Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 July 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 30 March 2022 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Unión Santiago | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1961 | Unión Santiago | ||
1962–1972 | Racing Club | 298 | (81) |
1963 | → Nueva Chicago (loan) | 22 | (10) |
1972–1975 |
Puebla | ||
1975–1976 |
Veracruz | ||
1977 | Racing Club | (see above) | |
International career | |||
1967–1976 | Argentina[1] | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Juan Carlos Cárdenas (25 July 1945 – 30 March 2022) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Mexico as well as playing for the Argentina national team.[2] He was known by the nickname "El Chango" which was a common name for people from the north of Argentina.
Club career
Cárdenas was spotted in 1962 by
In 1972 Cárdenas moved to Mexico where he played for Camoteros de
Cárdenas also held the record of the youngest player to score in a Copa Libertadores match for nearly 60 years, as he scored Racing's second in a 2–2 home draw against Nacional Montevideo on 26 February 1962 at the age of 16 years, 7 months and 2 days. His record was broken by Ângelo Gabriel only in 2021.[3]
Coaching career
After retiring as a player Cárdenas became the manager of several lower league teams in Argentina, including
Honours
Racing Club
- Copa Intercontinental: 1967
- Copa Libertadores: 1967
- Primera División Argentina: 1961, 1966
References
- ^ "Juan Carlos Cárdenas".
- ^ rsssf Argentina international footballers
- ^ "Conheça Ângelo Gabriel, o jogador mais jovem a marcar um gol na Libertadores" [Know Ângelo Gabriel, the youngest player to score a goal in the Libertadores] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Brazil. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
External links
- (in Spanish) Fútbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 24, 2008)