Raúl Cárdenas

Raúl Cárdenas de la Vega (30 October 1928 – 26 March 2016) was a Mexican football player and coach, and was an Olympian.

Raúl Cárdenas
Personal information
Full name Raúl Cárdenas de la Vega
Date of birth (1928-10-30)30 October 1928
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death 26 March 2016(2016-03-26) (aged 87)[1]
Place of death Cuernavaca, Mexico[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Real Club España
1950–1951 Guadalajara
1951–1953 Marte
1953–1954 Puebla
1954–1965 Zacatepec
National team
1948–1962 Mexico 37 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Born in Mexico City, Cárdenas began playing football with Real Club España, making his Mexican Primera División debut against Asturias F.C. in the 1947–48 season. He would play three seasons with España before the club withdrew from the league.[3] He also competed for Mexico at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4]

Cárdenas played for C.D. Guadalajara, Club Deportivo Marte and Puebla F.C., before joining Zacatepec for 10 seasons. He retired from playing at age 37, becoming a coach for Cruz Azul.[3]

International

Cárdenas represented the Mexico national football team as a player in three FIFA World Cups: 1954, 1958 and 1962 tournaments.[3] He earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 3 goals.[5]

Managerial career

Cárdenas had four separate stints coaching the national team, including in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, held in home soil, where they reached the quarterfinals for the first time in history.[6] He also managed Cruz Azul towards their first 5 titles in 7 years in 8 finals. He also managed Club America for their 3rd title.

Cárdenas died in Cuernavaca, Morelos, on 25 March 2016, aged 87.[6]

Honours

Managerial

Cruz Azul

Club America

References
  1. "Murió Raúl Cárdenas, histórico del fútbol mexicano", Tudn (in Spanish), 25 March 2016
  2. Flores, Andrés (5 March 2018). "¿Quién fue Raúl Cárdenas? El gran entrenador del Cruz Azul". AS México (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Este fue, es y será tu equipo: Zacatepec" [This was, is and will be your team: Zacatepec] (in Spanish). El Sol de Cuernavaca. 10 January 2012.
  4. "Raúl Cárdenas Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  5. Appearances for Mexico National Team - RSSSF
  6. "Former Mexico coach Raul Cardenas dead". SK Football. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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