Irvin Cardona

Irvin Cardona (born 8 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Ligue 1 side Brest.[1]

Irvin Cardona
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-08) 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 24 (7)
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 21:24, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

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
As of match played 12 September 2020.[1][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 2016–17 Ligue 1 30301000—70
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2017–18 First Division B 15611——21188
2018–19 First Division A 20600———206
Total 3512110000213814
Brest 2019–20 Ligue 1 2161011——237
2020–21 Ligue 1 310000——31
Total 24710110000268
Career total 6219512100217122

Honours

Club

Monaco

Cercle Brugge

References
  1. Irvin Cardona at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. "Chambly vs. Monaco - 1 February 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. "Monaco vs. Metz - 11 February 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. "Monaco prolonge Irvin Cardona et le prête au Cercle de Bruges" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. jtp. "Thriller met erg bittere afloop voor Beerschot Wilrijk: Cercle Brugge naar 1A na penalty in slotminuut". Gazet van Antwerpen.
  6. "Best Player of Proximus League: Xavier Mercier". jupilerproleague.be.
  7. "Transferts : Irvin Cardona (Monaco) à Brest jusqu'en 2023". L'Équipe.
  8. Rayson, Zac (14 September 2020). "Irvin Cardona scores Puskas award contender with incredible volley". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  9. "Ligue 1: Brest's Irvin Cardona scores incredible Puskas Award contender vs Djon". Give Me Sport. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  10. "BREST - An Italian club after Irvin CARDONA". GhanaSoccernet. 14 July 2020.
  11. "Irvin Cardona » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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