Facundo Cardozo

Facundo Cardozo
Personal information
Full name Facundo Omar Cardozo
Date of birth (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995
Place of birth San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Centre back / Left back
Club information
Current team
Mumbai City (on loan from Vélez Sársfield)
Number TBD
Youth career
Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Vélez Sársfield 40 (2)
2016Bolívar (loan) 9 (0)
2016—Mumbai City (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2015 Argentina U-20 7 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2016.


Facundo Omar Cardozo (born 6 April 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre back or left full back for Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League, on loan from Vélez Sarsfield.

Club career

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

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

Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina U-20

References

  1. "Football : Facundo Cardozo". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  2. "Quilmes vs. Vélez - 3 November 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. "Transition '14 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  4. http://www.velezsarsfield.com.ar/futbol/notas/2016/08/12/230640.html
  5. "Sudamericano Sub-20 '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-02-15.


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