Johnny Cardoso has repeatedly taken steps ahead in his profession and his most up-to-date one is unquestionably the most important but.
Cardoso made the transfer to La Liga giants Atletico Madrid earlier this summer season in a everlasting deal from fellow Spanish membership Actual Betis. The New Jersey native made the roughly 329-mile transfer north to Madrid, becoming a member of up with Diego Simeone’s squad forward of the brand new marketing campaign.
After initially breaking via at Brazilian Serie A aspect Internacional, Cardoso’s rising position in South America earned him a leap to Actual Betis. A brand new alternative working with longtime supervisor Manuel Pellegrini allowed Cardoso to check himself in certainly one of Europe’s top-five leagues, whereas additionally that includes in a European Closing (UEFA Europa Convention League).
Now with a transfer to a title-challenger in Atletico Madrid, Cardoso is able to carry the identical depth that helped him get to the place he’s at the moment.
“It’s a dream come true being right here, experiencing this with my household,” Cardoso mentioned throughout a membership interview after his presentation on the Metropolitano Stadium. “It’s an enormous membership which has the identical ambition as I do.
“It’s a privilege to be with all of the workers and particularly [Simeone],” he added. “He [Simeone] performed in my place, and I’m able to evolve and be taught from him.”
Cardoso signed a five-year contract with Atletico and can put on the No. 5 jersey this season, a quantity that was open following Argentina worldwide Rodrigo De Paul’s transfer to Inter Miami. He’s certainly one of six summer season signings by the membership, becoming a member of Thiago Almada, David Hancko, and Alex Baena as a number of the latest faces within the crimson, white, and blue of the Atletico colours.
A hardworking and versatile midfielder, Cardoso will goal to raise his first trophy at membership degree this season as Atletico goals to make a deep run in all three of its competitions. He got here near doing so towards Chelsea final Might till a second-half comeback from the English membership condemned Actual Betis to a 4-1 loss within the Convention League Closing.
Atletico could have La Liga, Copa Del Rey, and UEFA Champions League aspirations this season and Cardoso believes by subsequent Might, it is going to go down as a memorable one for him and the membership.
“I’ve quite a lot of confidence within the venture, with what the membership has mentioned to me,” Cardoso mentioned. “We have now the identical hopes, to continue to grow and to win trophies. It’s a crew that has introduced in quite a lot of gamers, quite a lot of younger gamers, to mix with expertise. We play in quite a lot of competitions, and we have now complete conviction of with the ability to combat for all of them.
“We’re all on the identical degree,” he added. “Atleti are a really large crew….Simeone has been displaying me issues from the beginning, I’m studying loads. It’s going to be a particular season.”
Atletico Madrid opens La Liga play on August 17 towards Espanyol.