Julio Girón

Julio Girón

Personal information
Full name	Julio Estuardo Girón Rafael
Date of birth	(1970-03-02) March 2, 1970
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height
Position(s)	midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1998	Aurora FC
1998–2007	CSD Municipal	91	(2)
2007–2008	Deportivo Petapa
International career‡
1992–2006	Guatemala	82	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2008

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Girón and the second or maternal family name is Rafael.

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

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.

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. His final international game was a February 2006 friendly match against the United States.

External links

• Julio Girón at National-Football-Teams.com