Júlio César Soares Espíndola

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Personal information
Júlio César
Full name	Júlio César Soares de Espíndola
Date of birth	September 3 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 31)
Place of birth	Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Internazionale
Number	12
Youth clubs
	Grajau CC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2004 2005- 2005	Flamengo Internazionale → Chievo Verona (loan)	129 (1) 079 (0) 000 (0)
National team²
2004-	Brazil	020 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Júlio César Soares de Espíndola (born September 3, 1979), commonly known as Júlio César, is a Brazilian footballer who plays goalkeeper for F.C. Internazionale Milano.

1 Club Career
- 1.1 Internazionale Milano
2 International Career
3 Honours
4 Personal Life
5 External links

Club Career

He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro and played for the local team Flamengo for 6 years. He started playing indoor football at Grajau Country Club, a local club situated in Grajau (a suburb in Rio de Janeiro), where he spent most of his childhood. He was snapped up by Internazionale and then promptly loaned to Chievo Verona for the 2004-05 season due to the fact that Inter had reached their limit of non-EU players allowed on the roster. In his six months with Chievo, Júlio César did not make a single appearance for them.

Internazionale Milano

In August 2005, he formally joined Internazionale after signing a 3-year-deal. He replaced Francesco Toldo as first choice goalkeeper for a series of summer friendlies and turned in a series of impressive performances, cementing his starting position between the posts for the season. He has been in impressive form in F.C. Internazionale Milano`s recent rise to the top of Italian football and has been first choice for them for the last two and a half seasons. He has kept his excellent form for the 2007/08 season , making very crucial saves and even helping his team get all 3 points against Empoli by saving a penalty in the dying minutes of the game on the 3rd of February. The game ended 1-0 for Inter and left them 8 points clear of nearest challengers, Roma.

International Career

Júlio César has been capped 20 times for Brazil, and won the 2004 Copa América. He was called up as the third-choice goalkeeper for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but did not receive any playing time in five games.

Honours

World Cup (U 17): 1997
Rio de Janeiro State League: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
Rio de Janeiro's Cup: 2000
Brazilian Champions Cup: 2001
Guanabara Cup: 2004
Copa America: 2004
Italian Cup: 2006
Italian League: 2006, 2007

Personal Life

He is married to Brazilian model/actress Susana Werner.

External links

[1]
(Portuguese) Brazilian FA Database

v • d • e Brazil squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 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 • Coach: Parreira