{"id":20093,"date":"2025-07-30T08:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/johnny-cardoso-dream-come-true-at-atletico-madrid-aims-to-fight-for-titles\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:56:33","slug":"johnny-cardoso-dream-come-true-at-atletico-madrid-aims-to-fight-for-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/johnny-cardoso-dream-come-true-at-atletico-madrid-aims-to-fight-for-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Cardoso: Dream Come True at Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Aims to Fight for Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"American midfielder Johnny Cardoso expressed his enthusiasm to &#8220;evolve and learn&#8221; under the direction of Diego Simeone after being presented as an Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid player. The footballer was confident that his new team will compete for titles against Real Madrid and Barcelona.\n\nThe signing of Cardoso, 23 years old, from Real Betis, was confirmed at the beginning of this month. The player signed a five-year contract with the Colchonero club.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USMNT&#8217;s Johnny Cardoso joins Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atl\u00e9tico big step for Cardoso<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atleti sign Argentina&#8217;s Almada<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe Madrid club has had a busy summer in the transfer market, incorporating Cardoso, offensive midfielders \u00c1lex Baena and Thiago Almada, and defenders D\u00e1vid Hancko, Matteo Ruggeri and Marc Pubill.\n\nIt&#8217;s a dream come true to be here, experiencing this with my family. It&#8217;s a huge club that has the same ambition as me.\n\nCardoso, during his presentation at the Metropolitano stadium on Wednesday, also added:\n\nIt&#8217;s a privilege to be with all the staff and especially with Simeone. He played in my position, and I&#8217;m ready to evolve and learn from him.\n\nBorn in New Jersey, to Brazilian parents and with an Italian passport, Cardoso does not occupy a non-EU player spot in Simeone&#8217;s team.\n\nAt Atl\u00e9tico, he will wear the number 5 jersey, left vacant by Rodrigo De Paul, who went to Inter Miami.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0609%2Fr1343474_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Johnny Cardoso durante su presentaci\u00f3n en el estadio Metropolitano del Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nCardoso expressed his confidence in the club&#8217;s project. &#8220;We have the same hopes, to keep growing and win titles,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;It&#8217;s a team that has incorporated many players, many young players, to mix them with experience. We play in many competitions and we have the total conviction of being able to fight for all of them.&#8221;\n\nAtl\u00e9tico seeks to improve its performance in the 2024-25 season, where they finished third in LaLiga and were eliminated in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey and in the round of 16 of the Champions League. In the Club World Cup they were eliminated in the group stage.\n\nCardoso believes his new team, which began the preseason last week, has a squad capable of competing with the giants Madrid and Bar\u00e7a.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are all on the same level. Atleti is a very big team&#8230; Simeone has been showing me things from the beginning, I am learning a lot. It&#8217;s going to be a special season.<\/p><cite>Johnny Cardoso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nCardoso debuted for the United States national team in 2020 against Wales. He has 22 international appearances, winning the CONCACAF Nations League in 2023 and 2024.\n\nCardoso had to withdraw from Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s Concacaf Nations League squad in March due to a muscle injury.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American midfielder Johnny Cardoso expressed his enthusiasm to &#8220;evolve and learn&#8221; under the direction of Diego Simeone after being presented as an Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid player. The footballer was confident that his new team will compete for titles against Real Madrid and Barcelona. 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