| Julio Villalba | |
| Fullname: | Julio César Villalba Gaona |
| Birth Date: | 1998 9, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Ciudad del Este, Paraguay |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Independiente |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cerro Porteño |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Cerro Porteño |
| Caps1: | 16 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Cerro Porteño (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → SCR Altach (loan) |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Guayaquil City |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Sol de América |
| Caps6: | 8 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | Luqueño |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Independiente |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 26 October 2023 |
Julio César Villalba Gaona (born 17 September 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Independiente.
Villalba signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach in January 2017.[2]
Upon returning to Paraguay, he featured for Cerro Porteño U20 in the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores.[3] [4] [5]
He made his first-team debuts for Cerro Porteño during 2016 and the club will enjoy little of him before the player departs permanently to the Bundesliga.[6]
On 8 January 2020, Villalba was sent on loan to SC Rheindorf Altach of the Austrian Bundesliga for the remainder of the season.[7]
Villalba featured in Cerro Porteno's youth academy and Paraguay U17 alongside Sergio Díaz.
Villalba played at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship, making 8 appearances.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
He then featured at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup making three appearances and scoring two goals against Syria U17[16] and France U17.[17] [18]