Álvaro Juliano Ongilio (born 6 June 1991), sometimes known as just Álvaro, is a Brazilian

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who plays as

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for Italian

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club

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Career

On 6 June 2017, Álvaro Juliano signed a two-year contract with Bulgarian club

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

. On 6 July Álvaro made an official debut during the 1-0 win over

Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's home ground is the newly built sta ...

in the 1st qualifying round of

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. Álvaro Juliano scored his first goal for

on 21 September with a spectacular long shot during the 1-3 away victory in the 1/16 final of the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

against

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

. On 7 August 2018, he signed a one-year contract with

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

. On 1 July 2019 he joined

Potenza Potenza (, ; ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one of ...

on a 2-year contract. On 31 January 2020 he returned on loan to

until 30 June 2020. On 1 February 2021 he was loaned to

Monopoli Monopoli (; ) is a town and comune, municipality in Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about southeast of Bari. It has a population of 49,246 (2014), ...

. On 28 August 2021, his contract with Potenza was terminated by mutual consent. On 2 November 2021, he signed with Viterbese. On 5 August 2022, Juliano moved to Paganese in

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Honours

Club

;Botev Plovdiv *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juliano, Alvaro 1991 births Living people Footballers from Ribeirão Preto Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano players Associação Atlética Caldense players Olímpia Futebol Clube players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Botev Plovdiv players Serie C players Serie D players US Catanzaro 1929 players Potenza Calcio players SS Monopoli 1966 players US Viterbese 1908 players Paganese Calcio 1926 players US Vibonese Calcio players ASD Licata Calcio players SSD Città di Acireale 1946 players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen