Júlio César Santos Correa

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{{Infobox Football biography | playername = Júlio César | image = | fullname = Júlio César Santos Correa | dateofbirth = November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18) (age 29) | cityofbirth = San Luis de Maranhao | countryofbirth = Brazil | height = 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | position = Defender | currentclub = Olympiacos | clubnumber = 5 | youthyears = | youthclubs = | years = 1996-1999
1999-2000
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Real Valladolid
Real Madrid
AC Milan
Real Sociedad
Benfica
FK Austria Wien
Real Valladolid
Bolton Wanderers
Tigres
Olympiacos | caps(goals) = 58 (4)
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16 (1)
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41 (7) }} Júlio César Santos Correa (born November 18, 1978 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil), or simply Júlio César is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Olympiacos.

He is not to be confused with two other Brazilian players also named Julio Cesar, in particular with Julio Cesar da Silva who played in the World Cup 1986 for Brazil.

Having started his career with Club America in Mexico. Then in 1996 with Real Valladolid, for whom he continued playing for three years before being snapped up by Real Madrid. He won the UEFA Champions League with Madrid in 2000, but he found himself on his way again at the end of the season, first to A.C. Milan, then Real Sociedad, SL Benfica, and FK Austria Wien.

Cesar made his way from Spain to the Premiership, where he joined Bolton Wanderers and immediately found form, debuting in a 4-1 victory over Charlton Athletic.

However after the next game, a 2-0 defeat to Fulham, Cesar found himself dropped from the starting line-up in favour of the Tunisian international Radhi Jaidi.

The rest of the 2004-2005 season saw the player appear intermittently in the Bolton team but a broken foot sustained against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Boxing Day did not help his chances of re-gaining a regular first team berth.

He was signed by Tigres UANL in 2005 and has since become a key to the Tigres UANL defense in both the Mexican tournament and the Copa Libertadores de América.

In July 2006 he joined Olympiacos CFP.

His transfer from Real Valladolid to Bolton Wanderers in July 2004 is one of those about which the Stevens enqury report in June 2007 expressed concerns because of the apparent conflict of interest between agent Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce - the then manager at Bolton - and the club itself^[1].