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Julio García (footballer, born 1965)

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Julio García
Personal information
Full name Julio García Fernández
Date of birth (1965-05-02) 2 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1976–1983 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Betis B
1984–1993 Betis 155 (2)
1986–1987Recreativo (loan) 34 (0)
1993–1994 Murcia 37 (0)
1994–1998 Almería 128 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio García Fernández (born 2 May 1965), sometimes known as just Julio, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

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Born in Seville, Andalusia, Julio graduated with Real Betis' youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in 1982, in Tercera División.

Julio made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 1 April 1984, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against RCD Mallorca.[1] After being subsequently demoted back to the B-team, he was loaned to Segunda División's Recreativo de Huelva in the 1986 summer.

After returning from loan Julio was definitely promoted to the main squad, and was an ever-present figure in 1987–88. He scored his first professional goal on 6 January 1991, netting his side's only in a 1–1 draw at CD Tenerife.[2]

In the 1993 summer, after being deemed surplus to requirements by manager Sergije Krešić, Julio left the Verdiblancos and moved to Real Murcia in the second level. After one year as a starter, he joined UD Almería, representing the side in the same division but also in Segunda División B.

Julio eventually hang up his boots in 1998, aged 32.

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