Edwin Cardona

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is Bedoya.
Edwin Cardona

Cardona playing for Monterrey against León in 2016
Personal information
Full name Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya
Date of birth (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Monterrey[1]
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2009 Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Atlético Nacional 102 (25)
2012Santa Fe (loan) 43 (9)
2013Junior (loan) 42 (7)
2015– Monterrey 43 (22)
National team
2009–2011 Colombia U20 16 (8)
2014– Colombia 14 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Edwin Andrés Cardona Bedoya (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðwiŋ karˈðona]; born 8 December 1992) is a Colombian professional football player who plays for Monterrey in the Liga MX.

An attacking midfielder, Cardona is known for his powerful shot, vision and for being an accurate set-piece taker.

Club career

Colombia

Cardona made his professional debut in 2009 with Atlético Nacional. His performances led him to getting called up for the Colombian under-20 team.

He won an Apertura with Nacional in 2011 before being loaned to fellow Colombian Side Santa Fe.

International career

Cardona represented his country at the 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Chile, where he became the top scorer with 7 goals in 7 matches, including a hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Ecuador. In doing so, he tremendously helped his country qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup due to take place in Nigeria from 24 October – 15 November. Cardona was selected to play for his country in the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France. He scored 3 goals in the Championships including two goals against Ivory Coast and a goal against Mexico in the semi-final. Colombia went on to win the final in a penalty shoot-out against the host nation France.

On October 3, 2014, Cardona was called up to the Colombian senior team, for the first time, by manager Jose Nestor Pekerman for the team's friendlies against El Salvador and Canada.[2] As a starter, he made his senior debut against El Salvador.

He was called up again for Colombia's national team on the 3rd of November 2014, this time for friendlies against the United States and Slovenia. He assisted Teófilo Gutiérrez in the 86th minute winning goal for an eventual 2-1 victory over the U.S.[3] Cardona would score his first goal for the national team against Kuwait in a 3-1 victory. Cardona scored his first goal during an official competition with the Colombian senior team during the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the Russia 2018 Worldcup match against Peru which was won by Colombia 2-0. [4]

International goals

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[5]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Final Competition
1.30 March 2015Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Kuwait
2–1
3–1
Friendly
2.8 October 2015Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Peru
2–0
2–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 24 March 2016 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia
3–2
3–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Atlético Nacional

Independiente Santa Fe

Monterrey

Country

Colombia U-20

Individual

References

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