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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is Cardoso.

João Lucas "Johnny" de Souza Cardoso (born September 20, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the United States national team.

Johnny Cardoso

Cardoso in 2023

Personal information
Full name João Lucas de Souza Cardoso[1]
Date of birth September 20, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Denville, New Jersey, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information

Current team

 Betis
Number 4
Youth career
2012–2013 Criciúma
2013–2014 Avaí
2014–2019 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 Internacional 117 (6)
2024– Betis 19 (1)
International career‡
2021– United States U23 4 (0)
2020– United States 17 (0)

Medal record

Men's soccer
Representing  United States
CONCACAF Nations League
Winner 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 1, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 10, 2024

Cardoso was born in Denville Township, New Jersey, United States, to Brazilian parents and moved to Brazil when he was three months old.[3] He had stints at Avaí and Criciúma before moving to the youth academy of Internacional.[4]

Cardoso made his professional debut with Internacional in a 3–1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A win over Atlético Mineiro on September 15, 2019.[5]

On December 27, 2023, it was officially announced that Cardoso would be transferring to La Liga club Real Betis on a reported five-year contract worth $6.3 million.[6] On January 21, 2024, Cardoso made his debut for Betis, starting and playing 73 minutes in a league match against FC Barcelona which finished in a 2–4 loss.[7]

International career

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Eligible to represent both Brazil and the United States, Cardoso received his first call-up to the United States under-23 training camp in October 2019.[8] He received his first call up to the senior United States squad for matches against Wales and Panama in November 2020.[9]

Cardoso was subsequently called up again to the United States under-23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship,[10] in which the United States failed to qualify for the Olympics.

He holds an Italian passport, which allows him to be registered as an EU player for European leagues.[11]

As of match played September 1, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internacional 2019 Série A 1 0 — — — 1 0
2020 13 0 4 0 1 0 3[c] 0 21 0
2021 27 0 4 1 2 1 1[c] 0 34 2
2022 24 3 10 0 1 0 4[d] 0 39 3
2023 22 2 12 0 4 0 11[c] 0 49 2
Total 87 5 30 1 8 1 19 0 144 7
Betis 2023–24 La Liga 17 1 — — 2[e] 0 19 1
2024–25 La Liga 2 0 — 0 0 2[e] 0 4 0
Total 19 1 — 0 0 4 0 23 1
Career total 106 6 30 1 8 1 23 0 167 8
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
As of match played September 7, 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2020 2 0
2021 1 0
2022 1 0
2023 5 0
2024 8 0
Total 17 0

United States

Individual

  1. ^ "National team roster, 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup: USA" (PDF). CONCACAF. June 18, 2021. pp. 1–2. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Johnny Cardoso" (in Portuguese). Sport Club Internacional. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Meet Johnny: The New Jersey boy on the brink of becoming Brazilian title winner with Internacional | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Norte-americano, artilheiro e capitão do sub-20: conheça Johnny". July 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Atlético Mineiro vs. Internacional - 15 September 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "USMNT midfielder Cardoso completes Real Betis transfer". Pro Soccer Wire. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Cardoso makes Real Betis debut with start against Barcelona". Pro Soccer Wire. January 21, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "KREIS NAMES 25-PLAYER ROSTER FOR U-23 USMNT TRAINING CAMP IN MIAMI". US Soccer. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "USMNT ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: BERHALTER CALLS 24 PLAYERS FOR NOVEMBER CAMP MATCHES VS WALES AND PANAMA". ussoccer.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team Head Coach Jason Kreis Names Roster for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Fiorentina approach USMNT midfielder Cardoso". Yahoo Sports. July 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Johnny Cardoso at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ "U.S. beats Canada to win Nations League as Balogun opens account". ESPN. June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  14. ^ "Adams Reyna on target as United States complete three peat". CONCACAF. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  15. ^ "Johnny Cardoso chosen LALIGA EA SPORTS U23 Player of the Month for February". La Liga. February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.