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Jose Saturnino Cardozo he is, without a doubt, one of the best players in history Mexican football. In the Toluca tired of scoring goals and winning titles, however his legacy is even greater when we have the number of Paraguayan at an international level, where he is also a historian of stature Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo.
And it is that, in all the glory years of the Devil, there is a season (football year) that marked a before and an after in the MX League. The one from 2002 and 2003, where Saturnino made 58 touchdowns !, set a record in Mexico and all over the world.
Guarani then became the biggest scorer in the history of football in a single season. and their achievement is even more incredible, compared to the best scorers of the tournament 5 Top leagues in Europe from that year, where the closest was 29 points from touch Jose.
- Mexico – José Saturnino Cardozo – 58 goals
- Spain – Roy Makaay – 29 goals
- Italy – Christian Vieri – 24 goals
- England – Red Van Nistelrooy – 25 goals
- France – Shabani Nonda – 26 goals
- Germany – Young Elber – 21 goals
In the 2 short tournaments from Mexico, Paraguayan has scored 29 goals in 19 matches in Opening 2002, plus 8 in Liguilla. Later in Closing of 2003 scored 20 goals in 19 games and 1 more in the final. Obviously, in both he remained with the title of score.
In general, in all times of professional football, there were only 3 players who scored more goals than Pepe Cardozo in a single football year, the 3 legends of the fields: Messi, Cristiano and Luis Suárez.
- MESS – 2011/12 — 73 goals
- CRISTIANO – 2014/15 — 61 goals
- CRISTIANO – 2011/12 — 60 goals
- MESS – 2012/13 — 60 goals
- SUÁREZ – 2015/16 — 59 goals
- CARDOZO – 2002/03 — 58 goals
José Saturnino Cardozo records in Liga MX
If the above are not enough to increase the importance of the Paraguayan in history Liga MX, Here we review all his achievements from the 11 years he wore the Toluca Red Devils shirt.
– The top scorer in Liguilla: 43
– Scorer in the final: 9
– Most goals in short tournaments: 29 (opening 2002)
– Historical scorer of Toluca Club: 249 goals
4 championships
- Summer 1998
- Vara 1999
- Summer 2000
- Opening 2002
• CONCACAF Champions Cup (2003)
4 dotted titles:
- Summer 1998 with 13 goals
- Summer 1999 with 15 goals
- Opening of 2002 with 29 goals
- 2003 closing with 21 goals