- Julio César de León
Football player infobox
playername = Julio César de León
fullname = Julio César de León Dailey
nickname = "Rambo de León"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|13
cityofbirth =Puerto Cortes
countryofbirth =Honduras
currentclub = Parma
clubnumber = 10
height = Height|m = 1.74
position = Attacking midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996-2000 2000-2001 2001 2001-2007 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-2008 2008-Present
clubs = PlatenseFC Celaya Olimpia Reggina → Fiorentina (loan) → Catanzaro (loan) → Sambenedettese (loan) → Teramo (loan) → Avellino (loan) Genoa Parma
caps(goals) = 74 (18) 0 (0) 12 (2) 65 (5) 4 (0) 7 (1) 18 (8) 12 (1) 12 (4)
21 (4) | nationalyears = 1999-Present
nationalteam = Honduras
nationalcaps(goals) = 66 (12)
pcupdate = January 23, 2007
ntupdate = August 20, 2008
Julio Cesar de Leon is a soccer player born in
Honduras , currently playing for Parma in ItalianSerie B after being transferred from Genoa.Career
At a very young age, Julio Cesar became part of
Club Deportivo Platense ofPuerto Cortes . He used to be a waterboy in Platense before he was given the opportunity to play professional football.'
Rambo ', as he is often called, debuted for Platense in 1996 againstReal Maya ofTegucigalpa , scoring his first National Soccer League goal. His last goal in the Honduran National League was playing for Olimpia onMay 26 ,2001 against Club Broncos ofCholuteca .Earning a good reputation in Honduras, '
Rambo ' moved toMexico 's First Division, where he played forAtletico Celaya .After the season was over, Atletico Celaya did not renew de Leon's contract, so he returned to
Honduras and became part of Olimpia ofTegucigalpa .Once Julio Cesar finished his one year contract with Olimpia, he left for
Uruguay where he played forDeportivo Maldonado . From there, De Leon moved to Reggina ofSerie B inItaly .De Leon's started off very well for his new club. With his goals and assists, 'Rambo' helped his team to regain a place in the
Italy 'sSerie A .Once in the first division, de Leon's participation was intermittent, partly due to the acquisition of the Japanese international
Shunsuke Nakamura . De Leon was relegated to the bench, playing on and off as a substitute player.The following seasons in
Italy proved to be frustrating for "Rambo". He was sent on loan back toSerie B where he played for a number of teams, includingFiorentina , Teramo and Catanzaro.His lack of playing time continued to such degree, that he was sent to the third division or
Serie C1 , where he played forSambenedettese .In 2006, 'Rambo' was requested by coach Mazzarri to come back to
Reggina Calcio . De Leon was given a new chance, and he took it. For a while de Leon was considered the team's most valuable player.However, in
January 16 ,2007 , Julio Cesar was transferred byReggina Calcio once again, this time in a permanent deal. Genoa ofSerie B paid $ 3.9 million for the transfer of the Honduran international, hoping that his services would help the team to regain a spot in theSerie A .The fans of Reggina disapproved of the sale of de León, in a time when the team really needed Julio Cesar's talent. But the president of the team, Lillo Foti, justified the sale with economic reasons: "The offer was good and it was something that we could no refuse."
On
June 10 ,2007 , de León's new team, Genoa, did regain a spot in Serie A, tying at home with Napoli 0-0. After this, his last game of the season, and some subsequent celebrations, de León quickly traveled toHouston ,Texas where the Honduran national team would play Cuba onJune 13 ,2007 . He helped Honduras reach the quarterfinals of the2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup .On
August 20 ,2008 he scored an excellent goal against Mexico to put Honduras 0-1 in the score, but thanks toPavel Pardo Mexico could tie and finally win that game 2-1.International goals
Ig match
n =?
d1=15 December 1991
st=Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano| ci=San Pedro Sula| co=Honduras
o=Zambia
sc=?
fr=7 – 1
comp=Friendly Ig match
n =?
d1=17 June 2000
st=Stade Sylvio Cator| ci=Port au Prince| co=Haiti
o=Haiti
sc=3 - 1
fr=3 – 1
comp=2002 World Cup qualifiersIg match
n =?
d1=28 March 2001
st=Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano| ci=San Pedro Sula| co=Honduras
o=USA
sc=1 - 1
fr=1 – 2
comp=2002 World Cup qualifiersIg match
n =?
d1=11 February 2003
st=Estadio Nacional Rod Carew| ci=Panama City| co=Panama
o=Nicaragua
sc=?
fr=2 – 0
comp=UNCAF Nations Cup 2003 Ig match
n =?
d1=18 August 2004
st=Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto| ci=Alajuela| co=Costa Rica
o=Costa Rica
sc=2 - 1
fr=5 – 2
comp=2006 World Cup qualifiersIg match
n =?
d1=7 October 2006
st=Lockhart Stadium| ci=Fort Lauderdale| co=United States
o=Guatemala
sc=2 – 2
fr=3 – 2
comp=Friendly Ig match
n =?
d1=12 September 2007
st=Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano| ci=San Pedro Sula| co=Honduras
o=Ecuador
sc=2 – 1
fr=2 – 1
comp=Friendly Ig match
n =11
d1=4 June 2008
st=Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano| ci=San Pedro Sula| co=Honduras
o=Puerto Rico
sc=1 – 0
fr=4 – 0
comp=2010 World Cup qualifiersIg match
n =12
d1=20 August 2008
st=Estadio Azteca| ci=Mexico City| co=Mexico
o=Mexico
sc=1 – 0
fr=1 – 2
comp=2010 World Cup qualifiers
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