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.

Gabri Cardozo
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Sebastián Cardozo Tomás
Date of birth (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s) 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 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024

Club career edit

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 edit

Cardozo's father Gerardo was also a footballer. He is also the godson of Walter Pandiani.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gabri, el ahijado del 'Rifle' Pandiani" [Gabri, the godson of 'Rifle' Pandiani] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlético Malagueño debut with a win (1–0)". Málaga CF. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Demasiado At. Malagueño para la UD Maracena, 4–1" [Too much At. Malagueño for UD Maracena, 4–1] (in Spanish). Granada en Juego. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Owusu y Yeboah, refuerzos desde Ghana para el ataque del Oviedo" [Owusu and Yeboah, additions from Ghana for Oviedo's attack] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Gabri Cardozo, uruguayo para el Extremadura B" [Gabri Cardozo, Uruguayan for Extremadura B] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ "El Dépor sucumbe ante el Extremadura y seguirá sufriendo" [Dépor fall against Extremadura and will remain suffering] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  7. ^ "La Pobla de Mafumet es reforça amb un central procedent de l'Extremadura B" [Pobla is bolstered by a stopper coming from Extremadura B] (in Catalan). El Vallenc. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ^ Introducing Gabri St Joseph's FC. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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