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Neri Cardozo Personal information Full name Neri Raúl Cardozo Date of birth August 8, 1986 Place of birth Mendoza, Argentina Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Attacking Midfielder, Left Winger Club information Current club Monterrey Number 18 Youth career Independiente Rivadavia – Boca Juniors Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2008 Boca Juniors 134 (20) 2009 Chiapas 29 (1) 2010– Monterrey 80 (14) National team 2003 Argentina U-17 5 (1) 2003-2005 Argentina U-20 9 (1) 2007 Argentina 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Neri Raúl Cardozo (born 8 August 1986 in Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera Division de Mexico.[1][2]
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Club career
Cardozo was signed to the Boca Juniors senior squad from the Youth Divisions of Boca Juniors at 17 years of age. His debut for Boca was in a 0-0 draw on 16 February 2004 against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.
Cardozo has contributed to the many achievements that Boca Juniors have accomplished since he signed for them, including a Copa Libertadores title, two Copa Sudamericana and Recopa Sudamericana titles, the Argentine Torneo de Apertura title of 2005 and the Torneo de Clausura title of 2006. He too was a part of the Boca squad which played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, Cardozo scored in the semi-final 1-0 victory against Tunisian side Étoile Sportive du Sahel before losing 4-2 in the final against AC Milan.
On March 27, 2008 in a Copa Libertadores 4-3 win against Colo-Colo, Cardozo assisted Rodrigo Palacio in scoring Boca's third goal and then scored the fourth goal himself.
On January 3, 2009, he was announced an official player for Jaguares de Chiapas, but got in legal problems when his former team Boca Juniors claimed that Cardozo left the team without consent.[3]
On December 28, 2009, Cardozo was sent on loan (and later purchased by) CF Monterrey. On February 16, 2010 Cardozo made his debut with Monterrey, and became a quick starter in there line up, he led Monterrey to the quarter finals as first place, going as far as the quarter-finals, losing to Pachuca. Cardozo has already been seen by many European teams because of his great speed, good shot power, and great passing skills.[4][5]
International career
Cardozo was a part of the Argentine squad that reached the semi-finals in the 2003 U-17 World Cup in Finland. Later that year he was called up to play for the Argentina Under-20 squad. Neri Cardozo started his youth international career in 2003. Neri also played in the Argentina Under-20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship that reached the semi-finals. Two years later, Neri helped Argentina claim their fifth FIFA World Youth Championship; however, he missed the final due to suspension. Alfio Basile called up Neri Cardozo for a friendly against Chile at senior level on the 18 April 2007. Neri Cardozo played 70 minutes of the match and Alfio Basile also said that Neri Cardozo has big talent and could also be a star player for Argentina national football team. Neri Cardozo has family in Argentina and Los Angeles. His smaller cousin Alberto Santos plays the same position and many people say that Alberto Santos plays better than Neri. His cousin plays in the reserves of Chelsea fc.
Titles
Season Club Title 2004 Boca Juniors
Copa Sudamericana 2005 Argentina Under-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup Apertura 2005 Boca Juniors
Primera Division Argentina 2005 Boca Juniors
Copa Sudamericana 2005 Boca Juniors
Recopa Sudamericana 2006 Boca Juniors
Recopa Sudamericana Clausura 2006 Boca Juniors
Primera Division Argentina 2007 Boca Juniors
Copa Libertadores 2008 Boca Juniors
Recopa Sudamericana Apertura 2008 Boca Juniors
Primera División Argentina 2010 InterLiga CF Monterrey
2010 InterLiga Apertura 2010 CF Monterrey
Primera División de México 2011 CF Monterrey
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League References
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI
- Statistics at Irish Times
- Neri Cardozo at Football Lineups
- Neri Cardozo stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
C.F. Monterrey – current squad 1 Orozco · 2 Meza · 4 Osorio · 5 Chávez · 6 Morales · 8 L. Pérez · 9 de Nigris · 11 Santana · 13 Carreño · 15 Basanta · 16 Rodríguez · 17 Zavala · 18 Cardozo · 19 Delgado · 20 Ayoví · 21 Mier · 22 Paredes · 23 J. Ibarra · 24 S. Pérez · 25 Corona · 26 Suazo · 27 Garcia · 29 Guevara · 31 Martínez · 33 Piñón · 39 de la Peña · 65 Cazaubón · 69 Madrigal · Manager: Vucetich
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Mendoza (city), Argentina
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Primera División de México players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
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