Juan Carlos Cárdenas

Juan Carlos Cárdenas

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Date of birth	(1945-07-25) July 25, 1945
Place of birth	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Unión de Santiago del Estero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960-1962	Unión (SdE)	?	(?)
1963	Nueva Chicago	?	(?)
1964-1972	Racing Club	287	(81)
?	Puebla	?	(?)
?	Veracruz	?	(?)
1976	Racing Club	(see above)
International career
1967–1976	Argentina	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009

Juan Carlos Cárdenas (born 25 July 1945 in Santiago del Estero) is a former Argentine footballer and coach. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Mexico as well as playing for the Argentina national football team. He is known by the nickname "El Chango" which was a common name for people from the north of Argentina.

Cárdenas was spotted in 1962 by Racing Club de Avellaneda playing as a teenager for Unión de Santiago del Estero. He spent one year in the Argentine 2nd Division with Nueva Chicago before joining Racing Club in 1964. He was part of the championship winning team of 1966. In 1967 he helped the club to win the Copa Libertadores and later that year he scored the decisive goal against Celtic F.C. in the Copa Intercontinental to make Racing Club the first Argentine club to become club champions of the world.

In 1972 Cárdenas moved to Mexico where he played for Puebla and Veracruz returning to Racing Club in 1976.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1966	Racing Club	Primera División Argentina
1967	Racing Club	Copa Libertadores
1967	Racing Club	Copa Intercontinental

Coaching career

After retiring as a player Cárdenas became the manager of several lower league teams in Argentina, including All Boys, Deportivo Armenio and General Lamadrid (being champion in this last one in 1977).

External links

• (Spanish) Fútbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 24, 2008)