Juli (footballer)

Juli
Personal information
Full nameJulián Cerdá Vicente
Date of birth9 August 1981
Place of birthAlcoy, Spain
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Alavés
Number7
Youth career
Alcoyano
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001Alcoyano
2002–2004Alicante76(15)
2004–2005Castellón34(2)
2005–2007Benidorm69(15)
2007–2009Poli Ejido78(9)
2009–2010Elche38(6)
2010–2012Rayo Vallecano27(1)
2011–2012Asteras Tripoli (loan)18(0)
2012–2014Alcorcón75(14)
2014–Alavés9(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cerdá and the second or maternal family name is Vicente.

Julián Cerdá Vicente, commonly known as Juli (born 9 August 1981), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Alcoy, Alicante, Juli began his career with hometown's CD Alcoyano in Tercera División. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in Segunda División B, achieving promotion in 2005 with CD Castellón; he stayed in the category 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 debuts, with Polideportivo Ejido. 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 level for 2009–10, helping the Valencian Community club 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, starting in eight of the league games he appeared in (a total of 894 minutes of action) as the Madrid outskirts team finished second and returned to La Liga, after eight years.

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