Julio César Rodríguez Giménez

Julio César Rodríguez Giménez (born 5 December 1990) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Sabah in the Azerbaijan Premier League.[1][3]

Julio César Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Julio César Rodríguez Giménez
Date of birth	(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Centre-forward[2]
Club information
Current team	Sabah
Number	18
Youth career
	Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Defensa y Justicia	24	(9)
2011–2012	→ Berazategui (loan)	25	(3)
2013–2017	Dorados de Sinaloa	16	(2)
2013	→ Tijuana (loan)	0	(0)
2014	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)	16	(3)
2014–2015	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)	32	(6)
2016	→ Unión Santa Fe (loan)	10	(1)
2016–2017	→ Arsenal de Sarandí (loan)	17	(1)
2017	→ Almagro (loan)	0	(0)
2018	Deportivo Capiatá	25	(4)
2019	Zira	23	(12)
2020–	Sabah	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2020

Career

Rodríguez's first taste of senior football came in October 2010 as he was selected on the bench by Defensa y Justicia for a match against Tiro Federal in Primera B Nacional, he didn't make an appearance for the club until after his loan move to Primera C Metropolitana side Berazategui.[1] He scored three goals in twenty-five games for Berazategui before making his Defensa y Justicia debut on 13 October 2012 in a defeat to Instituto.[1] He went onto make twenty-four league appearances in 2012–13 for Defensa y Justicia before leaving the club and Argentine football to join Ascenso MX side Dorados de Sinaloa in 2013.[1]

Two goals in sixteen appearances followed, during which time Rodríguez spent time with Dorados' senior affiliate Liga MX team Tijuana on loan.[1][4] He made just one appearance for Tijuana in a 6–0 home win over Honduran side Victoria in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.[1][4] In 2014, he completed a loan move to Argentine Primera División side Godoy Cruz.[1][5] Sixteen games and three goals followed for him at Godoy. After his time in Mendoza, Rodríguez rejoined Defensa y Justicia on loan and subsequently scored six times in thirty-two matches in two seasons in Argentina's top tier for the Florencio Varela team.[1]

2016 saw Rodríguez make temporary moves to Unión Santa Fe and Arsenal de Sarandí.[1][6][7] A year later, in August 2017, Rodríguez joined Primera B Nacional side Almagro.[1][8] However, he soon returned to Dorados after contractual disagreements.[1][9][10] In January 2018, Rodríguez signed for Paraguayan Primera División team Deportivo Capiatá.[1][11] He scored on his debut for the club, netting the opening goal in a win over Deportivo Santaní on 25 February.[1] He departed the end of the 2018 season, scoring four times across twenty-five fixtures.[1] In January 2019, Rodríguez went to Azerbaijan to sign with top-flight Zira.[12]

Following nine goals in fourteen games in his first seven months, Rodríguez renewed his contract with Zira on 20 June 2019.[13]

On 29 January 2020, Rodríguez signed contract with Sabah FC on a season-long deal.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 December 2019.[1][3]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Defensa y Justicia	2010–11	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13		24	9	2	0	—		0	0	26	9
	Total		24	9	2	0	—		0	0	26	9
Berazategui (loan)	2010–11	Primera C Metropolitana	25	3	0	0	—		0	0	25	3
Dorados de Sinaloa	2013–14	Ascenso MX	16	2	4	0	—		0	0	20	2
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2015–16	Liga MX	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17	Ascenso MX	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		16	2	4	0	—		0	0	20	2
Tijuana (loan)	2013–14	Liga MX	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	1	0
Godoy Cruz (loan)	2013–14	Argentine Primera División	16	3	0	0	—		0	0	16	3
Defensa y Justicia (loan)	2014	Argentine Primera División	8	3	2	1	—		0	0	10	4
	2015		24	3	4	0	—		0	0	28	3
	Total		32	6	6	0	—		0	0	38	7
Unión Santa Fe (loan)	2016	Argentine Primera División	10	1	1	0	—		0	0	11	1
Arsenal de Sarandí (loan)	2016–17		17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Almagro (loan)	2017–18	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Deportivo Capiatá	2018	Paraguayan Primera División	25	4	0	0	—		0	0	25	4
Zira	2018–19	Premier League	12	8	2	1	—		—		14	9
	2019–20		11	4	3	2	—		—		14	6
	Total		23	12	5	3	—		—		28	15
Career total			188	41	20	4	1	0	0	0	209	45

1. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League

References

1. "Julio César Rodríguez profile". Soccerway. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
2. "Julio Rodríguez". World Football. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
3. "Julio César Rodríguez profile". ESPN FC. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
4. "Noche para debutantes: Julio Rodríguez y Juan Hernández". San Diego Red. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
5. "Julio César Rodríguez Giménez, refuerzo del Tomba". Vavel. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
6. "Julio César Rodriguez suena en Unión". Sol 91.5. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
7. "Julio Rodríguez es nuevo refuerzo del Arse". Vavel. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
8. "Se viene Almagro 2017-2018". Club Almagro. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
9. "El delantero Rodríguez no seguirá". Almagro 100. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
10. "El delantero Rodríguez no seguirá". Club Almagro. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
11. "¡A moverse!". Tigo Sports. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
12. "Komandamız paraqvaylı Xulio Sezar Rodriqez Ximenes ilə anlaşıb". Zira. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
13. ""Zirə" daha bir futbolçu ilə müqaviləni yeniləyib". Zira. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
14. "XULİO RODRİQES "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FK. 29 January 2020.

External links

• Julio César Rodríguez Giménez at Soccerway