Julio Dos Santos

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Julio dos Santos
Personal information
Date of birth May 5, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.86m
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Bayern Munich
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
 ?-2005
2006
2007-		 Cerro Porteño
Bayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg
3 (0)
National team**
2004- Paraguay 8 (1)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 Aug 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of 15 May 2006.

Julio Daniel dos Santos Rodríguez (born May 5, 1983 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a football midfielder who currently plays for FC Bayern Munich. He will go on loan to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg beginning in January 2007.

He started his career at Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño before eventually moving to Bayern Munich . He was elected Paraguayan Footballer of the Year in 2005 by Paraguayan newspaper Diario ABC Color.

Dos Santos plays in midfield, the hole-position behind striker and sometimes even as striker. Upon his arrival in Munich, he was touted as a long-term successor to Michael Ballack although he faced stiff competition from Iran's Ali Karimi. However, both players have struggled to break into the starting lineup.

In the first half of 2006-07 season, Bayern's leadership publicly stated its impatience with Dos Santos' progress. Bayern's Coach Felix Magath said "It is clear that Julio's development does not please us, It does not make sense to keep a player at the club who does not create." [1]. This lead to widespread rumors of his departure from the club. The speculation ended in December 2006 when Bayern announced they had reached a deal to send Dos Santos out on loan to VfL Wolfsburg for the remainder of the season.[2]


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Paraguay Paraguay squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Paraguay

1 Villar | 2 Núñez | 3 Toledo | 4 Gamarra | 5 Cáceres | 6 Bonet | 7 Cabañas | 8 Barreto | 9 Santa Cruz | 10 Acuña | 11 Gavilán | 12 Gómez | 13 Paredes | 14 da Silva | 15 Manzur | 16 Riveros | 17 Montiel | 18 Valdez | 19 dos Santos | 20 López | 21 Caniza | 22 Bobadilla | 23 Cuevas | Coach: Ruiz
FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad

1 Kahn | 2 Sagnol | 3 Lúcio | 5 Van Buyten | 6 Demichelis | 7 Scholl | 8 Karimi | 10 Makaay | 11 Podolski | 14 Pizarro | 17 van Bommel | 18 Görlitz | 19 dos Santos | 20 Salihamidžić | 21 Lahm | 22 Rensing | 23 Hargreaves | 24 Santa Cruz | 25 Ismaël | 26 Deisler | 29 Dreher | 30 Lell | 31 Schweinsteiger | 36 Fürstner | 37 Saba | 39 Ottl | Coach: Magath
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