Julio Cardeñosa Rodríguez (born 27 October 1949) is a Spanish former
footballer
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who played as a
central midfielder
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.
He played mainly for
Betis during his extensive professional career, winning the
1976–77 Copa del Rey
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First round
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with the club. He appeared for the
Spain national team in one
World Cup and one
European Championship.
Club career
Born in
Valladolid
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,
Castile and León
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, Cardeñosa arrived at
Real Betis
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from local
Real Valladolid
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in 1974, and remained there until his retirement. Left-footed, he possessed great technical ability which belied his thin physical build, and made 412 competitive appearances for the
Andalusia
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ns (307 in ten
La Liga
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seasons),
[ helping the club to lift the ]Copa del Rey
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in 1977
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.
Cardeñosa retired at age 35, then took up coaching mainly in the region. He started as a youth manager at Betis, and had two meaningless stints with the first team, including in 1990–91's top flight – seven matches, with eventual relegation.
Cardeñosa returned to Betis in 2010, as part of newly appointed manager Pepe Mel's coaching staff.
International career
Cardeñosa earned eight caps for Spain
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.[ His debut came on 30 November 1977 in a ]1978 FIFA World Cup
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The Cup was won by t ...
qualifier
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against Yugoslavia
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, playing the full 90 minutes in the decisive 1–0 away win.
Cardeñosa was subsequently picked for the final stages in Argentina
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. There, he notoriously missed an open goal chance in the group stage against Brazil
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in an eventual 0–0 draw, with Spain being eliminated precisely by the South America
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ns. He also represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1980.
Honours
Betis
*Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
: 1976–77[
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1949 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Valladolid
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Real Valladolid Promesas players
Real Valladolid players
Real Betis players
Spain amateur international footballers
Spain international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1980 players
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Real Betis managers
Córdoba CF managers
Écija Balompié managers