Julio Cascante

Julio Cascante intrigues me because center-backs rarely get their due. At 184 cm he is built to anchor a defense, and he comes from Costa Rica, a nation that stunned the world by reaching the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals on the back of sheer defensive grit. I love imagining him carrying that lineage of stubborn, unglamorous resilience. The flashy attackers get the headlines, but it is players like Cascante who hold the spine of a team together. Hailing from sun-soaked Limon on the Caribbean coast, he embodies the unsung backbone, and that is the kind of footballer I respect most.

Name (English)

Julio Cascante

Name (Japanese)

フリオ・カスカンテ

Reading

ふりお・かすかんて

Born

October 3, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Limón Province, Costa Rica

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86

Tags

• Limón Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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