Gabriel Sebastián "Gabri" Cardozo Tomás (born 27 December 1997) is an Uruguayan

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who plays as a

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for

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club St Joseph's.

Club career

Born in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Cardozo moved to

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at early age, and joined

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

's youth setup in 2013, aged 15. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 August 2016, starting in a 1–0

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

home win against

UD Ciudad de Torredonjimeno Unión Deportiva Ciudad de Torredonjimeno is a Spanish football team based in Torredonjimeno, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved Torredonjimeno CF, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Es ...

. Cardozo scored his first senior goal on 11 September 2016, netting his team's second in a 4–1 home routing of

UD Maracena Unión Deportiva Maracena is a Spanish football team based in Maracena, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Ciudad Deportiva de Maracena'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. Sea ...

. The following 31 August, after featuring sparingly, he moved to another

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Real Oviedo Vetusta Real Oviedo Vetusta is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1929 as ''Unión Sportiva Ovetense'', it is the reserve team of Real Oviedo, and currently plays in , holding home games at '' El R ...

also in the fourth division. On 23 August 2018, Cardozo joined

Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la ...

and was assigned to the B-side also in the fourth tier. He made his first team debut on 12 July 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Sabit Abdulai in a 3–2 away defeat of

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

in the

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championship. On 2 October 2020, Cardozo moved to another

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,700 spectato ...

also in division four. The next season he moved to

UD Montijo Unión Deportiva Montijo is a football team based in Montijo, Extremadura. Founded in 1922, Montijo competes in the . The club plays home matches at the Estadio Municipal Emilio Macarro Rodríguez. Season to season ---- *3 seasons in Segun ...

. After 2 seasons there, he transferred once more, to St Joseph's.Introducing Gabri
St Joseph's FC. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

Personal life

Cardozo's father Gerardo was also a footballer. He is also the

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Walter Pandiani Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza (born 27 April 1976) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a striker. His performances for Peñarol earned him a move to Deportivo in Spain, where he remained for the vast majority of ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardozo, Gabri 1997 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan emigrants to Spain Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Atlético Malagueño players Real Oviedo Vetusta players Extremadura UD B players Extremadura UD footballers CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers UD Montijo players