Rubén Cárdenas

Rubén Cárdenas
Personnel
place of birth	Mexico
position	Defense / midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1970-1973	Club America
1973-1974	Puebla FC
1974-1977	CD Guadalajara
1977-1979	Club America
1 Only league games are given.

Rubén Cárdenas , also known by the nickname Totol , is a retired Mexican soccer player who played in both defense and midfield .

Life

During his professional career, Cárdenas was mainly under contract with the two major rivals of Mexican football , Club América and Chivas Guadalajara .

While "Totol" Cárdenas could not win any titles with Chivas, he won the championship title of the 1970/71 season during his first phase with the Americanistas and after his return the CONCACAF Champions Cup on January 18, 1978. In the 1973/74 season he stood presumably under contract with Puebla FC .

successes

• Mexican champion : 1970/71
• CONCACAF Champions Cup : 1977/78

References and comments

1. ↑ Chivas pone tregua a su "odio" con América: Jugadores que han jugado en Chivas y América (Spanish; article from June 3, 2014)
2. ↑ The article dedicated to Cárdenas in the Spanish-language Wikipedia (button on the left) does not mention the club membership before 1973 and dates his club membership to Club America only in the 1978/79 season (his membership to Club America in this season is in the local article about the CD Coyotes Neza attests), while the report on the Mexican Súper Clásico in the English language Wikipedia sees it from 1970 to 1973 at Club America and from 1974 to 1980 consistently (and thus proven to be incorrect) at Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
3. ↑ 35 años del Campeonato de CONCACAF 1977-78 (Spanish; accessed January 18, 2017)
4. ↑ cf. the article dedicated to Cárdenas in the Spanish language Wikipedia (button on the left)