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{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Raúl Cardozo
| image = 
| fullname = Raúl Ernesto Cardozo
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Morón]], Argentina
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1986–1999
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
| caps1 = 349
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2000–2001
| clubs3 = [[Chacarita Juniors]]
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2001
| clubs4 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| caps4 = 39
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2002
| clubs5 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2002–2003
| clubs6 = [[Villa Dálmine]]
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 462
| totalgoals = 10
| nationalyears1 = 1997
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 
| manageryears1 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = [[Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Sportivo Estudiantes|Sportivo Estudiantes]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2019
| managerclubs3 = [[Club Almirante Brown|Almirante Brown]]
}}
'''Raúl Ernesto Cardozo''' (born 28 October 1967) is a former Argentine [[Association football|football]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]] who is one of the most important players in the history of [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]].

==Career==
Cardozo, nicknamed ''Pacha'' was born in [[Morón]] and started his playing career with [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] during the 1986–87 season. He went on to play over 350 games for the club. He played during the golden era of the club in the mid-1990s when they won 9 major titles.

Cardozo helped Velez to win their first league title in 25 years when they claimed the [[Primera División Argentina 1992-93#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1993]] championship. The following season they won the [[Copa Libertadores]] and the [[Copa Intercontinental]].

Velez won both league titles during the [[1995-96 in Argentine football|1995–96]] season.

In 1997 Cardozo was called up to join the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina squad]] to play in the [[1997 Copa América]].

His last major title with Velez was the [[Primera División Argentina 1997-98#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1998]] championship.

In 1999 Cardozo left Velez, he played for a number of different teams: [[Newell's Old Boys]] and [[Chacarita Juniors]] in the [[Argentine Primera]], [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] in [[Uruguay]], where he won a league title, [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] in [[Paraguay]] and finally [[Villa Dálmine]] in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

==Coaching career==
Cardozo had been the assistant manager of [[Omar Asad]] at [[Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]] and [[Club Sportivo Estudiantes|Sportivo Estudiantes]]. In March 2019, he was appointed manager of [[Club Almirante Brown]].<ref>[http://www.el1digital.com.ar/articulo/view/80990/el-pacha-cardozo-asumio-como-entrenador-del-mirasol El Pacha Cardozo asumió como entrenador del Mirasol], el1digital.com.ar, 11 March 2019</ref> He left the club again at the end of June 2019.<ref>[https://www.tycsports.com/ascenso/pacha-cardozo-dejo-de-ser-el-entrenador-de-almirante-brown-20190626.html Pacha Cardozo dejó de ser el entrenador de Almirante Brown], tycsports.com, 26 June 2019</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
;Vélez Sársfield
* [[Apertura and Clausura in Argentine football|Torneo Apertura]]: [[Primera División Argentina 1995-96#Torneo Apertura|1995]]
* [[Apertura and Clausura in Argentine football|Torneo Clausura]]: [[Primera División Argentina 1992-93#Torneo Clausura|1993]], [[Primera División Argentina 1995-96#Torneo Clausura|1996]], [[Primera División Argentina 1997-98#Torneo Clausura|1998]]
* [[Copa Libertadores]]: [[Copa Libertadores 1994|1994]]
* [[European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1994 Intercontinental Cup|1994]]
* [[Copa Interamericana]]: 1994
* [[Supercopa Sudamericana]]: 1996
* [[Recopa Sudamericana]]: 1997

;Nacional
* [[Primera División Uruguaya]]: 2001

;Villa Dálmine
* [[Primera C Metropolitana]] Apertura: 2002

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=12584}}
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{{Argentina squad 1997 Copa América}}

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[[Category:1967 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Morón Partido]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers]]
[[Category:Newell's Old Boys footballers]]
[[Category:Chacarita Juniors footballers]]
[[Category:Club Olimpia footballers]]
[[Category:Club Nacional de Football players]]
[[Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:1997 Copa América players]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay]]
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[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]