Toronto FC sign Julio Cesar from QPR
On Friday Toronto FC officially announced the signing of Brazilian national team goalkeeper Julio Cesar on loan from Queens Park Rangers. TFC will introduce the 34-year-old at a press conference Friday afternoon.
The highly decorated 34-year-old is out of favor at QPR and is looking to get playing time ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.
Cesar fell out of favour at QPR, at first losing out on his starting job to Robert Green before failing to even make the squad on game days in recent weeks. He has remained as Brazil's starting 'keeper despite an almost complete lack of playing time with the English side, but his move to TFC should allow him to gain match sharpness ahead of this summer's World Cup.
The Brazilian has been capped by his country 77 times, winning the Copa America in 2004 and the Confederations Cup on two occasions. Before his stint at QPR he played club soccer for Flamengo and Inter Milan, and with the Italian side he won the Serie A title five times, plus three Coppa Italia titles, the 2010 UEFA Champions League and the 2010 Club World Cup.
Cesar joins a Toronto FC lineup that includes English international striker Jermain Defoe, American midfielder Michael Bradley, fellow Brazilians Gilberto and Jackson, and former MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario. The loan ostensibly means that current Toronto starting goalkeeper Joe Bendik will step aside as the team's No. 1, with Cesar manning the goal in the majority of TFC's matches until Brazil convenes for pre-World Cup training camp in May
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