José Cardozo
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Cardozo in 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1971 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nueva Italia, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Municipal Liberia (Manager) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Unión Pacífico | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | River Plate Asunción | 26 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | St. Gallen | 31 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Universidad Católica | 35 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Olimpia | 41 | (27) | |||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | Toluca | 332 | (249) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | → Cruz Azul (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | → Pachuca (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | San Lorenzo | 23 | (5) | |||||||||||
| Total | 488 | (315) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Paraguay U23 | 12 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 1991–2006 | Paraguay | 82 | (25) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Olimpia | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Indios (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Olimpia | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Querétaro | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Olimpia | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sportivo Luqueño | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Toluca | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Chiapas | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Puebla | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Veracruz | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Guadalajara | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Municipal | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Municipal | |||||||||||||
| 2025– | Municipal Liberia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (locally [xoˈse satuɾˈnino kaɾˈðoso otaˈsu]; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a striker.
Known for his prolific scoring ability, Cardozo spent most of his playing career with Deportivo Toluca, where he became the club's all-time leading scorer and won four league titles. He would go on to become the club's head coach from 2013 to 2016. Cardozo ranks as the fourth-highest scorer in the history of the Mexican football league.
On the international stage, Cardozo made 82 appearances for Paraguay over a fifteen-year period, scoring 25 goals to become the country's second-highest scorer. He represented the national team in three Copa América tournaments, two FIFA World Cups and the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
In the 2002/03 season, José Saturnino Cardozo was recognized as the World Top Scorer in the First Division according to the IFFHS. He scored 58 goals between the Apertura 2002 and Clausura 2003 playing for Deportivo Toluca F.C.