Irvin Cardona
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Nîmes, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2012 | US Le Pontet | ||
2012–2017 | Monaco | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Monaco B | 21 | (15) |
2017–2019 | Monaco | 3 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 35 | (12) |
2019– | Brest | 57 | (16) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | France U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | France U20 | 7 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 13 April 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
Irvin Cardona (born 8 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Ligue 1 side Brest.[1]
Club career[]
Monaco[]
Cardona made his professional debut on 2 February 2017 in the Coupe de France Round of 32 against FC Chambly. He replaced Pierre-Daniel N'Guinda after 78 minutes in a 5–4 away win.[2] He made his Ligue 1 debut 10 days later coming on for Radamel Falcao to play the last 9 minutes of a 5–0 home thrashing of Metz.[3]
Loan to Cercle Brugge[]
On 18 July 2017, Cardona extended his Monaco contract until 2021 and was immediately loaned to the club's Belgian satellite club Cercle Brugge for the following season.[4] Although he missed a couple of weeks by an injury, he still was a major key player in the team that became champion of the 2017–18 Belgian First Division B. He scored an important penalty in the last minute in the champion's game against Beerschot-Wilrijk.[5] He was voted second best player in the league, after teammate Xavier Mercier.[6]
Brest[]
On 12 August 2019, Cardona signed with Ligue 1 promotees Brest.[7] On 13 September 2020, he scored an acrobatic volley goal in a 2–0 away win over Dijon which was described as a "Puskás Award contender."[8][9]
Personal life[]
Born in France, Cardona is of Maltese descent.[10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monaco | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian Proximus League | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | ||
2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||||
Total | 35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | ||
Brest | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 7 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | ||||
Total | 51 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 15 | ||
Career total | 89 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 29 |
Honours[]
Club[]
Monaco
Cercle Brugge
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Irvin Cardona at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Chambly vs. Monaco - 1 February 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Monaco vs. Metz - 11 February 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Monaco prolonge Irvin Cardona et le prête au Cercle de Bruges" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ jtp. "Thriller met erg bittere afloop voor Beerschot Wilrijk: Cercle Brugge naar 1A na penalty in slotminuut". Gazet van Antwerpen.
- ^ "Best Player of Proximus League: Xavier Mercier". jupilerproleague.be.
- ^ "Transferts : Irvin Cardona (Monaco) à Brest jusqu'en 2023". L'Équipe.
- ^ Rayson, Zac (14 September 2020). "Irvin Cardona scores Puskas award contender with incredible volley". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Ligue 1: Brest's Irvin Cardona scores incredible Puskas Award contender vs Djon". Give Me Sport. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "BREST - An Italian club after Irvin CARDONA". GhanaSoccernet. 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Irvin Cardona » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
External links[]
- Irvin Cardona at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Irvin Cardona at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Irvin Cardona at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Nîmes
- Sportspeople from Gard
- Association football forwards
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- French people of Maltese descent
- AS Monaco FC players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- French football forward, 1990s birth stubs