| Julio Rodríguez | |
| Fullname: | Julio César Rodríguez Giménez |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Asunción, Paraguay |
| Position: | Centre-forward[1] |
| Currentclub: | Guillermo Brown |
| Youthclubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Years1: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Berazategui (loan) |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2013–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Dorados de Sinaloa |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2013 |
| Clubs4: | → Tijuana (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | → Godoy Cruz (loan) |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs6: | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) |
| Caps6: | 32 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 2016 |
| Clubs7: | → Unión Santa Fe (loan) |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs8: | → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) |
| Caps8: | 17 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2017 |
| Clubs9: | → Almagro (loan) |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2018 |
| Clubs10: | Deportivo Capiatá |
| Caps10: | 25 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Years11: | 2019 |
| Clubs11: | Zira |
| Caps11: | 23 |
| Goals11: | 12 |
| Years12: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs12: | Sabah |
| Caps12: | 45 |
| Goals12: | 6 |
| Years13: | 2023– |
| Caps13: | 30 |
| Goals13: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 11:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC) |
Julio César Rodríguez Giménez (born 5 December 1990) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Guillermo Brown.[2] [3]
Rodríguez's first taste of senior football came in October 2010 as he was selected on the bench by Defensa y Justicia for a match against Tiro Federal in Primera B Nacional, he didn't make an appearance for the club until after his loan move to Primera C Metropolitana side Berazategui.[2] He scored three goals in twenty-five games for Berazategui before making his Defensa y Justicia debut on 13 October 2012 in a defeat to Instituto.[2] He went onto make twenty-four league appearances in 2012–13 for Defensa y Justicia before leaving the club and Argentine football to join Ascenso MX side Dorados de Sinaloa in 2013.[2]
Two goals in sixteen appearances followed, during which time Rodríguez spent time with Dorados' senior affiliate Liga MX team Tijuana on loan.[2] [4] He made just one appearance for Tijuana in a 6–0 home win over Honduran side Victoria in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.[2] [4] In 2014, he completed a loan move to Argentine Primera División side Godoy Cruz.[2] [5] Sixteen games and three goals followed for him at Godoy. After his time in Mendoza, Rodríguez rejoined Defensa y Justicia on loan and subsequently scored six times in thirty-two matches in two seasons in Argentina's top tier for them.[2]
2016 saw Rodríguez make temporary moves to Unión Santa Fe and Arsenal de Sarandí.[2] [6] [7] A year later, in August 2017, Rodríguez joined Primera B Nacional side Almagro.[2] [8] However, he soon returned to Dorados after contractual disagreements.[2] [9] [10] In January 2018, Rodríguez signed for Paraguayan Primera División team Deportivo Capiatá.[2] [11] He scored on his debut for the club, netting the opening goal in a win over Deportivo Santaní on 25 February.[2] He departed the end of 2018, scoring four times across twenty-five fixtures.[2] In January 2019, Rodríguez went to Azerbaijan to sign with top-flight Zira.[12]
Following nine goals in fourteen games in his first seven months, Rodríguez renewed his contract with Zira on 20 June 2019.[13] On 29 January 2020, Rodríguez signed a contract with fellow Azerbaijani team Sabah on a season-long deal.[14] His first appearance for Sabah came on 1 February against former club Zira.[2] In the succeeding September, Rodríguez scored his first goal for Sabah - again, against Zira.[2]