Anderson Julio was born in Pimampiro Canton, Imbabura, 27 years ago. He made his debut in the first division in Quito in 2016. He played 134 games for Alba, scoring 27 goals and providing 26 assists. In 2019, he was transferred to Atlético San Luis, from Mexico, and from 2021 he is in Real Salt Lake City, from the MLS. The Ecuadorian’s record in the USA is 38 games, six goals and several assists.

Last June, Félix Sánchez Bas invited him to the national team for the FIFA friendlies against Bolivia and Costa Rica. He played 23 minutes against the Ticos in what is Julio’s only appearance in Ecuador to date.

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He said about the invitation that the Spanish coach extended to him: “He gave me great confidence because he told me the truth from the first day I came. “He told me what he needs from me, to do the same thing I did here at the club (Real Salt Lake City).”

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“(Sánchez Bas) told me that he liked my speed, the lack of control I had, that I always moved very well in space. It’s true that he didn’t ask me for anything unusual. So that’s what I tried to do in a friendly, but it was almost a very close game. We didn’t have many opportunities to demonstrate, but thank God I was given the opportunity to be there.”

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On his adjustment to the United States, Anderson Julio had this to say: “At first it was hard for me because I wasn’t eating the food I was used to in Ecuador, but Ecuadorian restaurants opened up here. I was at the opening of one here in Provo, Utah. It’s true that now I feel a little calmer because I’m finding all the Ecuadorian gastronomy.”

Julio commented that he spoke little English, “the basics”. “We speak in Spanish because we are almost all Latin Americans. So, you embrace all that and because of the language, you become attached to the group. I speak very little English, to be honest. Let’s say the basic things on the field. Such things… I already know by heart what my colleagues ask of me. However, it is a little more difficult for me to speak English everyday, outside the field. It’s a bit difficult for me there.”

Anderson has two dreams, he reveals. One is to return to the Tricolor soon. “I will try to reach the national team again. I was always motivated and worked for it, everything a player wants: to represent his country. I am grateful to God because I fulfilled one of my dreams, which is to be there. Now I want to realize another dream, which is to play in the South American qualifiers (for the 2026 World Cup).”

The other thing that Anderson Julio (Jhojan Julio’s brother) dreams of is something long-term: a return to the Liga de Quito. “That was my home, that’s where I grew up. At some point I want to get back in the league and be happy again. I want to retire at the club where I was born,” he admitted New generation Tri 2. (D)