Héctor Fabio Cárdenas Berrío (born 28 August 1979) is a Colombian football manager. He is the current manager of Colombian club Internacional de Palmira.

Héctor Cárdenas
Personal information
Full name Héctor Fabio Cárdenas Berrío
Date of birth (1979-08-28) 28 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Team information
Current team
Internacional Palmira (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2011–2014 Deportivo Cali (youth)
2012 Deportivo Cali (interim)
2014 Deportivo Cali
2015–2016 Deportivo Cali (youth)
2017 Deportivo Cali
2018–2022 Colombia U17
2022–2024 Colombia U20
2022 Colombia (interim)
2023–2024 Colombia U23
2024– Internacional Palmira

Career

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Born in Cali, Cárdenas worked for the Valle del Cauca Department League and Boca Juniors de Cali before joining Deportivo Cali in 2011, as a youth coach. On 9 October 2012, he was named interim manager of the first team for the remainder of the season, after Julio Comesaña resigned.[1]

Cárdenas returned to his previous role after the appointment of Leonel Álvarez, but was named manager of the club on 26 February 2014, after Álvarez was sacked.[2] On 2 December 2014, Deportivo Cali announced that Cárdenas would not be the manager of the club for the ensuing campaign,[3] and he subsequently returned to the youth setup.

On 13 March 2017, Cárdenas was again named manager of the first team in the place of Mario Yepes.[4] On 17 October, however, he was himself dismissed.[5]

On 30 May 2018, Cárdenas was appointed manager of the Colombia national under-17 team.[6] He became the manager of the under-20s on 16 February 2022,[7] being also named interim manager of the full side in May.[8] On 27 June 2023, he was also appointed as manager of the national under-23 team,[9] however, he was dismissed from the Colombian youth sides on 12 February 2024 following the poor performances of the under-23 side at the 2023 Pan American Games and the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[10]

On 14 August 2024, Cárdenas was announced as manager of Internacional F.C. de Palmira, in the Colombian second tier league Categoría Primera B.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas ya dirige al Deportivo Cali" [Héctor Cárdenas already manages Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Colombia.com. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Leonel Álvarez sale del Deportivo Cali y llega Héctor Cárdenas" [Leonel Álvarez leaves Deportivo Cali and Héctor Cárdenas arrives] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas no será más técnico de Deportivo Cali" [Héctor Cárdenas will no longer be the manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Confirmado: Héctor Cárdenas fue presentado como DT del Deportivo Cali" [Confirmed: Héctor Cárdenas was presented as maanger of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). El País. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas ya no es más director técnico del Deportivo Cali" [Héctor Cárdenas is no longer manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). El País. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas, es el nuevo entrenador de la Selección Colombia Sub 17" [Héctor Cárdenas, is the new manager of the Colombia under-17 national team] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Las selecciones menores de Colombia ya tienen técnico en propiedad" [The youth sides of Colombia already have a permanent manager] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas le inyecta sangre nueva a la Selección Colombia para el duelo frente a Arabia Saudita" [Héctor Cárdenas pumps new blood in the Colombia national team for the match against Saudi Arabia] (in Spanish). ESPN. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Héctor Cárdenas es nombrado técnico de la Sub 23" [Héctor Cárdenas is appointed as manager of the Under-23s] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Oficial: Héctor Cárdenas deja de ser el director técnico de la selección sub 23" [Official: Héctor Cárdenas ceases to be the manager of the under-23 national team] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Oficial: Héctor Cárdenas dirigirá a tradicional equipo del FPC" [Official: Héctor Cárdenas will manage a traditional FPC team] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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