José Cardozo

José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (locally [xoˈse satuɾˈnino kaɾˈðoso otaˈsu]; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. He also managed Toluca in 2013 up to 2016.

José Cardozo
Cardozo in 2006
Personal information
Full name José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú
Date of birth (1971-03-19) 19 March 1971
Place of birth Nueva Italia, Paraguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986–1987 Unión Pacífico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 River Plate Asunción 26 (10)
1990–1992 St. Gallen 31 (12)
1992–1993 Universidad Católica 35 (12)
1994–1995 Olimpia 41 (27)
1995–2005 Toluca 332 (249)
2001 (loan) → Cruz Azul 0 (0)
2005 (loan) → Pachuca 0 (0)
2005–2006 San Lorenzo 23 (5)
Total 488 (315)
International career
1992–1995 Paraguay U23 12 (7)
1991–2006 Paraguay 82 (25)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Olimpia
2009 Indios (assistant)
2009–2011 Olimpia
2011–2012 Querétaro
2012 Olimpia
2013 Sportivo Luqueño
2013–2016 Toluca
2016 Chiapas
2017 Puebla
2017 Veracruz
2018–2019 Guadalajara
2021–2022 Municipal
2022-2023 Municipal
Medal record
Representing  Paraguay
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardozo and the second or maternal family name is Otazú.

Cardozo earned 82 caps for Paraguay between 1991 and 2006, putting him ninth in their most-capped players of all time, with his haul of 25 international goals the second most for the nation. He represented them at three Copa América tournaments, two FIFA World Cups, and the 2004 Olympic tournament, winning silver in the latter.

Cardozo, while on loan for the tournament, was also a main catalyst and goalscorer for runner-up Cruz Azul in the 2001 Copa Libertadores defeat to Buenos Aires club Boca Jr. After losing at home in Mexico's Azteca Stadium, Cruz Azul went into the Bombonera and won the match 1-0. In the penalty shootout, Boca Jr. converted more to outlast what would've been the first champion from outside of South America.

Club career

Born in Nueva Italia in the Central Department, Cardozo began his professional career in 1988, making his debut for River Plate of Paraguay. After four years in River, he moved to Swiss club FC St. Gallen, where he played from 1990 to 1992. He returned to South America in 1993, joining Universidad Católica de Chile helping the team reach the 1993 Copa Libertadores de América final. The following year he played for Club Olimpia of Paraguay, from which he moved to Club Toluca of Mexico.

Cardozo made his debut for Toluca in the 1995 season, but only appeared in three games, scoring no goals. However, in the subsequent winter season, he scored 7 goals in 13 games. In his ten years with the team, he has scored a record 249 goals for the club, including 36 goals in 25 matches in the 2002 Apertura. Cardozo was top scorer of the league four times (Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Apertura 2002, and Clausura 2003). He moved to the 4th spot in the list of all-time top scorers in the Mexico Primera Division after Jared Borgetti scored his 250th goal with Monarcas Morelia.

Due to his work at Toluca, Cardozo was elected as the Paraguayan Footballer of the Year in the years 2000, 2002 and 2003; and the South American Footballer of the Year in 2002. Despite the fact that he was fiercely opposed to the move, Cardozo was transferred to Argentine team San Lorenzo de Almagro in June 2005, and finished the season with only 4 goals due to injuries that kept him away from playing several games. However, many critics lambasted Cardozo for refusing to play through the pain. While playing for Toluca, Cardozo struggled through the 1997 campaign with hamstring problems and then played through much of the 2001 season despite suffering a broken wrist in the season opener. Cardozo is the all-time leading scorer for Toluca, with 249 goals in 332 appearances.[1]

[2]

In July 2006, Cardozo attempted to return to Club Olimpia to finish his career. He was unable to re-sign for the club because the Paraguayan league's transfer deadline had already passed. As a result of his inability to sign for Olimpia, he decided to retire from football. He scored 342 goals total in his career. In June 2008 a farewell match was organized in the city of Toluca to honor his career and contributions to football. Cardozo scored two goals in the match which had a sellout crowd.[3]

Paraguay national team

Cardozo was the all-time leading scorer for the Paraguay national team, with 25 goals, until 2013, with the record being broken by Roque Santa Cruz.[4] He played for his country at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and was named in the original 2006 World Cup squad but he was injured during training sessions and replaced by Dante López. Cardozo was also an over-age player at the 2004 Summer Olympics, when Paraguay finished second. On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in the city of Algarve, resulting in a 5–0 defeat.[5] He scored a hat-trick against Uruguay in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, with the final result being 4–1.

