Carlos Cardoso (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lourenço and the second or paternal family name is Cardoso.

Carlos Cardoso
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Lourenço Cardoso
Date of birth (1944-12-29)29 December 1944
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death 27 December 2025(2025-12-27) (aged 80)
Position Defender
Youth career
Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1977 Vitória Setúbal 284 (2)
International career
1969 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
1979–1980 Barreirense
1980–1982 Nacional
1985–1986 O Elvas
1986–1987 União da Madeira
1987-1988 Lusit. Évora
1988–1990 O Elvas
1990–1991 Barreirense
1991–1992 Benfica Castelo Branco
1992–1994 O Elvas
1994–1995 Juventude Évora
1998–1999 Vitória Setúbal
2003 Vitória Setúbal
2006–2007 Vitória Setúbal
2009 Vitória Setúbal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Lourenço Cardoso (29 December 1944 – 27 December 2025) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender and later became a manager.

Cardoso's playing career saw him play only for his boyhood club Vitória de Setúbal between 1964 and 1977. Cardoso was part of the Setúbal side that won the Taça de Portugal in the 1964–65 and 1966–67 seasons.[citation needed]

He was also the manager responsible for promoting Lusitano de Évora from the third division to the second division in 1988.

Cardoso managed Vitória de Setúbal on four different spells, with the most recent being in 2009.[1]

Cardoso died on 27 December 2025 at the age of 80.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Cardoso à frente da equipa" [Carlos Cardoso at the front of the team]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ^ Carlos Cardoso, ex-jogador e treinador do Vitória de Setúbal, morre aos 80 anos (in Portuguese)
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