Julio Cesar is the legendary Brazilian goalkeeper. Where is Julio Cesar now playing?

Brazilians in the majority are the most talented football players. An exception was not the legendary goalkeeper Julio Cesar, who gained unprecedented popularity during the performances for Milan "Inter" and the Brazilian national team. It is about this footballer and will be discussed in this article.

Club career

The Brazilian goalkeeper was born in September 1979 in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The football career of the player began in the club Grazhau County, where Cesar and spent his childhood. Since 1997, started a professional career, Julio, and the first club goalkeeper was "Flamengo", a pupil of whom he is considered. In the Brazilian team, the player spent 7 years, having excellently proved himself, as a result of which he was noticed by scouts of Milan "Inter", whose composition was replenished in 2004.

However, to play for the "Inter" immediately goalkeeper failed, because the Milan team was too many foreign players. As a result, Julio Cesar could not get into the application, so he was loaned to another Italian club - "Cagliari". For his new team, the Brazilian did not play a single match and at the end of the season he returned to Inter.

In the Milan team, the goalkeeper was able to show himself in full glory, gradually ousting from the main football club Francesco Toldo. In "Inter" career Julio Cesar was clearly asked, and it was the Brazilian who was one of the creators of the success of "Nerazzurri", winning together with the team a lot of trophies, among which was the place and the Champions League Cup in 2010.

At the end of the 2012 season, the management of the Milan club announced to Cesar, who had become a favorite of the public, that he was free to go to all four sides. The Brazilian left the team with tears in his eyes, and the leadership of the "Nerazzurri" acquired a substitute for the most experienced goalkeeper Samir Handanovich.

In August of the same year, Julio Cesar signed a four-year contract with the wealthy Premier League representative of England, Queens Park Rangers. In his new club, the Brazilian managed to oust Robert Green from the starting lineup. Despite the stellar line-up, the Queens Park Rangers flew out of the Championship at the end of the season, and even the superheaves of the legendary Brazilian did not save the team from dropping in the class.

In the 2013-2014 season, the Hoop Trainer Harry Redknapp said that the club playing in the Championships simply can not use a goalkeeper of the level of Julio Cesar and pay a salary to the Brazilian. The Englishman Robert Greene drove Cesar out of the starting lineup of the team, and the Brazilian had no choice but to go for practice to another club. Where does Julio Cesar play now? At the moment, the Brazilian is a player of the American football club "Toronto", which acts on loan.

International career

Since 2003, the Brazilian goalkeeper defends the colors of his country's national team. Despite the fact that Brazil is one of the leaders in the number of World Cup trophies won, the main football trophy never yielded to the player. Julio Cesar is a world-class goalkeeper who participated in many international competitions, including the 2006 and 2010 World Championships. And although for the first time Julio was content with the role of the third goalkeeper and did not spend a minute on the football field , four years later he was already among the main players of his team.

Accept Julio Cesar and participate in the home mundiale, which will be held this summer. It is possible that the Brazilian will finally be able to feel the taste of victory in the main tournament of the world, as his team is considered one of the favorites of the competition.

Personal life

The goalkeeper is married to the Brazilian model and actress Suzane Werner, who in the 1990's met with the legendary striker Ronaldo. The couple have two children, whose names are Cowet and Julia.

Achievements

The Brazilian goalkeeper owns a large number of both individual and team trophies. Among the team achievements is the following.

• The owner of the Mercosur Cup in 1999.
• The owner of the Brazilian Champions Cup in 2001.
• Champion of Italy in 2007-2010.
• Three-time winner of the Cup of Italy in 2006, 2010 and 2011.
• Winner of the Italian Super Cup in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
• Winner of the Champions League in 2010.
• Winner of the 2010 World Club Championship .
• Winner of the America's Cup in 2004.
• The owner of the Confederations Cup 2009 and 2013.

Cesar also had individual awards.

• The best goalkeeper in Italy in 2009 and 2010.
• The best goalkeeper of the Champions League in 2010.

Julio Cesar - did he play in Russia?

Many are interested in the answer to the question of whether Julio Cesar played for domestic teams. "Locomotive" in 2002, although he signed a Brazilian with the same name, but it was another football player acting in the position of the left midfielder. That Cesar spent only a year in the Russian team and by and large could not get accustomed to it, as a result of which he decided to change club registration.

Despite the fact that the Brazilian goalkeeper is 34 years old, an experienced player is not going to finish his career. It is possible that Cesar will still have time to play in a large team and replenish his already impressive collection of trophies with another cup.