Manuel Cardoni

Manuel Cardoni

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Cardoni
Date of birth	22 September 1972 (1972-09-22) (age 39)
Place of birth	Luxembourg
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	US Rumelange (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1992	US Rumelange
1992–1996	Jeunesse Esch	93	(30)
1996–1998	Bayer Leverkusen	1	(0)
1998–2006	Jeunesse Esch	166	(30)
2006–2008	US Rumelange
Total		260	(60)
National team
1993–2004	Luxembourg	68	(5)
Teams managed
2006–2008	US Rumelange
2008–	US Rumelange (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Manuel Cardoni (born 22 September 1972) is a retired Luxembourgian football player. He is currently assistant manager of US Rumelange in the second tier of Luxembourg football, the Luxembourg Division of Honour.

Cardoni is the son of Furio Cardoni, one of Luxembourg's finest players in the 1970s.

Club career

A tireless midfield playmaker, Cardoni started his career at US Rumelange before joining Luxembourg club Jeunesse Esch in 1992. He was then snapped up by German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, for whom he made only one substitute appearance (against Bayern Munich) in two seasons.^[1] He became the third Luxembourgian player in the Bundesliga ever, after Nico Braun and Robby Langers.

He rejoined Jeunesse Esch in 1998 and became player/manager at US Rumelange in 2006.

Cardoni won the Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year award four times (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000). He now serves as an ambassador for the Special Olympics.

International career

Cardoni made his debut for Luxembourg in a May 1993 World Cup qualification match against Iceland and went on to earn 68 caps, scoring 5 goals.^[2] He played in 22 World Cup qualification matches.^[3]

His final international game was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein.

Honours

• Luxembourg National Division: 4

1995, 1996, 1999, 2004

• Luxembourg Cup: 2

1999, 2000

• Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year: 4

1995, 1996, 1999, 2000

References

1. ^ "Manuel Cardoni" (in German). Fussballportal.de. http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&spieler_id=504. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 
3. ^ Manuel Cardoni – FIFA competition record

External links

• Profile – US Rumelange (French)
• Manuel Cardoni at National-Football-Teams.com

Awards
Preceded by Théo Scholten	Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year 1994–95, 1995–96	Succeeded by Mikhail Zaritskiy
Preceded by Mikhail Zaritskiy	Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year 1998–99, 1999–00	Succeeded by Ahmed El Aouad

Persondata
Name	Cardoni, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	22 September 1972
Place of birth	Luxembourg
Date of death
Place of death