José Saturnino Cardozo
Cardozo in 2006
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| Full name | José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1971 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nueva Italia, Paraguay | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Puebla (manager) | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Unión Pacífico | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1988–1990 | River Plate Asunción | 26 | (10) | |||||||||
| 1990–1992 | St. Gallen | 30 | (12) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Universidad Católica | 35 | (11) | |||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Olimpia | 41 | (27) | |||||||||
| 1995–2005 | Toluca | 332 | (249) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | San Lorenzo | 23 | (5) | |||||||||
| Total | 494 | (316) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Paraguay U23 | 11 | (7) | |||||||||
| 1991–2006 | Paraguay | 82 | (25) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Olimpia | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Indios (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Olimpia | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Querétaro | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Olimpia | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Sportivo Luqueño | |||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Toluca | |||||||||||
| 2016 | managerclubs8 = Puebla 2017 | |||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (locally: [xoˈse saturˈnino karˈðoso otaˈsu]; born 19 March 1971) is a former Paraguayan football striker and current manager of Mexican club Puebla. He spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca F.C. and is the club's all-time top goalscorer with 249 goals in 332 appearances.
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.
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.
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