Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso (born 17 October 1968) is an Argentine former

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midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career in Germany. He was head coach of the reserve team of Hamburger SV between 2008 and 2014. He was most recently the assistant coach of Hamburger SV.

Club career

Born in

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, Cardoso started his professional playing career in 1987 with

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. In 1989, he was signed by German side

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. He went on to play for SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen before joining Hamburger SV in 1997. Between 1998 and 1999, he returned to Argentina on loan to

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and then

. He returned to Germany in 1999 and continued playing for the club until his retirement in 2004.

International career

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Cardoso was selected to join the Argentina squad for

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Coaching career

Cardoso became head coach of Hamburger SV II on 18 December 2008 after

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and his assistant coach Frank Pieper were dismissed. Cardoso became assistant coach of the first team on 14 March 2011. He returned to the reserve team on 1 July 2011 only to return to the first team as interim head coach on 19 September 2011 when

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was sacked. Cardoso, who didn't have the appropriate coaching licence, wasn't allowed to continue in his role as interim head coach and was relegated to assistant coach on 11 October 2011.

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took over as interim head coach. He returned to the reserve team on 17 October 2011. He was in that position until he was once again interim head coach of the first team from 17 September 2013 until 24 September 2013 when

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was hired as the new head coach. He returned to the position until the end of the 2013–14 season. On 31 March 2015, he returned to the reserve team of Hamburg. He became the third coach of the season. Cardoso left Hamburger SV on 12 March 2018.

Coaching record

Honours

Hamburger SV * DFL-Ligapokal:

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Argentine Primera statistics {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Rodolfo Esteban 1968 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers 1997 Copa América players Men's association football midfielders Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Boca Juniors footballers FC 08 Homburg players SC Freiburg players SV Werder Bremen players Hamburger SV players Argentine Primera División players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Argentine expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Hamburger SV non-playing staff