Sherman Cárdenas

Sherman Cárdenas

Personal information
Full name	Sherman Andrés Cárdenas Estupiñán
Date of birth	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989
Place of birth	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Santa Fe
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Atlético Bucaramanga	88	(9)
2009	Millonarios	21	(0)
2010	La Equidad	44	(7)
2011–2012	Junior	54	(4)
2013–	Atlético Nacional	79	(13)
2015	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)	17	(0)
2016–2017	→ Vitória (loan)	20	(0)
2017	→ LDU Quito (loan)	19	(2)
2018–2019	Atlético Bucaramanga	71	(12)
2020–	Junior	5	(0)
International career
2006	Colombia U17	11	(14)
2007	Colombia U20	16	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:46, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Estupiñán.

Sherman Andrés Cárdenas Estupiñán (born 7 August 1989) is a Colombian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Independiente Santafe.

Career

Atlético Mineiro

In February 2015, Cardenas was announced by the Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.

Football Manager

Sherman is well known for being a wonderkid on the popular video games series Football Manager. In a buzzfeed poll, he was recently voted as the 3rd best wonderkid of all time behind Iker Muniain and Cédric Bakambu.

International career

At the international level, he was part of the Colombian youth squad that won the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games deus e mais in Cartagena, and played with the Colombian youth team at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship in Paraguay, scoring his first international goal against Venezuela on 16 January 2007.

Statistics

Club performance

Club performance		League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colombia		Categoría Primera A		Copa Colombia		Continental1		Other2		Total
Millonarios	2009	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
La Equidad	2010	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	7
	Total	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	7
Junior	2011	24	1	10	0	5	0	0	0	39	1
	2012	30	3	8	4	5	1	1	0	44	8
	Total	54	4	18	4	10	1	1	0	83	9
Atlético Nacional	2013	34	6	9	3	8	1	0	0	51	10
	2014	31	6	8	4	20	2	2	0	61	12
	Total	65	12	17	7	28	3	2	0	112	22
Brazil		Campeonato Brasileiro Série A		Copa do Brasil		Continental1		Other3		Total
Atlético Mineiro	2015	17	0	0	0	4	0	8	0	29	0
	Total	17	0	0	0	4	0	8	0	29	0
Colombia		Categoría Primera A		Copa Colombia		Continental1		Other2		Total
Atlético Nacional	2016	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	1
	Total	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	1
Brazil		Campeonato Brasileiro Série A		Copa do Brasil		Continental1		Other4		Total
Vitória	2016	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	2017	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	7	0
	Total	20	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	29	0
Ecuador		Ecuadorian Serie A		-		Continental1		-		Total
L.D.U. Quito	2017	19	2	-		2	0	-		21	2
	Total	19	2	-		2	0	-		21	2
Colombia total		198	24	35	11	40	4	3	0	276	39
Brazil total		37	0	1	0	6	0	14	0	58	0
Ecuador total		19	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	2
Career total		254	26	36	11	48	4	17	0	355	41

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 8 December 2017.

¹ Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

² Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

³ Includes Campeonato Mineiro matches.

⁴ Includes Campeonato Baiano and Liga do Nordeste matches.

Honours

Club

Junior de Barranquilla

• Categoría Primera A (1): 2011-II

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A (3): 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I
• Copa Colombia (1): 2013

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 2015

Vitória

• Campeonato Baiano: 2017