Carlos Cardoso (footballer)
Portuguese footballer and manager (1944–2025)
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Carlos Alberto Lourenço Cardoso (29 December 1944 – 27 December 2025) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender and later became a manager.
Full name
Carlos Alberto Lourenço Cardoso
Date of birth
29 December 1944
Place of birth
Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death
27 December 2025 (aged 80)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alberto Lourenço Cardoso | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 27 December 2025 (aged 80) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vitória Setúbal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1977 | Vitória Setúbal | 284 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1969 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Barreirense | ||
| 1980–1982 | Nacional | ||
| 1985–1986 | O Elvas | ||
| 1986–1987 | União da Madeira | ||
| 1987-1988 | Lusit. Évora | ||
| 1988–1990 | O Elvas | ||
| 1990–1991 | Barreirense | ||
| 1991–1992 | Benfica Castelo Branco | ||
| 1992–1994 | O Elvas | ||
| 1994–1995 | Juventude Évora | ||
| 1998–1999 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2003 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2006–2007 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2009 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cardoso's playing career saw him play only for his boyhood club Vitória de Setúbal between 1964 and 1977. Cardoso was part of the Setúbal side that won the Taça de Portugal in the 1964–65 and 1966–67 seasons.[citation needed]
He was also the manager responsible for promoting Lusitano de Évora from the third division to the second division in 1988.
Cardoso managed Vitória de Setúbal on four different spells, with the most recent being in 2009.[1]
Cardoso died on 27 December 2025 at the age of 80.[2]
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