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Jose Saturnino Cardozo

The national team's record holder for the number of goals scored in history is 25. He became the top scorer of the Mexican championship four times.
Date of Birth: 19.03.1971
Country: Paraguay

Content:
  1. International Career
  2. Club Career
  3. Titles
  4. CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 2003 (Toluca)

International Career

José Saturnino Cardozo is the all-time top scorer for the Paraguay national team, with 25 goals. He was also the top scorer in the Mexican championship four times. In 2002, he was named South American Footballer of the Year and, in 2003, he was recognized by FIFA as the world's leading goalscorer with 58 goals for the year.

Cardozo participated in the 2004 Olympic Games as an over-23 player. Paraguay reached the final but lost to Argentina. He participated twice in the World Cups, in 1998 and 2002. He was also included in the squad for the 2006 World Cup but had to give up his place to Dante López due to injury.

Club Career

José Saturnino Cardozo is the all-time top scorer in the history of the Toluca club in Mexico. In 2006, Cardozo returned to Paraguay, but the transfer window had already closed, so he could not be registered with Olimpia. For this reason, he decided to end his football career.

In the 2006/2007 season, he began his coaching career, becoming head coach of Olympia Asunción.

Titles

Champion of Paraguay (1): 1993 (Olimpia)

Champion of Mexico (4): Summer 1998, Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Spring 2002

CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 2003 (Toluca)

U-23 South American Champion (1): 1992 (Paraguay)
Copa Libertadores finalist (2): 1993, 2001
Olympic silver medalist (1): 2004 (Paraguay)
Individual Achievements
Top scorer in the Mexican championship (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2003 (58 goals)
Paraguayan Footballer of the Year (3): 2000, 2002, 2003
South American Footballer of the Year (1): 2002
Top scorer in the history of the Paraguay national team (25 goals)
Top scorer in the history of Toluca (249 goals)
IFFHS award for the best goalscorer in national championships: 2003