Teddy Armando Cardama Sinti (born 15 August 1966) is a Peruvian football

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and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Cardama was born in

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, and was a

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentí ...

youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1984, he moved to UTC in 1987. In 1989, after playing for Atlético Grau, Cardama returned to Sporting Cristal. He retired in the following year at the age of just 23, due to a

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injury.

Managerial career

After retiring, Cardama started working as a manager in his last team Sporting Cristal's youth setup. His first senior experience occurred in 1996, with

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side

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. In September 1999, after a two-year spell at Alianza Atlético, Cardama was named manager of the Peru under-23 national team. Despite failing to qualify for the

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, he was named assistant of Francisco Maturana in the full side on 3 February 2000. On 20 September 2000, Cardama was appointed in charge of

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. He was subsequently in charge of

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during the 2001 campaign, before returning to Alianza Atlético for the 2002 season; in that year, he was also manager of

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. Cardama returned to Alianza Atlético in 2003, but left on a mutual agreement on 10 November 2004. He was named at the helm of Melgar in 2005, but was sacked on 5 April 2006. In 2007, after a short period at José Gálvez, Cardama rejoined Alianza for a fourth spell. He narrowly avoided relegation with the club in

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, but was still dismissed on 8 April 2010. Cardama was named manager of

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on 13 January 2011, but was relieved of his duties on 30 April of the following year. He took over

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Copa Peru (''Peruvian Third Division'' ...

on 24 September 2012, and left the club at the end of the season. Cardama was in charge of

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in the 2013 campaign, helping the club win the Segunda División and achieve a first-ever promotion to the top tier. He was dismissed on 21 August 2014, and agreed to a return to Alianza Atlético on 6 December. Replaced by Gustavo Roverano for the 2016 season, Cardama was appointed manager of Carlos A. Mannucci on 6 October of that year. After leaving in May 2017, he stayed for more than three years without a club before returning to Sport Boys after 20 years on 23 September 2020.

Honours

Manager

Los Caimanes *

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: 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardama, Teddy 1966 births Living people People from Iquitos Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sporting Cristal footballers Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca footballers Atlético Grau footballers Peruvian football managers Peruvian Primera División managers Coronel Bolognesi managers Alianza Atlético managers Sport Boys managers Club Universitario de Deportes managers Cienciano managers FBC Melgar managers José Gálvez FBC managers León de Huánuco managers Carlos A. Mannucci managers Juan Aurich managers