Gabri Cardozo
Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gabriel Sebastián "Gabri" Cardozo Tomás (born 27 December 1997) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central defender for Gibraltar Football League club St Joseph's.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Sebastián Cardozo Tomás | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St Joseph's | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Taraguilla | |||
| 2013–2016 | Málaga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Málaga B | 14 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Oviedo B | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Extremadura B | 46 | (4) |
| 2020 | Extremadura | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Pobla Mafumet | 20 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Montijo | 47 | (4) |
| 2023– | St Joseph's | 61 | (8) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2026 | |||
Club career
Born in Montevideo, Cardozo moved to Cádiz, Andalusia at early age, and joined Málaga CF's youth setup in 2013, aged 15.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 August 2016, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División home win against UD Ciudad de Torredonjimeno.[2]
Cardozo scored his first senior goal on 11 September 2016, netting his team's second in a 4–1 home routing of UD Maracena.[3] The following 31 August, after featuring sparingly, he moved to another reserve team, Real Oviedo Vetusta also in the fourth division.[4]
On 23 August 2018, Cardozo joined Extremadura UD and was assigned to the B-side also in the fourth tier.[5] He made his first team debut on 12 July 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Sabit Abdulai in a 3–2 away defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña in the Segunda División championship.[6]
On 2 October 2020, Cardozo moved to another reserve team, CF Pobla de Mafumet also in division four.[7] The next season he moved to UD Montijo. After 2 seasons there, he transferred once more, to St Joseph's.[8]
Personal life
Cardozo's father Gerardo was also a footballer. He is also the godson of Walter Pandiani.[1]