Draft:Julio Pedernera

Julio Omar Pedernera   (born in San Rafael on December 8, 1956) is an Argentine former soccer player. He served as a left winger and made his professional debut at "Deportivo Argentino de San Rafael." He was champion of the Argentine Primera División with Rosario Central in the 1986-87 Championship.

Career
His first steps in football were taken at the Club Deportivo Argentino de San Rafael, in his hometown, with which he was crowned champion of the Sanrafaelina Football League in 1977. His good performances convinced his hiring by Independiente Rivadavia, a regular attendee of the Nationals. With the blue jersey team, they won the Torneo Regional in 1980 and 1982.

He continued his career in metropolitan football by signing for Quilmes. In 1985, he moved to Rosario Central at the request of coach Pedro Marchetta. The scoundrel had lost the category the previous year, and his return to the top category was quick, winning easily in the First Division B tournament. Pedernera played 39 of his team's 42 games, scoring two goals.

Due to a restructuring of the sports calendar, Rosario Central spent the first half of 1986 without playing official matches, so it loaned its players to various clubs. Pedernera went to Platense.

Looking ahead to the 1986–87 Argentine Primera División he returned to the Rosario club, now coached by Ángel Tulio Zof. He won the position of left striker marker, missing only one game in the entire tournament, which ended with the scoundrel winning the title, marking a historic event in Argentine soccer by becoming champion of the First Division in the season immediately after being promoted. He continued in Arroyito for two more seasons, totaling 127 games and scoring three goals while wearing the Blue Auriaz jacket.​

After one more year in the First Division, playing for Vélez Sarsfield, he returned to promotion tournaments, first for Colón and then for Argentino de Rosario. He closed his career at another club in his hometown, Sportivo Pedal Club de San Rafael.