 Cardeñosa in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio Cardeñosa Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-10-27)27 October 1949 (age 76) | ||
| Place of birth | Valladolid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Fernando | |||
| Arandina | |||
| Valladolid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1971 | Europa Delicias | ||
| 1971–1974 | Valladolid | 90 | (12) |
| 1974–1985 | Betis | 338 | (42) |
| Total | 428 | (54) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973–1975 | Spain amateur | 6 | (2) |
| 1977–1980 | Spain | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Betis B | ||
| 1990 | Betis | ||
| 1992 | Córdoba | ||
| 1994–1995 | San Roque | ||
| 1997–1999 | Écija | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julio Cardeñosa Rodríguez (born 27 October 1949) is a Spanish formerfootballer who played as acentral midfielder.
He played mainly forBetis during his extensive professional career, winning the1976–77 Copa del Rey with the club. He appeared for theSpain national team in oneWorld Cup and oneEuropean Championship.[1]
Born inValladolid,Castile and León, Cardeñosa arrived atReal Betis from localReal Valladolid in 1974, and remained there until his retirement.[2] Left-footed, he possessed great technical ability which belied his thin physical build, and made 412 competitive appearances for theAndalusians (307 in tenLa Liga seasons),[1] helping the club to lift theCopa del Rey in1977.[3]
Cardeñosa retired at age 35, then took up coaching mainly in the region. He started as a youth manager at Betis, and had two meaningless stints with the first team, including in1990–91's top flight – seven matches, with eventual relegation.[4]
Cardeñosa returned to Betis in 2010, as part of newly appointed managerPepe Mel's coaching staff.[5]
Cardeñosa earned eightcaps forSpain.[1] His debut came on 30 November 1977 in a1978 FIFA World Cupqualifier againstYugoslavia, playing the full 90 minutes in the decisive 1–0 away win.[6]
Cardeñosa was subsequently picked for the final stages inArgentina. There, he notoriously missed an open goal chance in the group stage againstBrazil in an eventual 0–0 draw, with Spain being eliminated precisely by theSouth Americans.[7] He also represented the nation atUEFA Euro 1980.[8]
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