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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) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 1988–1990 | River Plate (PY) | 26 | (10) | |||||||||
| 1990–1992 | St. Gallen | 37 | (15) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Universidad Católica | 35 | (11) | |||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Olimpia | 41 | (27) | |||||||||
| 1995–2005 | Toluca | 332 | (249) | |||||||||
| 2001 | → Cruz Azul (loan) | 12 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | San Lorenzo | 23 | (5) | |||||||||
| Total | 494 | (316) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1991–2006 | Paraguay | 83 | (25) | |||||||||
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| 2006–2007 | Olimpia | |||||||||||
| 2009-2011 | Olimpia | |||||||||||
| 2011- | Querétaro | |||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (born 19 March 1971 in Nueva Italia, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan football striker.
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Cardozo began his professional career in 1988, making his debut for River Plate of Paraguay. After four years in River, he moved to Swiss club FC St. Gallen, where he played from 1990 to 1992. He returned to South America in 1993, joining Universidad Católica de Chile helping the team reach the 1993 Copa Libertadores de América final. The following year he played for Club Olimpia of Paraguay, from which he moved to Club Toluca of Mexico.
Cardozo made his debut for Toluca in the 1995 season, but only appeared in three games, scoring no goals. However, in the subsequent winter season, he scored 7 goals in 13 games. In his eight years with the team, he has scored a record 249 goals for the club, including 14 in the 2004 Apertura. On 24 April 2005, he moved to the 4th spot in the list of all-time top scorers in the Mexico Primera Division after Jared Borgetti scored his 250th goal with Monarcas Morelia.
Due to his work at Toluca, Cardozo was elected as the Paraguayan Footballer of the Year in the years 2000, 2002 and 2003; and the South American Footballer of the Year in 2002. Despite the fact that he was fiercely opposed to the move, Cardozo was transferred to Argentine team San Lorenzo de Almagro in June 2005, and finished the season with only 4 goals due to injuries that kept him away from playing several games. However, many critics lambasted Cardozo for refusing to play through the pain. While playing for Toluca, Cardozo struggled through the 1997 campaign with hamstring problems and then played through much of the 2001 season despite suffering a broken wrist in the season opener. Cardozo is the all-time leading scorer for Club Toluca.
Cardozo, also owns the title of highest scorer in just one season, in the apertura 2002 he scored a total of 36 goals becoming the maximum goal scorer in Mexican's football league.
In July 2006, Cardozo attempted to return to Club Olimpia to finish his career. He was unable to re-sign for the club because the Paraguayan league's transfer deadline had already passed. As a result of his inability to sign for Olimpia, he decided to retire from football. He scored 342 goals total in his career. In June 2008 a farewell match was organized in the city of Toluca to honor his career and contributions to football. Cardozo scored two goals in the match which had a sellout crowd.[1]
Cardozo is the all-time leading scorer for the Paraguayan national team with 25 goals.[2] He played for his country at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and was named in the original 2006 World Cup squad but he was injured during training sessions and replaced by Dante López. Cardozo was also an over-age player at the 2004 Summer Olympics, when Paraguay finished second. He scored a hat-trick against Uruguay in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, with the final result being 4-1.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 12 July 1991 | Concepción, Chile | Argentina | 1–4 | Loss | 1991 Copa América |
| 2. | 22 June 1995 | Santiago, Chile | New Zealand | 3–2 | Win | 1995 Copa Centenario |
| 3. | 6 July 1995 | Maldonado, Uruguay | Mexico | 2–1 | Win | 1995 Copa América |
| 4. | 12 July 1995 | Maldonado, Uruguay | Venezuela | 3–2 | Win | 1995 Copa América |
| 5. | 26 July 1996 | Asunción, Paraguay | Bolivia | 2–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 6. | 30 April 1997 | Asunción, Paraguay | Uruguay | 3–1 | Win | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 3 June 1998 | Bucuresti, Romania | Romania | 2–3 | Loss | Friendly |
| 8. | 24 June 1998 | Toulouse, France | Nigeria | 3–1 | Win | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 9. | 29 June 2000 | Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–3 | Loss | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10. | 2 September 2000 | Asunción, Paraguay | Venezuela | 3–0 | Win | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 15 November 2000 | Asunción, Paraguay | Peru | 5–1 | Win | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 24 April 2001 | Quito, Ecuador | Ecuador | 1–2 | Loss | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13. | 5 September 2001 | Asunción, Paraguay | Bolivia | 5–1 | Win | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14. | 5 September 2001 | Asunción, Paraguay | Bolivia | 5–1 | Win | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15. | 13 February 2002 | Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Bolivia | 2–2 | Draw | Friendly |
| 16. | 26 March 2003 | San Diego, United States | Mexico | 1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
| 17. | 10 September 2003 | Asunción, Paraguay | Uruguay | 4–1 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 18. | 10 September 2003 | Asunción, Paraguay | Uruguay | 4–1 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19. | 10 September 2003 | Asunción, Paraguay | Uruguay | 4–1 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 20. | 15 November 2003 | Asunción, Paraguay | Ecuador | 2–1 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 21. | 1 June 2004 | La Paz, Bolivia | Bolivia | 1–2 | Loss | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22. | 19 January 2005 | Los Angeles, United States | South Korea | 1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
| 23. | 27 March 2005 | Quito, Ecuador | Ecuador | 2–5 | Loss | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 24. | 30 March 2005 | Asunción, Paraguay | Chile | 2–1 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 25. | 27 May 2005 | Aarhus, Denmark | Denmark | 1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
In November 2006, Club Olimpia's coach Oscar Paulin was fired due to poor performances by the team and Cardozo was named as the interim coach of the Paraguayan club, this being his first experience as a coach. He coached for the remainder of the year and for the 2007 Apertura tournament.
In October 2009 he was hired to be an assistant coach for the team of Indios de Juarez for the Apertura 2009.[3]
Cardozo returned to Olimpia Asunción in November 2009 following coach Carlos Kiese's resignation.
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