C.D . Platense
Which team did the player Julio César de León belong to before Jun 1998?
Julio César de León Julio César de León Dailey ( ; born 13 September 1979 ) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Olancho F.C . in the Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso as a midfielder . He is known for being a free-kick specialist and was an important key for the Honduras national football team . Club career . Early career . Nicknamed Rambo , he made his debut for C.D . Platense in 1996 against Real Maya of Tegucigalpa , scoring his first National Soccer League goal . His last goal in the Honduran National League was playing for Olimpia on 26 May 2001 against Club Broncos of Choluteca . Earning a good reputation in Honduras , de León moved abroad to Mexicos First Division , where he played for Atletico Celaya . After the season was over , Atletico Celaya did not renew his contract , so he returned to Honduras and became part of C.D . Olimpia of Tegucigalpa . Once he finished his one-year contract with Olimpia , he left for Uruguay where he played shortly for Deportivo Maldonado . Reggina . From there , de León moved to Reggina of Serie B in Italy . De León started off very well for his new club . With his goals and assists , Rambo helped his team to regain a place in the Italys Serie A . Once in the first division , de Leóns participation was intermittent , partly due to the acquisition of the Japanese international Shunsuke Nakamura . De León 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 to Serie B where he played for a number of teams , including Fiorentina , 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 for Sambenedettese . In 2006 , Rambo was requested by coach Mazzarri to come back to Reggina Calcio . De León was given a new chance , and he took it . For a while de León was considered the teams most valuable player . Genoa . However , on 16 January 2007 , De León was transferred by Reggina Calcio again , this time in a permanent deal to Genoa of Serie B , for €3.2 million , along with Filippo Carobbio ( co-ownership ) , hoping that his services would help the team to regain a spot in the Serie A . The fans of Reggina disapproved of the sale of de León , in a time when the team really needed his 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 not refuse. . On 10 June 2007 , de Leóns 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 to Houston , Texas where the Honduran national team would play Cuba on 13 June 2007 . He helped Honduras reach the quarter-finals of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup . Parma . He was awarded the Player of the Season award by Genoa . but eventually sold to Parma of Serie B , for €2.9 million, ; Parma player Andrea Gasbarroni ( €2M ) and Magnus Troest ( 50% rights for €1.5M ) moved to opposite side as part of the deal . His Genoa team-mate Alessandro Lucarelli ( €1.2M ) also joined the Emilia–Romagna side . He scored his first goal for the team on 28 November 2008 after a perfectly executed free kick to the corner . Then , he made his second and third goals against Grosseto on 14 February 2009 in Parmas 4–0 victory . He scored his fourth goal for the club on 17 March 2009 against A.C . Mantova in the 82nd minute to put Parma up 1–0 and eventually win the match . His fifth goal was a long-range free kick effort against Pisa F.C . to make the match 2–0 and almost guarantee promotion for Parma into Serie A of Italy . On 16 May 2009 , Julio César de León celebrated the fifth promotion of his career , this time with Parma FC . He finished the season with a total of six goals and also contributed several assists , which proved vital for their return to Serie A . After having not played for Parma in the first two games , on 28 August 2009 , he was loaned to Torino in the Serie B along with Manuel Coppola , as part of Nicola Amoruso deal . He missed the promotion playoffs of Toro due to international call-up . From Shandong Luneng to Messina to Real Sociedad . At the start of 2010–11 Serie A he was sold to Shandong Luneng for just €775 . In the 2011–2012 season he has played for F.C . Motagua . In 2012 , he played for Messina in the Italian Serie D and then moved to newly promoted C.D . Real Sociedad in Honduras . International career . De León played at the 1999 World Youth Cup and made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 1999 friendly match against Haiti . As of December 2012 , he has earned a total of 83 caps , scoring 14 goals . He has represented his country in 34 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 2000 , 2003 and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups. , De León also competed for Honduras at the 1999 Pan American Games and 2000 Summer Olympics . and he also was part of the memorable squad in 2001 that defeated Brazil 2–0 and came third in the Copa América . On 20 August 2008 he scored an excellent goal against Mexico to make the score 1–0 for Honduras in the first half of the match , but this goal wasnt enough to draw Pável Pardos two goals that he scored later in the game . However , shortly after , on October , 2008 , Rambo was excluded from the squad by head coach Reinaldo Rueda due to injury . Julio César de León announced he was returning to Italy shortly after arriving in Miami , Florida to join the National Team for the match against Canada . Upon arrival , he lashed out against the National Team for being malequipped to treat an injury that he had conjured in Italy . The coach had a discussion with him in the hotel and he was sent back on another plane shortly after . After long amounts of speculation , he returned to the squad in February , 2009 where he had not been reported to have any problems since . De León was originally named in the 23-men final 2010 FIFA World Cup squad , but on 15 June , one day before the opening match of Honduras , had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Jerry Palacios , who he was given the opportunity to play alongside his two brothers . Honours . Club . - C.D . Platense - Honduran Cup ( 2 ) : 1996 , 1997 External links . - Profile - FIFA