Edwin Cardona
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monterrey[1] | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2009 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Atlético Nacional | 102 | (25) |
| 2012 | → Santa Fe (loan) | 43 | (9) |
| 2013 | → Junior (loan) | 42 | (7) |
| 2015– | Monterrey | 61 | (25) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Colombia U20 | 16 | (8) |
| 2014– | Colombia | 24 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2016 | |||
Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðwiŋ karˈðona]; born 8 December 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Monterrey and for Colombia.
An attacking midfielder, Cardona is known for his powerful shot, vision and for being an accurate set-piece taker.
Club career
Colombia
Cardona made his professional debut in 2009 with Atlético Nacional. His performances led him to getting called up for the Colombian under-20 team.
He won an Apertura with Nacional in 2011 before being loaned to fellow Colombian Side Santa Fe.
International career
Cardona represented his country at the 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Chile, where he became the top scorer with 7 goals in 7 matches, including a hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Ecuador. In doing so, he tremendously helped his country qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup due to take place in Nigeria from 24 October – 15 November. Cardona was selected to play for his country in the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France. He scored 3 goals in the Championships including two goals against Ivory Coast and a goal against Mexico in the semi-final. Colombia went on to win the final in a penalty shoot-out against the host nation France.
On 3 October 2014, Cardona was called up to the Colombian senior team, for the first time, by manager Jose Nestor Pekerman for the team's friendlies against El Salvador and Canada.[2] As a starter, he made his senior debut against El Salvador.
He was called up again for Colombia's national team on 3 November 2014, this time for friendlies against the United States and Slovenia. He assisted Teófilo Gutiérrez in the 86th minute winning goal for an eventual 2–1 victory over the U.S.[3] Cardona would score his first goal for the national team against Kuwait in a 3–1 victory. Cardona scored his first goal during an official competition with the Colombian senior team during the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the Russia 2018 Worldcup match against Peru which was won by Colombia 2–0. [4]
International goals
Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[5]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Final | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 March 2015 | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Kuwait |
Friendly | ||
| 2. | 8 October 2015 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Peru |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 3. | 24 March 2016 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia |  Bolivia |
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| 4. | 6 October 2016 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Paraguay |
Career statistics
Club
- As of 4 September 2016[6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | League | Cup[n 1] | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2009 | Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
| 2012 | Santa Fe | 34 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | |
| 2013 | Junior | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | |
| 2014 | Atlético Nacional | 32 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 59 | 17 | |
| Mexico | League | Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Monterrey | Liga MX | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| 2015–16 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 19 | ||
| 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 204 | 53 | 42 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 266 | 73 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Includes Copa Colombia and Superliga Colombiana.
International
- As of 6 October 2016[7]
| Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | |||
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 22 | 4 | |
Honours
Club
Atlético Nacional
- Categoría Primera A (2): 2011-I, 2014-I
Independiente Santa Fe
Country
Colombia U-20
Colombia
- Copa América: Third place 2016
Individual
- South American Under-17 Football Championship top scorer: 2009
- Star XI of the Americas (1): 2014
References
- ^ Edwin Cardona – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_estadisticas.jsp?evento=1062&ano=2009&slangab=E
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4375/editorials/2014/11/14/6155601/james-the-hero-as-colombians-make-a-home-away-from-home
- ^ http://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/seleccion/peru-vs-colombia-chocan-eliminatorias-rusia-2018-noticia-1846420
- ^ "Edwin Cardona International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 31 March 2015
- ^ Edwin Cardona at Soccerway
- ^ Cardona.html Edwin Cardona at National-Football-Teams.com
Colombia squads | |||||||
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Junior F.C. footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Liga MX players
- Colombia youth international footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- Colombian expatriates in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- 2015 Copa América players
- Copa América Centenario players
- Footballers from Medellín