Óscar Cardozo: former Benfica goal machine announces retirement | OneFootball

It is official: Óscar 'Tacuara' Cardozo has brought his football career to an end. In the last few hours, the 43-year-old striker shared, on social media, a video with the best moments of his career and, as expected, the goalscorer also did not forget Benfica, the club he represented for several seasons.

According to reports, in the early hours of this Thursday, April 26, Cardozo used his Instagram account to post a video with some of the most important moments of his long and enviable career. Special mention goes to the song that was used, which was heard during the Paraguayan's time at Benfica: "Be careful, he is dangerous, he is Óscar Tacuara Cardozo".

With a long career spanning more than 20 years, the experienced forward played in South America, mostly in his home country and later in Argentina, before heading to the Old Continent with Benfica, the period in which Cardozo reached the peak of his football career.

His career began at 3 de Febrero, before moving to Nacional Asunción. Later, the former Glorioso number 7 moved to the Argentine league, where he played for Newell's Old Boys. From there, he made the jump to Benfica, where he stayed until 2014. In the final stretch of his career, the Paraguayan also represented Trabzonspor, Olympiakos and, in recent years, played for Libertad, in his home country.

At the Luz, Óscar Cardozo wasted no time in winning the hearts of Benfica fans, putting together several seasons with countless goals. The Paraguayan became, and still is, the Reds' top foreign goalscorer, with 172 goals in 293 official matches. .

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