Born in Girona, Catalonia, Julià was a Girona FC youth graduate, and was promoted to the first team at the age of just 16.
Julià experienced two consecutive promotions with the B-side, and made his first team - and La Liga - debut on 2 February 1986, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dragi Kaličanin in a 6-0 home routing of Celta de Vigo [REF].