Júlio César da Silva e Souza

Júlio César da Silva e Souza (born February 26, 1980 in Itaguai) is a retired Brazilian football player.

Júlio César
Personal information
Full name Júlio César da Silva e Souza
Date of birth (1980-02-26) February 26, 1980
Place of birth Itaguaí, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left midfield, Left Winger, Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Fluminense 80 (14)
2002–2004 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 (4)
2004 Estrela da Amadora 30 (10)
2004–2005 Gil Vicente 16 (2)
2005–2008 AEK Athens 88 (18)
2008–2009 Rapid Bucureşti 15 (2)
2009–2011 Gaziantepspor 50 (16)
2011–2012 Figueirense 51 (16)
2013–2015 Coritiba 29 (3)
2015–2016 Ceará 17 (3)
2016 Mirassol 0 (0)
2016 FC Goa 11 (1)
2017–2018 Madureira 0 (0)
Total 408 (89)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 August 2019

He played for Turkish side Gaziantepspor, joining them from Rapid Bucureşti.[1] He was released during the winter break because he did not play as good as expected for the money spent on him, he was the highest paid member of the squad and also Rapid had financial problems.[2] In the 2009–2010 season he scored 13 goals for Gaziantepspor, making him the top goalscorer of the team and the second goalscorer of the Turkish Süper Lig, after Ariza Makukula.[3]

Júlio César also played for Greek side AEK Athens from 2005 to 2008.[4] He scored the goal in the famous 1–0 win for AEK against AC Milan in front of over 69.000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium Athens with a direct free kick.[5][6] Before leaving AEK Athens Julio Cesar stated his last words to the Greek press: I will never forget AEK and it will always be in my heart, I will return some day.

Honours

[7][8]

Fluminense
Lokomotiv Moscow
Coritiba

References
  1. Júlio César da Silva e Souza at ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. "Adio, Julio Cesar!" [Goodbye, Julio Cesar!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. "2009–2010 Super Lig". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. Júlio César da Silva e Souza at WorldFootball.net
  5. "AEK Athens vs. Milan 1 - 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. "AEK Athens vs. Milan 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. Júlio César da Silva e Souza at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. Júlio César da Silva e Souza at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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