Eduardo Acevedo

Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Mario Acevedo Cardozo
Date of birth	(1959-09-25) 25 September 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1986	Defensor Sporting
1986–1987	Deportivo La Coruña	5	(0)
1987–1991	Tecos UAG	80	(1)
1992	Toshiba
1993	Fénix
1994	Rentistas
1995	Sud América
International career
1983–1986	Uruguay	41	(1)
Managerial career
1996	Sud América
1998	Defensor Sporting
1999–2001	Deportivo Maldonado
2002	Gavilanes
2003–2004	Tecos
2004–2005	Morelia
2005–2006	Tecos
2009	Cerro
2009–2010	Nacional
2010	Estudiantes Tecos
2010–2011	Danubio
2012	Banfield
2015	Cerro
2016–2018	Defensor Sporting
2020	Universidad de Concepción
2021	Defensor Sporting
Medal record Representing  Uruguay Copa América Winner 1983 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Runner-up 1985 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Mario Acevedo Cardozo (born 25 September 1959) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender and manager.^[1] He obtained a total number of 41 international caps for the Uruguay national football team^[2] and was a member of the team that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Acevedo played club football for Defensor Sporting Club in Uruguay. After the 1986 World Cup, he played for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, Tecos UAG in Mexico, and Toshiba in Japan.

Acevedo returned to Uruguay in 1993 to play for C.A. Fenix; he then had short spells with C.A. Rentistas and Sud América.