Julio César Arzú

Julio César Arzú (born 5 June 1954) a.k.a. Tile is a retired Honduran football player.

Julio César Arzú
Personal information
Full name Julio César Arzú
Date of birth (1954-06-05) 5 June 1954
Place of birth Tela, Honduras
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1982 Real España
1982–1983 Racing de Santander 10[1] (0)
1983 ADET
1984–1985 Tela Timsa
1990 Olimpia
National team
1977 Honduras U-20
1981–1985 Honduras
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Nicknamed Tile, Arzú has played for Honduran side Real España, in Spain for Racing de Santander[2] and had a spell with ADET in El Salvador. With España he once kept successive clean sheets totalling 686 minutes.[3]

International career

Arzú has represented Honduras at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played for the senior squad in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was their starting goalkeeper at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Finals in Spain.[4]

Personal life

Arzú currently trains the female junior varsity team at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana. He was briefly the Goalkeeping Coach for the national team in the 2006 World Cup Qualification.

References

  1. Racing de Santander 1982-83 - BDFutbol
  2. Listado de todos los jugadores racinguistas Archived 2012-06-28 at the Wayback Machine - Racing Santander
  3. Rozando la historia - El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  4. Julio César ArzúFIFA competition record


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