Julio Girón Explained

Julio Girón
Fullname:Julio Estuardo Girón Rafael
Birth Date:2 March 1970
Birth Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Position:midfielder
Years1:1990–1998
Years2:1998–2007
Years3:2007–2008
Clubs3:Deportivo Petapa
Caps2:91
Goals2:2
Nationalyears1:1992–2006
Nationalteam1:Guatemala
Nationalcaps1:82
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:1 June 2007
Ntupdate:5 November 2008

Julio Estuardo Girón Rafael (born March 2, 1970) is a retired Guatemalan football midfielder. He played several years for Aurora F.C. and CSD Municipal before retiring at Deportivo Petapa in January 2008.[1]

International career

Girón made his debut for Guatemala in a June 1992 friendly match against Nicaragua and played in three different World Cup qualification campaigns.[2]

He earned 82 caps, in which he never scored a goal. In 1999, he became Guatemala's most capped player of all time, before he was surpassed by Edgar Estrada three years later.[3] His final international game was a February 2006 friendly match against the United States.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lared.com.gt/detalle_noticia.php?id=6894 Julio Girón se retira del fútbol
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025100351/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=155525/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/giron-intl.html Julio Estuardo Girón - International Appearances