Manuel Cardoni

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Manuel Cardoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-09-22) 22 September 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 US Rumelange
1992–1996 Jeunesse Esch 93 (30)
1996–1998 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (0)
1998–2006 Jeunesse Esch 166 (30)
2006–2008 US Rumelange
Total260(60)
International career
1993–2004 Luxembourg 69 (5)
Managerial career
2008–2010 US Rumelange (assistant manager)
2010–2012 US Rumelange
2014– Luxembourg U21
2014–2021 Luxembourg U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Cardoni (born 22 September 1972) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player. He is the Technical Director at Luxembourg national football team.

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Cardoni is the son of Furio Cardoni, one of Luxembourg's finest players in the 1970s.

Club career

A tireless midfield playmaker, Cardoni started his career at US Rumelange before joining Luxembourg club Jeunesse Esch in 1992. He was then snapped up by Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, for whom he made only one substitute appearance (against Bayern Munich) in two seasons. [1] He became the third Luxembourgish player in the Bundesliga ever, after Nico Braun and Robby Langers.

He rejoined Jeunesse Esch in 1998 and became player-manager at US Rumelange in 2006.

Cardoni won the Luxembourgish Footballer of the Year award four times (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000). He now serves as an ambassador for the Special Olympics.

International career

Cardoni made his debut for Luxembourg in a May 1993 World Cup qualification match against Iceland and went on to earn 68 caps, scoring 5 goals. [2] He played in 22 World Cup qualification matches. [3]

His final international game was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein.

Honours

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References

  1. "Manuel Cardoni" (in German). Fussballportal.de. Archived from the original on 28 July 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. Manuel Cardoni FIFA competition record (archived)