Julio César Manzur

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Julio Manzur
Personal information
Full nameJulio César Manzur Caffarena
Date of birth (1981-06-22) 22 June 1981
Place of birthAsunción, Paraguay
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentre Back
Club information
Current clubOlimpia
Number5
Youth career
1996–2000Cerro Corá
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002Cerro Corá16(1)
2002–2005Guaraní135(7)
2006Santos FC40(2)
2007Guaraní19(1)
2007–2009C.F. Pachuca44(2)
2009Libertad (loan)11(0)
2009Tigre (loan)11(0)
2010Olimpia28(3)
2011León13(0)
2011–2012Guaraní32(3)
2013-Olimpia20(2)
National team
2004–Paraguay32(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Julio César Manzur Caffarena (born 22 June 1981 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football player who plays for Olimpia of the Paraguayan Primera División.

Club career

Manzur started his career at Cerro Corá in his native country before moving to Paraguayan giants Guaraní. He also played for Santos F.C. in Brazil, C.F. Pachuca in Mexico and Libertad in his native country.

In 2009 he joined Tigre to play in the Primera División Argentina and the Copa Sudamericana.[1]

In 2010 he joined Club Olimpia from Paraguay, to play the National Tournament of that country, scoring his first goal on March 13, against 3 de Febrero from Ciudad del Este, which allowed his team to win the match. He then returned to Mexico to play for Second Division side Club León, to replace Paraguayan International and partner Denis Caniza. León is owned by Grupo Pachuca, owners of his previous club Pachuca CF. Manzur returned to his former club Guaraní on 2011 and then returned to Paraguayan giants Olimpia on January 2013.

International career

Manzur was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan team on the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also selected to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Copa América. He has won 26 caps for the Paraguay national side.

Honours

Club

National Team

References

  1. "Julio Manzur es la primera incorporación del equipo" TyC Sports. Retrieved 22 August 2009. (Spanish)

External links

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