Richard Cardozo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Carlos Cardozo | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Khonkaen | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| NSWIS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Sydney Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Parramatta Eagles | 26 | (11) |
| 2005–2006 | Waitakere United | 16 | (7) |
| 2006 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 16 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Bex | 28 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Richmond | 42 | (17) |
| 2010–2011 | Hume City | 54 | (37) |
| 2012 | LASK | 8 | (2) |
| 2013 | Rockdale City Suns | 33 | (28) |
| 2013–2014 | Waitakere United | 15 | (11) |
| 2014 | Hume City | 19 | (7) |
| 2015 | Sydney United | 11 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Naxxar Lions | 13 | (2) |
| 2016 | Alashkert FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Manly United | 14 | (9) |
| 2017– | Khonkaen | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Australia U-17 | 19 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2012 |
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Richard "Richie" Cardozo (born 28 March 1986 in Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays in the position of attacking midfielder or striker. He currently plays for Khonkaen.
Cardozo was born in Sydney, Australia. He was born to his Uruguayan father and his Argentinian mother. He grew up speaking Spanish at home, and is also fluent in French and English. Cardozo has one older brother, former Socceroo Pablo Cardozo.
Cardozo was selected for every representative team growing up; including New South Wales School Boys, New South Wales Under 14's, New South Wales Under 15's, and New South Wales Under 16's. He was also selected into the New South Wales Institute of Sport as a scholarship holder, and made the Under 16's and Under 17's Australian Team where he captained two games, won Top Goal Scorer for the World Cup Qualifiers, and represented Australia in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Richie made his NSL debut at 17 years old in 2003 for Sydney Olympic in the final season of the NSL before it became the A-League. At such a young age, Richie was earmarked by coaches and scouts to be the next big thing in Australian Football. However, with the collapse of the NSL, and the establishment of the new A-League, Cardozo's career was stalled, and he missed out on both a contract in the A-League, and the Under 20's World Cup in the Netherlands in 2005.
After spells in the New South Wales Premier League, the Victorian Premier League, and the New Zealand National League, Cardozo signed a contract with Swiss third division team FC Bex in February 2007. After a stint that covered both the 06-07, and 07-08 seasons, he returned to Melbourne to play in the Victorian Premier League.
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