Paraguay U23
Score and Result list Paraguay's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 12 August 2004Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece Japan2–14–3[6]2004 Summer Olympics
2. 3–1
3.21 August 2004Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece South Korea2–03–2[7]2004 Summer Olympics
4. 24 August 2004Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece Iraq1–03–1[8]2004 Summer Olympics
5. 2–0

Paraguay
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 July 1991Concepción, Chile Argentina1–4Loss1991 Copa América
2.22 June 1995Santiago, Chile New Zealand3–2Win1995 Copa Centenario
3.6 July 1995Maldonado, Uruguay Mexico2–1Win1995 Copa América
4.12 July 1995Maldonado, Uruguay Venezuela3–2Win1995 Copa América
5.26 July 1996Asunción, Paraguay Bolivia2–0WinFriendly
6.30 April 1997Asunción, Paraguay Uruguay3–1Win1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.3 June 1998București, Romania Romania2–3LossFriendly
8.24 June 1998Toulouse, France Nigeria3–1[9]Win1998 FIFA World Cup
9.29 June 2000Santiago, Chile Chile1–3Loss2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.2 September 2000Asunción, ParaguayVenezuela Venezuela3–0Win2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.15 November 2000Asunción, Paraguay Peru5–1Win2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.24 April 2001Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–2Loss2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.5 September 2001Asunción, ParaguayBolivia Bolivia5–1Win2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.5 September 2001Asunción, ParaguayBolivia Bolivia5–1Win2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.13 February 2002Ciudad del Este, ParaguayBolivia Bolivia2–2DrawFriendly
16.26 March 2003San Diego, United StatesMexico Mexico1–1DrawFriendly
17.10 September 2003Asunción, ParaguayUruguay Uruguay4–1Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.10 September 2003Asunción, ParaguayUruguay Uruguay4–1Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.10 September 2003Asunción, ParaguayUruguay Uruguay4–1Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.15 November 2003Asunción, ParaguayEcuador Ecuador2–1Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.1 June 2004La Paz, BoliviaBolivia Bolivia1–2Loss2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.19 January 2005Los Angeles, United States South Korea1–1DrawFriendly
23.27 March 2005Quito, EcuadorEcuador Ecuador2–5Loss2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.30 March 2005Asunción, ParaguayChile Chile2–1Win2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
25.27 May 2006Aarhus, Denmark Denmark1–1[10]DrawFriendly
[11]

Coaching career
Cardozo while manager of Querétaro.

Club Olimpia

In November 2006, Club Olimpia's coach Oscar Paulin was fired due to poor performances by the team and Cardozo was named as the interim coach of the Paraguayan club, this being his first experience as a coach. He coached for the remainder of the year and for the 2007 Apertura tournament.

Indios

In October 2009 he was hired to be an assistant coach for the team of Indios de Juarez for the Apertura 2009.[12]

Club Olimpia (Return)

Cardozo returned to Olimpia Asunción in November 2009 following coach Carlos Kiese's resignation.

Querétaro FC

In 2011, he was hired as coach Querétaro FC where he led the team into their first liguilla and the team's all team highest place (8th) and points (26) in Primera División regular season. He managed to eliminate Guadalajara in the Quarter Finals and advance to a surprising semi-final where they lost to champions Tigres UANL 1–0. The following season however, Querétaro began the season with poor results, which once again emerged relegation problems against rivals Atlas and Estudiantes Tecos (relegated) which led to Cardozo's resignation.

Club Olimpia (Return)

After spending the 2011 and 2012 seasons at Querétaro, he was appointed to manage Olimpia once again on 25 September 2012 after the departure of Gregorio Perez.

Toluca

On 7 May 2013, Cardozo was announced as the new manager for Club Deportivo Toluca of Mexico where he played for 10 years (1995-2005). On 1 May 2016, during the 2016 Clausura, Cardozo confirmed that he would no longer coach Toluca beyond the end of the season despite still having a year left on his contract. He stated that since he did not meet his objective of reaching the Liga MX playoffs with the club, he had nothing more to do with the club, citing that Toluca was a big club with directors and fans that expected a lot more of the team than he could continue to offer. He stated that when a team can no longer accomplish what is asked of it, that the first change that must come is the manager, no questions about it.[13]

Chiapas

Cardozo had a turbulent season at Chiapas during the Apertura 2016, being sacked in September and then brought back due to the petition of the chiapas players.[14] He was ultimately sacked one week later after two more defeats.[15]

Puebla

Cardozo took over Puebla FC early in the Clausura 2017 season.

Guadalajara

On 12 June 2018, Cardozo was appointed manager of Liga MX club Guadalajara.[16]

Honours

Olimpia

Toluca

Paraguay

Individual

See also

References
  1. Santos, Marlene (29 June 2008). "En su homenaje con Diablos José Cardozo anotó dos goles" [In his testimonial for the Diablos, José Cardozo scored two goals]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Campeones de goleo en la historia del Futbol Mexicano". Terra Networks (in Spanish). 8 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. "AOL Deportes". Deportes.aol.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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  6. "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 - Men - Paraguay 4:3 (3:1) Japan - Overview". Fifa.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 - Men - Paraguay 3:2 (1:0) Korea Republic - Overview". Fifa.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  8. "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 - Men - Iraq 1:3 (0:2) Paraguay - Overview". Fifa.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  9. "Nigeria vs. Paraguay - 24 June 1998". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  10. "Denmark vs. Paraguay - 27 May 2006". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  11. José Saturnino Cardozo - Goals in International Matches
  12. "Archivo no encontrado". Abc.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  13. "Faltó meterse en el juego". Tolucafc.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  14. "Los Jaguares abogan por Cardozo y regresa". 14 September 2016.
  15. "Cardozo se fue de Chiapas…otra vez | Goal.com".
  16. "Chivas news: Jose Cardozo announced as Matias Almeyda replacement | Goal.com".
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