in the Quarter Finals and advance to a surprising semi-final where they lost to champions Tigres UANL 1–0. The following season however, Querétaro began the season with poor results, which once again emerged relegation problems against rivals Atlas and Estudiantes Tecos (relegated) which led to Cardozo's resignation. Club Olimpia (Return) After spending the 2011 and 2012 seasons at Querétaro, he was appointed to manage Olimpia once again on 25 September 2012 after the departure of Gregorio Perez. Toluca On 7 May 2013, Cardozo was announced as the new manager for Club Deportivo Toluca of Mexico where he played for 10 years (1995-2005). On 1 May 2016, during the 2016 Clausura, Cardozo confirmed that he would no longer coach Toluca beyond the end of the season despite still having a year left on his contract. He stated that since he did not meet his objective of reaching the Liga MX playoffs with the club, he had nothing more to do with the club, citing that Toluca was a big club with directors and fans that expected a lot more of the team than he could continue to offer. He stated that when a team can no longer accomplish what is asked of it, that the first change that must come is the manager, no questions about it. Chiapas Cardozo had a turbulent season at Chiapas during the Apertura 2016, being sacked in September and then brought back due to the petition of the chiapas players. He was ultimately sacked one week later after two more defeats. Puebla Cardozo took over Puebla FC early in the Clausura 2017 season. Guadalajara On 12 June 2018, Cardozo was appointed manager of Liga MX club Guadalajara. Honours Olimpia Paraguayan League: 1993 Toluca Mexican Primera División: Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2003 Paraguay CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1992 Summer Olympics silver medal: 2004 Individual Mexican Primera División Golden Ball: Apertura 2002 Mexican Primera División Golden Boot: Verano 1998, Verano 1999, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003 FIFA World Topscorer of the Year: 2003 (58 goals) Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2002, 2003 South American Footballer of the Year: 2002 All-time scorer for Deportivo Toluca (249 goals) See also Players and Records in Paraguayan Football References External links International statistics at rsssf Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI 1971 births Living people Paraguayan footballers Association football forwards FC St. Gallen players River