Mario Cárdenas

Mario Cárdenas
Personal information
Full name	Mario Alberto Cárdenas Virrey
Date of birth	23 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Santos Laguna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Santos Laguna
2014	→ Calor de Gómez Palacio
2014	Pioneros de Cancún
2015	Cimarrones de Sonora
2016	Albinegros de Orizaba
2016–2018	Reboceros de La Piedad
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Alberto Cárdenas Virrey (born 23 August 1993) is a Mexican professional football player who last played for Reboceros de La Piedad.

Career

Cárdenas grew up playing baseball as a child, as was common in his hometown of Guaymas, but he began playing football at the age of 12.^[1] He was discovered by Santos Laguna scouts while playing in a national tournament, and immediately joined their youth ranks.^[1] In a span of two years, Cárdenas progressed from the under-17 squad to the senior team.^[1] He made his professional debut for Santos on 19 August 2012, coming on for Darwin Quintero in a 2–1 league defeat to Pumas UNAM.^[2]

Cárdenas was loaned out to Calor de Gómez Palacio in January 2014.^[3] After parting ways with Santos Laguna, he joined Pioneros de Cancún for six months.^[1]

Cárdenas returned to his home state when he joined Cimarrones de Sonora in 2015. In his first game as a starter, he scored a hat-trick to secure a 3–1 win against Estudiantes Tecos.^[4]^[5]

He played with Acaxees de Durango of the Liga de Balompié Mexicano during the league's inaugural season in 2020–21.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d de la Torre, Antonio (27 February 2015). "'Loco' por el futbol". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ Mario Cárdenas at Soccerway
^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (4 January 2014). "Mario Cárdenas se va al Calor de Gómez Palacio". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ González, Kevin (7 March 2015). "Cimarrones ganan con "hat trick" de Cárdenas". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ de la Torre, Antonio (9 March 2015). "Disfruta sus goles". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ Rodríguez, Julio (1 October 2020). "Acaxees gana a Los Cabos FC". El Sol de Durango (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.

External links

Mario Cárdenas (Mario Alberto Cárdenas Virrey) at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
Mario Cárdenas at Soccerway
Mario Cárdenas at WorldFootball.net

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[loco-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d de la Torre, Antonio (27 February 2015). "'Loco' por el futbol". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[2] Mario Cárdenas at Soccerway

[3] Rosas, Sergio Luis (4 January 2014). "Mario Cárdenas se va al Calor de Gómez Palacio". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[4] González, Kevin (7 March 2015). "Cimarrones ganan con "hat trick" de Cárdenas". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[5] Torre, Antonio (9 March 2015). "Disfruta sus goles". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[6] Rodríguez, Julio (1 October 2020). "Acaxees gana a Los Cabos FC". El Sol de Durango (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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