Óscar Cardozo

Óscar René Cardozo Marín ( born May 20, 1983 in Juan Eulogio Estigarribia ) is a Paraguayan football player. He plays as a striker since July 2007, at Benfica in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

  • 2.1 Title
  • 2.2 Personal Awards

Career

Association

His career began in 2003 at the Cardozo Paraguayan CA 3 de Febrero before moving to Club Nacional, in which he played from 2004 to 2006. After his move to CA Newell 's Old Boys he gave on August 6, 2006, compared Velez Sarsfield his debut in the Argentine first division. Until June 2007 Cardozo could in 86 games already achieve 47 goals, including 20 in the 32 games for Newell's Old Boys. In 2006 he was Paraguayan Footballer of the Year. In the Torneo Clausura 2007 Cardozo was after Martin Palermo CA Boca Juniors with nine top scorer of the Primera Division.

In June 2007, moved Tacuara as Cardozo is called by his fans, for 9.165 million € million of the Newell 's Old Boys to Portugal to Benfica, where he was making it the second most expensive purchase of the club's history. With Benfica he was twice the Portuguese League Cup and 2010 for the first time win the championship. 2009 Cardozo was again elected Footballer of the Year in Paraguay. In the championship season 2009/10 he was with 26 goals scorer in the Liga Sagres. In the same year he was with nine goals scored together with Claudio Pizarro of Werder Bremen also the best scorer in the UEFA Europa League. In the season 2011/12 Cardozo was again with 20 goals scorer in the Portuguese league. In the Europa League 2012/13 he scored six goals in eight games and had so significant proportion of the catchment Benfica in the final.

National

In the Paraguayan national Cardozo made ​​his debut on 7 October 2006 against Australia. He scored his first goal on 6 June 2007 in a 1-0 win against Mexico.

Cardozo took part in the Copa América in 2007 and at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Achievements

Title

  • Portuguese Cup: 2010
  • Taça da Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Personal Awards

  • Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009
  • Scorer in the Liga Sagres: 2010, 2012
  • Scorer in the UEFA Europa League: 2010
S.L. Benfica 2009–10 Primeira Liga 2011–12 Primeira Liga 2013–14 Primeira Liga Artur Moraes Ljubomir Fejsa Rúben Amorim Miralem Sulejmani Maximiliano Pereira Carlos Jorge Neto Martins Eduardo Salvio Jonathan Urretaviscaya Ezequiel Garay Jardel Nivaldo Vieira Ivan Cavaleiro Jorge Jesus
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