar 22. Doni 23. Grafite Manager:   Dunga

Brazil – 2011 Copa América – Quarter-finals

1. Júlio César 2. Dani Alves 3. Lúcio (c) 4. Thiago Silva 5. Lucas Leiva 6. André Santos 7. Robinho 8. Ramires 9. Pato 10. Ganso 11. Neymar 12. Victor 13. Maicon 14. Luisão 15. Sandro 16. Elano 17. Elias 18. Lucas 19. Fred 20. Jádson 21. Adriano 22. Jefferson 23. David Luiz Manager:   Mano Menezes

Brazil – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Jefferson 2. Dani Alves 3. Thiago Silva (c) 4. David Luiz 5. Fernando 6. Marcelo 7. Lucas 8. Hernanes 9. Fred 10. Neymar 11. Oscar 12. Júlio César 13. Dante 14. Filipe Luís 15. Jean 16. Réver 17. Luiz Gustavo 18. Paulinho 19. Hulk 20. Bernard 21. Jô 22. Diego Cavalieri 23. Jádson Manager:   Luiz Felipe Scolari

Brazil – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Fourth Place

1. Jefferson 2. Dani Alves 3. Thiago Silva (c) 4. David Luiz 5. Fernandinho 6. Marcelo 7. Hulk 8. Paulinho 9. Fred 10. Neymar 11. Oscar 12. Júlio César 13. Dante 14. Maxwell 15. Henrique 16. Ramires 17. Luiz Gustavo 18. Hernanes 19. Willian 20. Bernard 21. Jô 22. Victor 23. Maicon Manager:   Luiz Felipe Scolari