Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julio César Domínguez Juárez [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 November 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético San Luis | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | Cruz Azul | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2006–2023 | Cruz Azul | 562 | (16) |
2023– | Atlético San Luis | 37 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Mexico U20 | 11 | (0) |
2006 | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) |
2007–2022 | Mexico | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022 |
Julio César Domínguez Juárez [a] (born 8 November 1987), sometimes known as Cata, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis. [3]
Isaac Mizrahi, impressed by Domínguez's performance in Cruz Azul's reserve team, allocated him for the first team in the final fixture of Clausura 2006. [4] At the age of 18, Domínguez made his debut on 29 April 2006 in a home match against Pachuca which resulted in a 3–2 win for Cruz Azul. [5]
Domínguez scored his first and second league goals on 14 November 2007 against Pachuca during the Apertura 2007 repechage. [6]
He has remained with Cruz Azul, having originally started as a pure centre-back, Domínguez has proven his versatility with solid performances as a right-back. [7]
On 1 June 2023, Cruz Azul announced that they would not renew the player's contract. Domínguez left the club after 20 years. [8]
On 15 June 2023, Domínguez joined Atlético San Luis. [9]
Domínguez first started with the under-20 national team. Domínguez was regarded as one of the brightest young defensive players that Mexico had.
Domínguez made his debut for the senior national team on 22 August 2007 in a friendly against Colombia. [10] After a five-year absence from the national team, Mexico national team manager Miguel Herrera called him up for friendlies against the national football teams of Honduras and Panama in 2014. [10] He would then be called up again against Netherlands and Belarus.
Domínguez was called up by Miguel Herrera for the 2015 Copa América, playing all 3 games against Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. [10]
Domínguez was called up again in 2018 during Ricardo Ferretti's interim of the national team but did not see any playing time. [10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mexico | 2007 | 3 | 0 |
2009 | 2 | 0 | |
2014 | 3 | 0 | |
2015 | 8 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 |
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