Julio César Laffatigue Holub (born 23 February 1980) is an Argentinian retired footballer who played as striker. He has played for teams in his country, Chile, Venezuela and Mexico.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio César Laffatigue Holub | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Marcos Juárez, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Germinal de Rawson | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | All Boys | 12 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | → El Porvenir (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Independiente (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Racing de Córdoba (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Deportivo Armenio | 23 | (7) |
| 2004 | Deportes Concepción | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Everton | 18 | (4) |
| 2005 | Puerto Montt | 18 | (3) |
| 2006 | Italmaracaibo | 16 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | UA Maracaibo | 15 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Cobresal | 32 | (13) |
| 2008–2009 | Universidad de Concepción | 53 | (21) |
| 2010 | Querétaro | 13 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Palestino | 29 | (5) |
| 2012 | Gimnasia y Tiro | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Early career edit
Laffatigue debuted at Germinal de Rawson aged 17. Then he joined Club Atlético All Boys in 1998, when he was sent on loan to El Porvenir. Despite his few minutes there, in 2000 was scouted by first-tier giants Club Atlético Independiente. Nevertheless, he didn't play any game there during the 2000–01 season.
After brief spells at Racing de Córdoba and Deportivo Armenio, he went on his career in Chile, joining Deportes Concepción from the Primera División in 2004. The next year, he moved to Everton de Viña del Mar scoring 4 goals in 18 matches during the 2005 Torneo Apertura. For that year's second half, he signed for Deportes Puerto Montt, also from Chile's top-level, scoring only 3 goals in 18 matches for the Torneo Clausura.
On 25 July 2005, he alongside Puerto Montt's team, were involved in a traffic accident when they were coming back by bus from Talca. Laffatigue declared: "Thank God we are alive, because it was a terrible thing".[1] His most damaged teammate was the keeper Javier di Gregorio, who had to face a six-month injury.[2]
Venezuela and Chile edit
Italmaracaibo edit
In 2006, Laffatigue left Chile and moved to Venezuela, when he signed for Italmaracaibo (now called Deportivo Petare F.C.). He scored seven goals and played 16 games during 2005–06 Venezuelan football season's last part.
Unión Atlético Maracaibo edit
For the incoming season, he joined to Unión Atlético Maracaibo. In 2007's first semester, he helped UA Maracaibo to reach the Torneo Clausura title. That season the team was coached by Chilean manager Jorge Pellicer and was teammate of Diego Rivarola, Chilean giants Universidad de Chile's idol.[3]
Cobresal edit
In mid-2007, he returned to Chile and was signed by Cobresal after didn't renew his contract with Maracaibo.[3] During his spell there, it's well remembered his bicycle kick goal against Colo-Colo on 12 August.[4] He had 32 appearances and scored a total of 13 goals for Cobresal.[citation needed]
Universidad de Concepción edit
In mid-2008, he joined to Universidad de Concepcion, team coached by Argentinian Marcelo Barticciotto.[5] In that team, he won his second professional title: the 2008–09 Copa Chile (again with Pellicer as manager).[6]
Querétaro F.C. edit
On 12 December 2009, it was reported that Laffatigue was appointed as player of Querétaro F.C. from the Mexican Primera División.[7] He only scored 2 goals in 13 matches during his spell: in a 3–2 win over UNAM Pumas on 17 February,[8] and in a 1–1 draw with Santos Laguna on 27 February (when was sent-off by double yellow card).[9]
Honours edit
Club edit
- Unión Atlético Maracaibo
- Universidad de Concepción
- Copa Chile (1): 2008–09
References edit
- ^ "Julio César Laffatigue: "Gracias a Dios estamos vivos, porque fue algo terrible"" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Javier Di Gregorio estará seis meses fuera de las canchas" (in Spanish). Emol. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Pellicer pasa la escoba" (in Spanish). ESPN. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Este golazo de Julio Laffatigue a Colo Colo cumple 10 años" (in Spanish). Canal del Fútbol (Chile). 12 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Barticciotto dejó partir a siete jugadores y ya cuenta con dos refuerzos" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "U. de Concepción superó con lo justo a un admirable Ovalle y es el nuevo campeón de la Copa Chile" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Querétaro anuncia llegada de argentino Julio César Laffatigue" (in Spanish). Info 7. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Le quitan el invicto a Pumas" (in Spanish). Televisa Deportes. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Gallos dejó ir triunfo en casa" (in Spanish). ESPN. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
External links edit
- Julio César Laffatigue at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Julio César Laffatigue at Soccerway