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Juan Carlos Cárdenas
	Cárdenas with the Intercontinental Cup trophy, 1967
Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Date of birth	25 July 1945
Place of birth	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Date of death	30 March 2022 (aged 76)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Unión de Santiago del Estero
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1962	Unión (SdE)
1963	Nueva Chicago
1964–1972	Racing Club
1972–1975	Puebla
1975–1976	Veracruz
1976	Racing Club
International career
1967–1976	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009

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Juan Carlos Cárdenas (25 July 1945 – 30 March 2022) was an 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.^[2] He was 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 Camoteros de Puebla and Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz returning to Racing Club in 1976.

Titles

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

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 (being champion in this last one in 1977).

References

External links

(in Spanish) Fútbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 24, 2008)

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-'''Juan Carlos Cárdenas''' (25 July 1945 – 30 March 2022) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] and coach. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and [[Mexico]] as well as playing for the [[Argentina national football team]].<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/players/arg-players-6498.html rsssf Argentina international footballers]</ref> He is known by the nickname "El Chango" which was a common name for people from the north of Argentina.
+'''Juan Carlos Cárdenas''' (25 July 1945 – 30 March 2022) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] and coach. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and [[Mexico]] as well as playing for the [[Argentina national football team]].<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/players/arg-players-6498.html rsssf Argentina international footballers]</ref> He was 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 [[Club Atlético Nueva Chicago|Nueva Chicago]] before joining Racing Club in 1964. He was part of the [[Primera División Argentina|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.