Richard Cardozo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Carlos Cardozo | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Waitakere United | ||
| Number | TBD | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003 | Sydney Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Parramatta Eagles | ||
| 2004 | → Stanmore Hawks (loan) | ||
| 2005 | Waitakere United | ||
| 2005 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 16 | (2) |
| 2007 | Sydney United | ||
| 2007–2008 | FC Bex | 16 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Richmond | 42 | (16) |
| 2010–2011 | Hume City | 49 | (33) |
| 2012 | LASK | 8 | (2) |
| 2012 | LASK A | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Hume City | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | Rockdale City Suns | 25 | (17) |
| 2014– | Waitakere United | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002-2003 | Australia U-17 | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Richard Cardozo (born 28 March 1986, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays in the position of attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Waitakere United.[1]
Early life
Cardozo was born in Sydney, Australia. He was born to his Uruguayan father and his Argentinian mother. He grew up speaking Spanish at home, and is also fluent in French and English. Cardozo has one older brother, former Socceroo Pablo Cardozo.
Playing career
Cardozo was selected for every representative team growing up; including New South Wales School Boys, New South Wales Under 14's, New South Wales Under 15's, and New South Wales Under 16's. He was also selected into the New South Wales Institute of Sport as a scholarship holder, and made the Under 16's and Under 17's Australian Team where he captained two games, won Top Goal Scorer for the World Cup Qualifiers, and represented Australia in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
2003 and the NSL
Richie made his NSL debut at 17 years old in 2003 for Sydney Olympic in the final season of the NSL before it became the A-League. At such a young age, Richie was earmarked by coaches and scouts to be the next big thing in Australian Football. However, with the collapse of the NSL, and the establishment of the new A-League, Cardozo's career was stalled, and he missed out on both a contract in the A-League, and the Under 20's World Cup in Holland in 2005.
2007
After spells in the New South Wales Premier League, the Victorian Premier League, and the New Zealand National League, Cardozo signed a contract with Swiss third division team FC Bex in February 2007. After a stint that covered both the 06-07, and 07-08 seasons, he returned to Melbourne to play in the Victorian Premier League.
2008 - 2011
For the 2008 and 2009 season, Cardozo played for Richmond. He then moved to Hume City for the 2010 and 2011 season. Over the four years that he played in the Victorian Premier League, Carodozo scored 54 goals. In the 2011 Victorian Premier League season he was crowned top scorer in the league with 19 goals and won Media Player of the Year.[2]
In January 2012, he signed with Austrian Football First League club LASK.[3] To date, LASK Linz has not lost a game with Cardozo playing (6 won, 2 drawn, 2 goals).
International career
Cardozo has represented Australia at one FIFA World Cup. He went on to play in New Zealand for Waitakere United, and then on to Europe for Swiss team FC Bex.
References
- ↑ "Richard Cardozo". Worldfootball.net. 1986-03-28. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "Victorian Premier League - Top scorers' list". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "Offizielle Website des LASK LINZ - links". LASK.at. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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