Julio César Domínguez

Julio César "Cata" Domínguez Juárez (born 8 November 1987 in Arriaga, Chiapas) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national team.[1]

For the Spanish Olympic athlete, see Julio Domínguez (athlete).
Julio César Domínguez
Domínguez with Cruz Azul in 2012
Personal information
Full name Julio César Domínguez Juárez
Date of birth (1987-11-08) November 8, 1987
Place of birth Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Cruz Azul
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2006 Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006– Cruz Azul 512 (15)
National team‡
2007 Mexico U20 11 (0)
2006 Mexico U23 5 (0)
2007– Mexico 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Club career

Cruz Azul

Isaac Mizrahi, impressed by Domínguez's performance in Cruz Azul's reserve team, allocated him for the first team in the final fixture of Clausura 2006.[2] At the age of 18, Domínguez made his debut on 29 April 2006 in a home match against Pachuca which resulted in a 3-2 win for Cruz Azul.[3]

Domínguez scored his first and second league goals on 14 November 2007 against Pachuca during the Apertura 2007 repechage.[4]

He has remained with Cruz Azul, having originally started as a pure centre-back, and he has proven his versatility with solid performances as a right-back and left-back.[5]

International career

Mexico

He first started with the Mexico Under-20 national team. Domínguez was regarded as one of the brightest young defensive players that Mexico had.

He made his debut for the Mexico national team on 22 August 2007 in a friendly against Colombia.[6] After a five-year absence from the national team, Mexico national team manager Miguel Herrera called him up for friendlies against the national football teams of Honduras and Panama in 2014.[6] He would then be called up again against Netherlands and Belarus.

Domínguez was called up by Miguel Herrera for the 2015 Copa América, playing all 3 games against Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia.[6]

Domínguez was called up again in 2018 during Ricardo Ferretti's interim of the national team but did not see any playing time.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 16 November 2021[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 200730
200920
201430
201580
201820
202140
Total220

Honours

Cruz Azul

References
  1. Julio César Domínguez – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
  2. Reséndiz, Mac (30 April 2021). "'Cata' Domínguez no es ídolo en Cruz Azul porque no es extranjero: Mizrahi". ESPN. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. "Cruz Azul felicita al Cata Domínguez por aniversario de su debut y afición lo destroza". Mediotiempo. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. "Mexico 2007/08". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. "Julio César Domínguez Juárez". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  6. "What happened the last time "Cata" Domínguez played with the Mexican National Team". Today in 24. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  7. Julio César Domínguez at National-Football-Teams.com


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