Julián_Cerdá_Vicente
Juli (footballer)
Spanish footballer
Julián Cerdá Vicente (born 9 August 1981), known as Juli, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julián Cerdá Vicente | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-08-09) 9 August 1981 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Alcoy, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alcoyano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Alcoyano | ||
| 2002–2004 | Alicante | 76 | (15) |
| 2004–2005 | Castellón | 34 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Benidorm | 69 | (15) |
| 2007–2009 | Poli Ejido | 78 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Elche | 38 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Rayo Vallecano | 27 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Alcorcón | 75 | (14) |
| 2014–2016 | Alavés | 72 | (10) |
| 2016–2017 | Córdoba | 31 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Hércules | 66 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Alcoyano | 63 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:11, 21 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
He appeared in 284 Segunda División matches over eight seasons, scoring a total of 39 goals for six clubs.
Born in Alcoy, Province of Alicante, Juli began his career with hometown's CD Alcoyano in the Tercera División. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in the Segunda División B, achieving promotion in 2005 with CD Castellón. He stayed in that tier nonetheless, representing Benidorm CF and scoring a career-best eight goals in 33 games in his second and final year.
In the 2007–08 campaign, at already 26, Juli made his Segunda División debut, with Polideportivo Ejido.[1] He only missed only one league match out of 42 in his first year and netted on five occasions, but the Andalusians were relegated.
Juli returned to the second tier for 2009–10, helping Elche CF[2] to contend for promotion until the last weeks of competition – eventually ranking sixth – with the player scoring six goals. In the ensuing summer he signed for Rayo Vallecano,[3] starting in eight of the league games he appeared in (a total of 894 minutes of action) as the Madrid outskirts side finished second and returned to La Liga, after eight years.[4]
Juli subsequently represented Asteras Tripolis FC (Super League Greece),[5] AD Alcorcón and Deportivo Alavés.[6] With the latter team, he achieved another promotion to the top flight in 2016, being an ever-present figure with 40 appearances and four goals.[7]
On 28 June 2016, Juli terminated his contract with the Basque club and signed for Córdoba CF the following month.[8]
Alavés
- Ramos, Paola (5 December 2007). "El Poli Ejido le saca provecho a Juli" [Poli Ejido profit from Juli]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "El Elche ficha a Jorge Molina y Julián Cerdá del Poli Ejido" [Elche sign Jorge Molina and Julián Cerdá from Poli Ejido]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "El Rayo ficha a Juli" [Rayo sign Juli]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 July 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "¿Qué fue de los héroes del sexto ascenso a Primera del Rayo Vallecano?" [What happened to the heroes of Rayo Vallecano's sixth promotion to Primera?] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "Juli se marcha cedido por el Rayo al Asteras Trípolis griego" [Juli goes out on loan from Rayo to Greece's Asteras Tripoli]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- Del Campo, José Luis (5 July 2014). "El Alavés ficha a Juli procedente del Alcorcón" [Alavés sign Juli from Alcorcón]. Gasteiz Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "La temporada, en números" [The season, in numbers] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "El Córdoba ficha a Juli, que llega libre procedente del Alavés" [Córdoba sign Juli, who arrives from Alavés for free]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2018.