Facundo Omar Cardozo (born 6 April 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Arsenal de Sarandí.

Facundo Cardozo
Personal information
Full name Facundo Omar Cardozo
Date of birth (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, Left-back
Team information
Current team
Arsenal de Sarandí
Number 30
Youth career
Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Vélez Sársfield 40 (2)
2016Bolívar (loan) 9 (0)
2016Mumbai City (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 Arsenal de Sarandí 11 (0)
2018 Alebrijes de Oaxaca 1 (0)
2019 Coquimbo Unido 5 (0)
2019–2021 All Boys 36 (2)
2021–2022 Platense 16 (0)
2022 Sabail 13 (0)
2023– Arsenal de Sarandí 0 (0)
International career
2015 Argentina U-20 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:07, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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Cardozo is a youth exponent from Vélez Sarsfield. He made his league debut during the 2013–14 season.[1] At 3 November 2013, he scored his first league goal against Quilmes.[2]

After Fernando Tobio left the team for the 2014 Argentine Primera División, Cardozo became a starter along Sebastián Domínguez at centre back.[3]

On January 17, 2016, he signed a loan deal with Bolivian side Bolívar after an official announcement was made through the official Twitter account of the CEO of Club Bolívar, Marcelo Claure.

On 12 August 2016 Vélez Sarsfield announced that Cardozo has signed with Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC in a 6-month loan deal without a purchase option.[4]

International career

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In 2015, Cardozo was called to play for the Argentina national under-20 football team in the South American Youth Championship. He was a starter in 7 of his team's 9 games in the tournament, scoring once and winning the championship.[5]

Honours

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Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina U-20

References

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  1. ^ "Football : Facundo Cardozo". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Quilmes vs. Vélez - 3 November 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Transition '14 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Se va a la India / Vélez Sarsfield". 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-20 '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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