Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)

**Júlio César Soares de Espíndola** (born 3 September 1979), known as **Júlio César** (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In July 2009, Julio Cesar was awarded by ESPN Brasil (the Brazilian division of ESPN) as the best player of the 2008–09 season. He received an important and highly regarded "Prêmio Futebol no Mundo" ("Worldwide Football award").

He won the treble with Inter in the 2009–10 season, playing 54 games in all competitions.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Flamengo|1997|rowspan="8"|Série A|0|0|1|0|—|—|1|0||
|1998|1|0|0|0|—|—|1|0||||||
|1999|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0||||||
|2000|16|0|1|0|—|—|17|0||||||
|2001|26|0|6|0|—|—|32|0||||||
|2002|16|0|9|0|5|0|—|30|0|||||
|2003|43|0|11|0|—|—|54|0||||||
|2004|33|0|0|0|2|0|—|35|0|||||
|Chievo|2004–05|rowspan="8"|Serie A|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||
|rowspan="8"|Inter Milan|2005–06|29|0|4|0|7|0|0|0|40|0||
|2006–07|32|0|0|0|6|0|0|0|38|0||||
|2007–08|35|0|0|0|8|0|1|0|44|0||||
|2008–09|36|0|1|0|7|0|1|0|45|0||||
|2009–10|38|0|2|0|13|0|1|0|54|0||||
|2010–11|25|0|3|0|7|0|4|0|39|0||||
|2011–12|33|0|0|0|6|0|1|0|40|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Queens Park Rangers|2012–13|Premier League|24|0|2|0|—|—|26|0|||
|2013–14|Championship|0|0|1|0|—|—|1|0|||||
|Toronto FC (loan)|2014|Major League Soccer|7|0|0|0|—|—|7|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Benfica|2014–15|rowspan="4"|Primeira Liga|23|0|4|0|3|0|—|30|0|
|2015–16|24|0|2|0|7|0|1|0|34|0||||
|2016–17|8|0|3|0|1|0|1|0|12|0||||
|2017–18|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|4|0||||
|Flamengo|2018|Série A|1|0|0|0|—|1|0|2|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=11|Brazil|2004|9|0|
|2005|2|0|||
|2006|0|0|||
|2007|8|0|||
|2008|10|0|||
|2009|17|0|||
|2010|7|0|||
|2011|10|0|||
|2012|1|0|||
|2013|13|0|||
|2014|10|0|||

### Club

**Flamengo**
- Copa dos Campeões: 2001
- Campeonato Carioca: 2000, 2001, 2004
- Taça Guanabara: 2001, 2004
- Taça Rio: 2000
- Copa dos Campeões Mundiais: 1997

**Inter Milan**
- Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Coppa Italia: 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
- UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2010

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Taça de Portugal: 2016–17
- Taça da Liga: 2014–15
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016

### International

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 2004
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009, 2013

### Individual

- Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10

- UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009–10
- ESM Team of the Year: 2009–10
- Pirata d'Oro (Internazionale Player Of The Year): 2010
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Glove Award: 2013
- FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team: 2013
- Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper: 2014–15

- Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2020
- IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020

### Records

- One of three Brazilian goalkeepers to be nominated for Ballon d'Or (shared with Dida and Alisson)
- Brazil national team record for most minutes without conceding a goal (581 minutes, set in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification)
- The Brazilian goalkeeper with most penalty saves in Serie A: 10 saves from 26 attempts
- The Brazilian goalkeeper with most clean-sheets in Serie A: 101 in 228 matches
- Most clean-sheets in a single Serie A season for Inter: 17 in 2009–10 season (shared with Samir Handanović)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Júlio César
- **image**: Júlio César at Internazionale.jpg
- **caption**: Júlio César with Inter Milan in 2011
- **fullname**: Júlio César Soares de Espíndola
- **birth place**: Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **youthyears1**: 1991–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **years1**: 1997–2005
- **clubs1**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps1**: 135
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2005
- **clubs2**: A.C. ChievoVerona, Chievo
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2005–2012
- **clubs3**: Inter Milan
- **caps3**: 228
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **clubs4**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2014
- **clubs5**: → Toronto FC (loan)
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2014–2017
- **clubs6**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps6**: 57
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2018
- **clubs7**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps7**: 1
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 452
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 1995
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-17 football team, Brazil U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps2**: 87
- **nationalgoals2**: 0