Julio César Enciso (footballer, born 1974)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio César Enciso Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Capiatá, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Cerro Porteño | 58 | (6) |
| 1996–2000 | Internacional | 88 | (1) |
| 2001–2005 | Olimpia Asunción | 39 | (3) |
| 2006–2008 | 12 de Octubre | 39 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Paraguay U23 | ||
| 1995–2004 | Paraguay | 70 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 2008 | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Football | ||
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2004 Athens | Team Competition |
Julio César Enciso Ferreira (born 5 August 1974 in Capiatá) is a Paraguayan association footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 70 appearances for the Paraguay national team between 1995 and 2004, scoring twice.[1]
Club career
[edit]Enciso started his playing career in 1994 with Cerro Porteño where he won the league championships in his debut season. In 1996, he was signed by Internacional of Brazil where he played for 5 seasons, winning the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1997.
Enciso returned to Paraguay in 2001 to play for Olimpia Asunción where he won the Copa Libertadores 2002 and the Recopa Sudamericana 2003. He left the club in 2005
His last club was 12 de Octubre where he spent the 2006 season and announced his retirement. However, for the 2008 Clausura tournament he was called by the coach, Saturnino Arrua, and decided to make a comeback to help the team get out of the relegation zone.[2]
International career
[edit]Enciso played for Paraguay at the 1998 World Cup. He missed out on his country's 2002 campaign. That same year he won the Copa Libertadores as a captain with Olimpia. Afterwards he was named an over-age player for the 2004 Olympics, where he helped Paraguay to a silver medal.
He also played for Paraguay in three editions of the Copa América in 1995,[3] 1999[4] and 2001.[5]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]National team
[edit]- Paraguay
- Summer Olympics: 2004 (Silver medal)
References
[edit]- ^ rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers
- ^ Resumen del extra
- ^ rsssf: Copa América 1995
- ^ rsssf: Copa América 1999 Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ rsssf: Copa América 2001 Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- International statistics at rsssf
- Julio César Enciso at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Capiatá
- Sportspeople from Central Department
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- SC Internacional players
- Cerro Porteño players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Paraguay men's international footballers
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1999 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- Olympic footballers for Paraguay
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Paraguay
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football midfielders
- 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen