player · data as of 2026-09-20 03:29 UTC
Julio Enciso
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 225' 8"
Paraguaycurrently Ipswich Town
Paraguaycurrently Ipswich TownCareer goals
41
all competitions, from the season archive · club 35 · country 6 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
198
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
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counted live from our own match timelines
Team trophies
8
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Julio César Enciso Espínola is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Premier League club Ipswich Town and the Paraguay national team. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
World Cup 2026 · goal log
Julio's goals, counted from our own match timelinesA different player of the same name scored for Paraguay (1 goal, 1997) — Julio César Enciso · Paraguay
International goals in our archive
5 goals across 5 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 2024–2026| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 |  Germany | D1–1(n) | 42' | FIFA World Cup | Foxborough |
| 2025-06-05 |  Uruguay | W2–0(h) | 81' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2025-03-25 |  Colombia | D2–2(a) | 62' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Barranquilla |
| 2024-11-19 |  Bolivia | D2–2(a) | 90' | FIFA World Cup qualification | El Alto |
| 2024-06-24 | Colombia | L1–2(n) | 69' | Copa América | Houston |
Honours
8 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours8 | ||||
| División Profesional | ×2 | 2021, 2022 | Libertad | |
| First Paraguayan footballer nominated for the Golden Boy Award. | ×1 | |||
| First Paraguayan footballer nominated for the Puskás Award, also the first as a finalist for the award. | ×1 | |||
| Fourth youngest footballer in history to debut for the Paraguay national team (17 years, 1 month, and 18 days). | ×1 | |||
| Second youngest player in history to score against Arsenal in their own stadium (19 years and 111 days). | ×1 | |||
| Youngest player to score a goal on his debut in the Copa Libertadores (16 years and 307 days). | ×1 | |||
| Youngest player to score in the Copa Libertadores in the 21st century (16 years and 307 days). | ×1 | |||
| Individual honours4 | ||||
| More honours · 4 | ||||
| BBC Goal of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion Goal of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
| FIFA Puskás Award Nominee | 2023 | |||
| Premier League Goal of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
The Record
season by season · 31 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 198 | 41 | 29 | 403 | 14 |
| 2026 | FIFA World Cup | Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 | Friendlies | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | Premier League | Ipswich Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | Conference League | Strasbourg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025 | Coupe de France | Strasbourg | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | 27 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 2 |
| 2024 | Copa América | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024 | FA Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | Friendlies | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2022 | Club Libertad | 55 | 18 |
| 2021–now | Paraguay | 37 | 5 |
| 2022–2025 | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | 44 | 4 |
| 2025–2026 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | 27 | 3 |
| 2025–2025 | Ipswich Town F.C. | 13 | 2 |
| 2026–now | Ipswich Town F.C. | 0 | 0 |
Youth & development spells — 1 more
| 2024–2024 | Paraguay U23 | 5 | 1 |
The Stands
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