Thiago Gastón Cardozo Brugman (born 31 July 1996) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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, on loan from Unión Santa Fe.

Club career

A youth academy graduate of

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

, Cardozo made his professional debut on 5 May 2018 in a 4–1 league win against

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. In April 2021, he joined

Deportivo Maldonado Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda División following their relegation from the Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American ...

on a season long loan deal.

International career

Cardozo is a former Uruguayan youth international. He was included in national team for the

2013 South American U-17 Championship The 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship () was the 15th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina. This tournament gave four berths to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was held in Uni ...

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates from 17 October to 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, claimin ...

2015 South American U-20 Championship The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship (, ) was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth association football, football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held i ...

and

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

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* 1996 births Living people Uruguayan people of Portuguese descent Uruguayan people of German descent Men's association football goalkeepers Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Peñarol players Deportivo Maldonado players Unión de Santa Fe footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina People from Juan Lacaze Footballers from Colonia Department {{Uruguay-footy-goalkeeper-1990s-stub