Gabriel Sebastián "Gabri" Cardozo Tomás (born 27 December 1997) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club UD Montijo.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Sebastián Cardozo Tomás | ||
Date of birth | (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Montijo | ||
Number | 5 | ||
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– | Montijo | 22 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2022 |
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]
Cardozo's father Gerardo was also a footballer. He is also the godson of Walter Pandiani.[1]