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Julio Cardeñosa
	Cardeñosa in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Julio Cardeñosa Rodríguez
Date of birth	27 October 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Valladolid, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	San Fernando
	Arandina
	Valladolid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1971	Europa Delicias
1971–1974	Valladolid
1974–1985	Betis
Total
International career
1973–1975	Spain amateur
1977–1980	Spain
Managerial career
1989–1990	Betis B
1990	Betis
1992	Córdoba
1994–1995	San Roque
1997–1999	Écija
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio Cardeñosa Rodríguez (born 27 October 1949) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder.

He played mainly for Betis during his extensive professional career, winning the 1976–77 Copa del Rey with the club. He appeared for the Spain national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.^[1]

Club career

Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Cardeñosa arrived at Real Betis from local Real Valladolid in 1974, and remained there until his retirement.^[2] Left-footed, he possessed great technical ability which belied his thin physical build, and made 412 competitive appearances for the Andalusians (307 in ten La Liga seasons),^[1] helping the club to lift the Copa del Rey in 1977.^[3]

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.^[4]

Cardeñosa returned to Betis in 2010, as part of newly appointed manager Pepe Mel's coaching staff.^[5]

International career

Cardeñosa earned eight caps for Spain.^[1] His debut came on 30 November 1977 in a 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Yugoslavia, playing the full 90 minutes in the decisive 1–0 away win.^[6]

Cardeñosa was subsequently picked for the final stages in Argentina. There, he notoriously missed an open goal chance in the group stage against Brazil in an eventual 0–0 draw, with Spain being eliminated precisely by the South Americans.^[7] He also represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1980.^[8]

Honours

Betis

Copa del Rey: 1976–77^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Del Barco, Carlos (1 June 2018). "Julio Cardeñosa, el '10' estigmatizado por un 'no gol'" [Julio Cardeñosa, the '10' outcast by a 'no goal']. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ De Pablos, Luis Miguel (17 October 2018). "Julio Cardeñosa, la leyenda vallisoletana del Betis que pudo ser del Sevilla" [Julio Cardeñosa, the vallisoletana legend of Betis who could have been of Sevilla]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Rovira, Ramón (26 June 1977). "2–2: Los andaluces remontaron dos ventajas vascas" [2–2: The Andalusians countered Basques' advantage twice]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ Morán, Miguel Ángel; González, Nacho (24 May 2015). "Tercer ascenso bético de Mel" [Third betis promotion for Mel]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ Pinilla, Daniel (12 July 2010). "Pepe Mel aterriza en un Betis que debe recortar gastos" [Pepe Mel lands in a Betis who must engage in paycuts]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ Rovira, Ramón (1 December 1977). "0–1: La batalla de Belgrado para España" [0–1: Spain took the battle of Belgrade]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ González, Ángel (12 July 2010). "En memoria de los 'nadies' y los 'malditos'" [Here's to the 'nobodies' and the 'damned']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Espina, José A. (28 December 2017). "Cardeñosa: "He leído As estos 50 años; ahora, en la tablet"" [Cardeñosa: "I've read As these 50 years; now, in my tablet"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.