Johnny Cardoso

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

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is Cardoso.
Johnny Cardoso
Cardoso in 2023
Personal information
Full name João Lucas de Souza Cardoso[1]
Date of birth (2001-09-20) September 20, 2001
Place of birth Denville, New Jersey, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Internacional
Number 30
Youth career
2012–2013 Criciúma
2013–2014 Avaí
2014–2019 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Internacional 107 (6)
International career‡
2021– United States U23 4 (0)
2020– United States 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 9, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 17, 2023

Early life

Johnny 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]

Professional career

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

International career

Eligible to represent both Brazil and the United States, Johnny received his first call-up to the United States under-23 training camp in October 2019.[6] He received his first call up to the senior United States squad for matches against Wales and Panama in November 2020.[7]

Johnny was subsequently called up again to the United States under-23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship,[8] in which the United States failed to qualify for the Olympics.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played October 4, 2023
Club Season League State league National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internacional 2019 Série A 10————10
2020 Série A 1304[lower-alpha 2]0103[lower-alpha 3]0—210
2021 Série A 2704[lower-alpha 2]1211[lower-alpha 3]0—342
2022 Série A 24310[lower-alpha 2]0104[lower-alpha 4]0—393
2023 Série A 12212[lower-alpha 2]04011[lower-alpha 3]0—392
Career total 77530181190001347
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil
  2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho
  3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

International
As of match played October 17, 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202020
202110
202210
202350
Total90

Honors

United States

References
  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. "KREIS NAMES 25-PLAYER ROSTER FOR U-23 USMNT TRAINING CAMP IN MIAMI". US Soccer. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  7. "USMNT ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: BERHALTER CALLS 24 PLAYERS FOR NOVEMBER CAMP MATCHES VS WALES AND PANAMA". ussoccer.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. Johnny Cardoso at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. "U.S. beats Canada to win Nations League as Balogun opens account". ESPN. June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.


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