José Cardozo

José Saturnino Cardozo is the kind of striker whose legend lives in club lore as much as international highlight reels. What stays with me is that he remains Toluca FC's all-time leading scorer in Mexico, a record that tells you everything about his predatory instinct in the box during his peak years. A Paraguayan from Nueva Italia, he had the build at 183 centimeters to bully defenders but, by reputation, the finishing touch to make it look effortless. I like that he didn't drift away from the game after retiring; moving into management, most recently with Municipal Liberia, suggests someone who genuinely wanted to keep shaping football beyond his goalscoring.

Name (English)

José Cardozo

Name (Japanese)

ホセ・カルドーソ

Reading

ほせ・かるどーそ

Born

March 19, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

Origin

Nueva Italia, Central Department, Paraguay

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD

Tags

• Central Department
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.