Juan Carlos Cárdenas

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Juan Carlos Cárdenas

Full name	Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Date of birth	July 25, 1945 (1945-07-25) (age 62)
Place of birth	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Unión de Santiago del Estero
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1960-1962 1963 1964-1972 ? ? 1976	Unión (SdE) Nueva Chicago Racing Club Puebla Veracruz Racing Club	? (?) ? (?) 287 (81) ? (?) ? (?) (see above)
National team
?	Argentina	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Carlos Cárdenas (born July 25, 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^[1]. 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.

1 Titles
2 Coaching career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Titles

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

[edit] 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.