Eduardo Mario Acevedo Cardozo (born 25 September 1959) is a Uruguayan former
footballer
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who played as a
defender and manager. He obtained a total number of 41 international caps for the
Uruguay national football team
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and was a member of the team that competed at the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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.
Career
Acevedo played club football for
Defensor Sporting Club
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...
in Uruguay. After the 1986 World Cup, he played for
Deportivo de La Coruña
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in Spain,
Tecos UAG
Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional Association football, football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the ''Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March ...
in Mexico, and
Toshiba
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in Japan.
Acevedo returned to Uruguay in 1993 to play for
C.A. Fenix; he then had short spells with
C.A. Rentistas
Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a Uruguayan professional football (soccer), football club based in Cerrito de la Victoria, Montevideo. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the Uruguayan Segunda División.
History
In 1971 ...
and
Sud América
Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or just IASA, is a football club from Montevideo. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda Division.
History
Sud América has won the Uruguayan 2nd Division on 7 occasion ...
.
References
External links
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Official site
1959 births
Living people
Footballers from Montevideo
Men's association football defenders
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguay men's international footballers
1983 Copa América players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Copa América-winning players
Defensor Sporting players
Deportivo de La Coruña players
Tecos F.C. footballers
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Centro Atlético Fénix players
C.A. Rentistas players
Sud América players
Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Uruguayan Primera División players
Segunda División players
Liga MX players
Uruguayan football managers
Deportivo Maldonado managers
C.A. Cerro managers
Club Atlético Banfield managers
Tecos F.C. managers
Atlético Morelia managers
Defensor Sporting managers
C.D. Universidad de Concepción managers
Expatriate football managers in Chile
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Argentina
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