[3][4][5] José Julià was born on 6 October 1895 in Barcelona, and he began his footballing career at Català FC in 1911, at the age of 16.

[4] Julià then helped CE Europa reach their first-ever Copa del Rey final in 1923, which they lost 0–1 to Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a goal from Travieso.

[4][6] On 10 February 1924, a match against FC Barcelona had to be suspended in the 38th minute when Europa's Julià was sent off and refused to leave the rural area.

Julià decided to retire from football out of the blue after being punished with a one-year suspension,[1][2][4] and the club was fined 1000 pesetas.

[7] This incident resulted in CE Europa making a general assembly in which it was agreed to separate from the Catalan Football Federation.