Julio Alberto Rodas Hurtarte (born 9 December 1966) is a retired Guatemalan professional football striker.

Club career

At the club level, Rodas started his professional career playing for

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. He then had a one-season stint in

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with

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top profession ...

and later returned to Guatemala to play for

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...

. During the latter part of his career, he played for

Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the Estadio Pensativo. They are nicknam ...

and Deportivo Jalapa.

International career

Rodas was also a member of the Guatemala national team, and was selected as part of the squad that participated at the 1988 Olympic tournament. With the senior national team, he played during the

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processes for the

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, and

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tournaments. Julio is the elder brother of

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, who was his teammate in Municipal and Comunicaciones and was also a member of the national team.

References

External links

FIFA – Record at FIFA tournaments
* 1966 births Living people People from Jalapa Department Association football midfielders Guatemalan footballers Guatemalan expatriate footballers Guatemala international footballers Olympic footballers of Guatemala Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S.D. Municipal players Comunicaciones F.C. players Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador C.D. FAS footballers Deportivo Jalapa players Place of birth missing (living people) Antigua GFC players {{guatemala-footy-bio-stub