Miguel Filipe Nunes Cardoso (born 19 June 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger for Turkish club Kayserispor.

Club career

Born in

São Sebastião da Pedreira São Sebastião da Pedreira (English: '' Saint Sebastian of the Quarry'') was a Portuguese parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon. With the 2012 Administrative Reform, the former ''São Sebastião da Pedreira'' parish merged with the ...

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, Cardoso finished his development with

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in 2012, after having represented four other clubs including S.L. Benfica and

Casa Pia AC Casa Pia Atlético Clube is a Portuguese multi-sports founded in 1920 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, best-known for its football team, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after Casa Pia, a Portuguese children's charity, and many ...

. He made his senior debut on 2 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1

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home draw against

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. Cardoso scored his first goal as a senior on 30 March 2013, the second in the 6–1 home rout of G.D. Peniche. He finished the season with 17 appearances and three goals. On 29 January 2014, aged 20, Cardoso moved to Spain after signing with Deportivo de La Coruña, being assigned to the reserves in the

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. On 31 March 2015, after scoring a

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in a 5–0 home victory over Silva SD, he signed a professional contract running until 2017, being also promoted to the main squad. Cardoso played his first game as a professional on 2 December 2015, starting in a 2–1 away win against

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in the

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of the

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. He first appeared in

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ten days later, replacing Juanfran for the last 20 minutes and providing an

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for

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as the visitors came from behind 2–0 at

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to draw 2–2. On 28 January 2016, Cardoso was loaned to

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União or União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six appearances in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989� ...

until June 2017. On 4 July, he cut ties with ''Dépor'' and signed for

C.D. Tondela Clube Desportivo de Tondela () is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso ...

just hours later. In his second season at the latter, he scored eight

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goals to help to an 11th-place finish, adding six assists. Cardoso joined Russian Premier League club

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on 31 August 2018, on a four-year contract. In his second game as a starter, on 14 September, he opened the scoring in the fifth minute of an eventual 1–1 away draw with defending champions

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

. On 19 February 2020, Cardoso was loaned to FC Tambov of the same country and league until the end of the campaign. In August, he returned to his country after joining B-SAD also in a temporary deal. Cardoso terminated his contract with Dynamo in August 2021, by mutual consent. Shortly after, he moved to Turkish

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's Kayserispor.

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