Ringo Cantillo

Ringo Cantillo
Personal information
Full name Julio M. Cantillo
Date of birth (1956-05-21) May 21, 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Cartago, Costa Rica
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 Cincinnati Comets 102 (3)
1975Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) (loan) 4 (5)
1975–76 New York Inter-Giuliana SC
1976Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 21 (0)
1977 New Jersey Americans 24 (5)
1978–1980 New England Tea Men 84 (3)
1979–1980 New England Tea Men (indoor) 3 (0)
1981–1982 Jacksonville Tea Men 56 (2)
1982–1983 New York Arrows (indoor) 19 (3)
1983 Team America 13 (0)
1984 Jacksonville Tea Men
International career
1979–1982 United States 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio "Ringo" Cantillo is a Costa Rican former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played five seasons in the American Soccer League where he was the league MVP as a rookie. He won MVP honors a total of three times in the ASL. Cantillo also spent parts of seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and four in NASL indoor, one in the United Soccer League and one in Major Indoor Soccer League. Born in Costa Rica, Cantillo earned eleven caps with the U.S. national soccer team between 1979 and 1982.