Julio César Baldivieso Rico (born December 2, 1971 in Cochabamba) is a former Bolivian football (soccer) midfielder who played for the Bolivian national team in the 1994 World Cup and several Copa Américas.

[edit] Club career

Nicknamed "El Emperador", Baldivieso began his career in his native Cochabamba playing for Wilstermann in 1987. His exquisite technique didn't go unnoticed and he signed with Bolivia's biggest football club, Bolívar in 1992. Thanks in part to the successful run with the national team, which qualified to the 1994 World Cup, he awoke the interest of several clubs outside Bolivia. After the World Cup, he transferred to Argentine team Newell's Old Boys from Rosario, where he played until the winter of 97. Subsequently, he joined J. League club Yokohama Marinos for a couple of years. As his career progressed, Baldivieso also exposed his talent in diverse leagues around the world; such is the case of Barcelona Sporting Club and Deportivo Quevedo in Ecuador, Cobreloa in Chile, Al-Nasr in Saudi Arabia, Al-Wakra in Qatar and Caracas FC in Venezuela. Towards the end of his career he returned to Bolivia and played for The Strongest, and later made his final run with Aurora on and off the field as he also managed the team. On July 19 2009, being the Aurora's coach, he made debut his own 12 year old son, called Mauricio Baldivieso. At the end of the match he strongly criticized the referee and one opponent who made his son cry after a hard tackle. He quit Aurora 5 days later, after the club's board told him to pick between his job and his son. He also withdrew his son from the team.

Throughout his career, Baldivieso also played in 46 Copa Libertadores games altogether for three different teams and scored 11 goals.^[1]

[edit] Club Career Statistics

Last update: 19 Nov 2008

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals	Titles
1987	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	?
1988	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	?
1989	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	?
1990	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	?
1991	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	?
1992	Club Bolívar	Bolivia	1	?	?
1993	Club Bolívar	Bolivia	1	?	?
1994	Club Bolívar	Bolivia	1	?	?
1994-95	Newell's Old Boys	Argentina	1	?	?
1995-96	Newell's Old Boys	Argentina	1	?	1
1996	Club Bolívar	Bolivia	1	?	11
1996-97	Newell's Old Boys	Argentina	1	?	?
1997	Yokohama Marinos	Japan	1	22	9
1998	Yokohama Marinos	Japan	1	32	10
1999	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	1	?	2
1999	Barcelona Sporting Club	Ecuador	1	?	?
2000	Barcelona Sporting Club	Ecuador	1	?	?
2000	Club Bolívar	Bolivia	1	?	7
2001	Cobreloa	Chile	1	12	3
2001-02	Al-Nasr	Saudi Arabia	1	?	9
2002	Club Aurora	Bolivia	1	?	1
2002-03	Al-Nasr	Saudi Arabia	1	?	3
2003-04	Al-Nasr	Saudi Arabia	1	?	?
2003	Club Aurora	Bolivia	1	?	3
2003-04	Al-Wakra	Qatar	1	?	?
2004-05	Caracas FC	Venezuela	1	?	1
2005	Deportivo Quevedo	Ecuador	1	?	?
2006	The Strongest	Bolivia	1	?	?
2007	Aurora	Bolivia	1	?	?
2008	Aurora	Bolivia	1	?	?

[edit] Personal

His son Mauricio Baldivieso is the youngest player to have played in a professional football match.^[2]

[edit] References

he criticised the referee for allowing a tackle that made his son cry

[edit] External links

• RSSSF statistics
• National Football Teams profile
• Profile at BoliviaGol.com (Spanish)

Julio César Baldivieso international tournaments v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1991 Copa América 1 Barrero • 2 Rimba • 3 Jiguchi • 4 Saldías • 5 Ferrufino • 6 Rivero • 7 Borja • 8 Melgar • 9 Suárez • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 M. Soria • 13 J. Peña • 14 Medrano • 15 Soruco • 16 Sánchez • 17 Chávez • 18 Molina • 19 Á. Peña • 20 R. Castillo • 21 Baldivieso • 22 Aragón • Coach: Blacutt v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Rojas • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Villarroel • 8 Melgar • 9 Á. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Torrico • 13 Soruco • 14 Ríos • 15 Pérez • 16 Cristaldo • 17 Ramallo • 18 Noro • 19 I. Castillo • 20 R. Castillo • 21 Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Trucco • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Pinedo • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Rojas • 13 Soruco • 14 Ramos • 15 Soria • 16 Cristaldo • 17 O. Sánchez • 18 Ramallo • 19 Torrico • 20 Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Trucco • 2 Castillo • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 J. Peña • 6 Cristaldo • 7 Angola • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Mercado • 12 Torrico • 13 Sánchez • 14 Ramos • 15 Quinteros • 16 Ruiz • 17 Suárez • 18 Borja • 19 Arteaga • 20 Baldivieso • 21 Medeiros • 22 Soria • Coach: López Habas v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1997 Copa América Runners-up 1 Trucco • 2 Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Ó. Sánchez • 6 V. Soria • 7 S. Castillo • 8 Melgar • 9 Moreno • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Gutiérrez • 12 M. Soria • 13 Jiguchi • 14 Tufiño • 15 Blanco • 16 Cristaldo • 17 Méndez • 18 Coimbra • 19 I. Castillo • 20 R. Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: López Habas v • d • e Bolivia squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Arias • 2 Loayza • 3 Sandy • 4 Colque • 5 Carballo • 6 Justiniano • 7 Ribeiro • 8 Calustro • 9 Botero • 10 Baldivieso • 11 Paz • 12 Barrientos • 13 Escalante • 14 García • 15 Álvarez • 16 Raldes • 17 Jiguchi • 18 Gutiérrez • 19 Coimbra • 20 Galindo • 21 Rojas • 22 Suárez • Coach: Aragonés