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Juli
Personal information
Full name	Julián Cerdá Vicente
Date of birth	9 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Alcoy, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alcoyano (manager)
Youth career
	Alcoyano
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Alcoyano
2002–2004	Alicante
2004–2005	Castellón
2005–2007	Benidorm
2007–2009	Poli Ejido
2009–2010	Elche
2010–2012	Rayo Vallecano
2011–2012	→ Asteras Tripolis (loan)
2012–2014	Alcorcón
2014–2016	Alavés
2016–2017	Córdoba
2017–2019	Hércules
2019–2022	Alcoyano
2022–2023	Ontinyent 1931
Managerial career
2020–2021	Ciudad Alcoy
2023–2024	Alcoyano (assistant)
2024–	Alcoyano
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julián Cerdá Vicente (born 9 August 1981), known as Juli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current manager of CD Alcoyano.

He appeared in 284 Segunda División matches over eight seasons, scoring a total of 39 goals for six clubs.

Playing career

Born in Alcoy, Province of Alicante, Juli began his career with hometown's CD Alcoyano in the Tercera División. In the following three seasons he played with two clubs in the Segunda División B, achieving promotion in 2005 with CD Castellón. He stayed in that tier nonetheless, representing Benidorm CF and scoring a career-best eight goals in 33 games in his second and final year.

In the 2007–08 campaign, at already 26, Juli made his Segunda División debut, with Polideportivo Ejido.^[1] He only missed only one league match out of 42 in his first year and netted on five occasions, but the Andalusians were relegated.

Juli returned to the second tier for 2009–10, helping Elche CF^[2] to contend for promotion until the last weeks of competition – eventually ranking sixth – with the player scoring six goals. In the ensuing summer he signed for Rayo Vallecano,^[3] starting in eight of the league games he appeared in (a total of 894 minutes of action) as the Madrid outskirts side finished second and returned to La Liga, after eight years.^[4]

Juli subsequently represented Asteras Tripolis FC (Super League Greece),^[5] AD Alcorcón and Deportivo Alavés.^[6] With the latter team, he achieved another promotion to the top flight in 2016, being an ever-present figure with 40 appearances and four goals.^[7]

On 28 June 2016, Juli terminated his contract with the Basque club and signed for Córdoba CF the following month.^[8] He moved to Hércules CF in the third division in August of the following year,^[9] before returning to Alcoyano in September 2019.^[10]

On 22 July 2022, Juli moved to Ontinyent 1931 CF in the regional leagues,^[11] and helped in the club's first-ever promotion to division four before retiring in September 2023, aged 42; he immediately returned to his main club Alcoyano, now as an assistant.^[12]

Managerial career

After being a member of Vicente Parras' staff, Juli was appointed manager of Alcoyano on 15 November 2024, as Parras was dismissed.^[13]

Honours

Alavés

Segunda División: 2015–16^[7]

References

^ Ramos, Paola (5 December 2007). "El Poli Ejido le saca provecho a Juli" [Poli Ejido profit from Juli]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "El Elche ficha a Jorge Molina y Julián Cerdá del Poli Ejido" [Elche sign Jorge Molina and Julián Cerdá from Poli Ejido]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "El Rayo ficha a Juli" [Rayo sign Juli]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 July 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "¿Qué fue de los héroes del sexto ascenso a Primera del Rayo Vallecano?" [What happened to the heroes of Rayo Vallecano's sixth promotion to Primera?] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Juli se marcha cedido por el Rayo al Asteras Trípolis griego" [Juli goes out on loan from Rayo to Greece's Asteras Tripoli]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ Del Campo, José Luis (5 July 2014). "El Alavés ficha a Juli procedente del Alcorcón" [Alavés sign Juli from Alcorcón]. Gasteiz Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "La temporada, en números" [The season, in numbers] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "El Córdoba ficha a Juli, que llega libre procedente del Alavés" [Córdoba sign Juli, who arrives from Alavés for free]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "El Hércules CF refuerza su ataque con Juli" [Hércules CF bolster their attack with Juli] (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ "Juli regresa al Alcoyano" [Juli returns to Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Diario Información. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ "La 'bomba' del Ontinyent 1931 es el alcoyano Julio" [Ontinyent 1931's 'bomb' is the alcoyano Julio] (in Catalan). El Periòdic Ontinyent. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ "Juli deja el Ontinyent, se retira y pasa a ser del cuerpo técnico del Alcoyano" [Juli leaves Ontinyent, retires and becomes a member of Alcoyano's technical staff] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ "Comunicado oficial: Julián Cerdá" [Official announcement: Julián Cerdá] (in Spanish). CD Alcoyano. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.