Raúl Ernesto Cardozo (born 28 October 1967) is a former Argentine

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defender who is one of the most important players in the history of Vélez Sársfield.

Career

Cardozo, nicknamed ''Pacha'' was born in Morón and started his playing career with Vélez Sársfield during the 1986–87 season. He went on to play over 350 games for the club. He played during the golden era of the club in the mid-1990s when they won 9 major titles. Cardozo helped Velez to win their first league title in 25 years when they claimed the Clausura 1993 championship. The following season they won the

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and the

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. Velez won both league titles during the 1995–96 season. In 1997 Cardozo was called up to join the Argentina squad to play in the

1997 Copa América The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to br ...

. His last major title with Velez was the Clausura 1998 championship. In 1999 Cardozo left Velez, he played for a number of different teams:

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and

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in the Argentine Primera,

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, where he won a league title, Olimpia in

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and finally

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in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

Coaching career

Cardozo had been the assistant manager of

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at Godoy Cruz and Sportivo Estudiantes. In March 2019, he was appointed manager of

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. He left the club again at the end of June 2019.Pacha Cardozo dejó de ser el entrenador de Almirante Brown
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Honours

Club

;Vélez Sársfield * Torneo Apertura:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

* Torneo Clausura:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

* Intercontinental Cup:

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: 1994 *

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: 1996 *

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: 1997 ;Nacional *

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: 2001 ;Villa Dálmine * Primera C Metropolitana Apertura: 2002

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardozo, Raul 1967 births Living people Footballers from Morón Partido Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Olimpia footballers Club Nacional de Football players Copa Libertadores–winning players Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers 1997 Copa América players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay 20th-century Argentine sportsmen