Julio César Rodríguez López (born 7 December 1995), known as Julio Rodríguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Avilés.
Football career Rodríguez was born in Mieres, Asturias. A product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy, he made his senior debuts in the 2012–13 season, playing 30 games in Segunda División B for the reserves.
Rodríguez first appeared officially with the main squad on 11 September 2013, starting in a 3–2 away loss against Recreativo de Huelva for the season's Copa del Rey.El Recre supera a un Sporting con diez (Recre overcomes a ten-man Sporting); Marca, 11 September 2013 On 2 September 2014 he was definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División.Carlos Castro y Julio, con ficha del primer equipo (Carlos Castro and Julio, with first-team place); El Comercio, 2 September 2014
On 31 August 2016, Rodríguez was loaned to Championship club Barnsley for one season, initially assigned to the Development squad. Upon returning, he cut ties with the club on 26 July 2017.
In February 2020, Rodríguez joined Bulgarian club Tsarsko Selo Sofia.
References
External links Sporting Gijón official profile