Sherman Cárdenas
Sherman Andrés Cárdenas Estupiñán (born 7 August 1989) is a Colombian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Independiente Santafe.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sherman Andrés Cárdenas Estupiñán | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucaramanga, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Santa Fe | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 88 | (9) |
| 2009 | Millonarios | 21 | (0) |
| 2010 | La Equidad | 44 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Junior | 54 | (4) |
| 2013– | Atlético Nacional | 79 | (13) |
| 2015 | → Atlético Mineiro (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Vitória (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2017 | → LDU Quito (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 71 | (12) |
| 2020– | Junior | 5 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Colombia U17 | 11 | (14) |
| 2007 | Colombia U20 | 16 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:46, 3 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career
Atlético Mineiro
In February 2015, Cardenas was announced by the Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.[1]
Football Manager
Sherman is well known for being a wonderkid on the popular video games series Football Manager. In a buzzfeed poll, he was recently voted as the 3rd best wonderkid of all time behind Iker Muniain and Cédric Bakambu.
International career
At the international level, he was part of the Colombian youth squad that won the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games deus e mais in Cartagena, and played with the Colombian youth team at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship in Paraguay, scoring his first international goal against Venezuela on 16 January 2007.
Statistics
Club performance
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | Categoría Primera A | Copa Colombia | Continental1 | Other2 | Total | ||||||
| Millonarios | 2009 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| La Equidad | 2010 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| Total | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |
| Junior | 2011 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 8 | |
| Total | 54 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 9 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 2013 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 10 |
| 2014 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 12 | |
| Total | 65 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 22 | |
| Brazil | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | Copa do Brasil | Continental1 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
| Atlético Mineiro | 2015 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Colombia | Categoría Primera A | Copa Colombia | Continental1 | Other2 | Total | ||||||
| Atlético Nacional | 2016 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Brazil | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | Copa do Brasil | Continental1 | Other4 | Total | ||||||
| Vitória | 2016 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorian Serie A | - | Continental1 | - | Total | ||||||
| L.D.U. Quito | 2017 | 19 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 19 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 2 | |||
| Colombia total | 198 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 276 | 39 | |
| Brazil total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |
| Ecuador total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| Career total | 254 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 355 | 41 | |
- Statistics accurate as of last match played on 8 December 2017.[2]
1 Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
2 Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.
3 Includes Campeonato Mineiro matches.
4 Includes Campeonato Baiano and Liga do Nordeste matches.
Honours
Club
- Junior de Barranquilla
- Atlético Nacional
- Categoría Primera A (3): 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I
- Copa Colombia (1): 2013
- Atlético Mineiro
- Vitória
- Campeonato Baiano: 2017
References
- CONMEBOL official match report
- Sherman Cárdenas at Soccerway