Career
Cardoso"s playing career say him play only for his boyhood club of Vitória de Setúbal between 1964 until 1977. Cardoso the Setúbal"s side who the Taça de Portugal in the 1964-1965 and 1966-1967 seasons. Cardoso has managed Vitória de Setúbal on four different spells, with the most recent being in 2009.