Sergio C�rdova

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is C�rdova and the second or
maternal family name is Lezama.
Sergio C�rdova
Sergio C�rdova 2017.jpg
C�rdova with Venezuela U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Sergio Duvan C�rdova Lezama
Date of birth 9 August 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Calabozo, Venezuela
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker, winger
Club information
Current team Real Salt Lake
(on loan from FC Augsburg)
Number 11
Youth career
2013�2015 Caracas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015�2017 Caracas 36 (4)
2017� FC Augsburg 75 (7)
2020�2021 ? Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 23 (2)
2022� ? Real Salt Lake (loan) 0 (0)
National team�
2017 Venezuela U20 15 (5)
2017� Venezuela 15 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 04:56, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
� National team caps and goals correct as of 21:24, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Sergio Duvan C�rdova Lezama (born 9 August 1997), known as Sergio C�rdova (Spanish
pronunciation: ['se?xjo 'ko?�o�a]), is a Venezuelan professional footballer who
plays as a forward for Real Salt Lake on loan from Bundesliga club FC Augsburg, as
well as representing the Venezuela national team.

He is an academy graduate of Venezuelan side Caracas and scored on his professional

debut in 2015. He spent two and a half season's in the club's first team, scoring
five goals in 38 appearances, before signing for Augsburg in 2017. Internationally,
he represented Venezuela at U20 level and featured for the nation at the South
American Youth Football Championship and U-20 World Cup in 2017, winning the Goal
of the Tournament award at the latter competition. Later that year, he made his
debut for the senior side.

Contents
1 Club career
1.1 Caracas
1.2 FC Augsburg
1.2.1 Loan to Arminia Bielefeld
1.2.2 Loan to Real Salt Lake
2 International career
2.1 Venezuela national youth teams
2.2 Venezuela senior national team
3 Personal life
4 Career statistics
4.1 Club
4.2 International
5 Honours
5.1 International
5.2 Individual
5.3 Records
6 References
Club career
Caracas
Having previously represented the club at youth level following his arrival in
2013, C�rdova made a goal scoring debut for Caracas on 12 July 2015, starting and
scoring the opening goal in a 4�0 league victory over Tucanes.[1] He repeated the
feat in his Copa Venezuela debut the following month when he broke the deadlock in
the 78th minute of a 3�0 win over second division side Petroleros de Anzo�tegui.[2]
On 31 October, he became the youngest ever player to score a Primera Divisi�n brace
for the club when he scored twice in a 3�1 win over Metropolitanos.[3] He ended his
debut season having amassed 13 appearances across all competitions with a return of
four goals.

In the following year's campaign, C�rdova was marred by injury and had to undergo
surgery after breaking the fifth metatarsal in his left foot.[4] Despite the
injury, he managed to make 20 appearances as Caracas ended fourth in the Venezuelan
Primera Divisi�n, thereby qualifying for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana. He made only
four more appearances for the club, taking his overall tally to 38 with a return of
five goals, before being signed by FC Augsburg following his impressive form with
Venezuela at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5]

FC Augsburg
On the evening of 4 July 2017, C�rdova completed a transfer to German Bundesliga
side Augsburg for a reported fee of �1m, signing a five-year contract with the
club.[5][6] He made his debut on 13 August, coming on as a second�half substitute
for fellow debutante Marcel Heller in a 2�0 DFB Pokal loss to third division side
Magdeburg.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 26 August, netting an 89th-
minute equalizer from an assist by Heller in a 2�2 draw with Borussia
M�nchengladbach.[8] In October, whilst on international duty with Venezuela,
C�rdova suffered a fractured ankle and torn ligaments which him ruled out for part
of the Hinrunde.[9][10] He made his first Bundesliga start for the club the
following year, starting in a 1�0 win over Hamburg on 13 January.[11]

Loan to Arminia Bielefeld

On 17 August 2020, he signed a five-year contract extension with Augsburg before
joining newly-promoted Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld on a season-long loan.[12]
[13]

Loan to Real Salt Lake

On 3 February 2022, it was announced C�rdova had joined Major League Soccer side
Real Salt Lake on a season-long loan.[14]

International career
Venezuela national youth teams

C�rdova (far left) at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship.

C�rdova has represented Venezuela at U20 level and featured at the 2016 Copa de los
Andes tournament held in Peru. He scored twice in a 5�1 win over Paraguay which saw
Venezuela claim the gold medal, and was named Player of the Tournament, with
teammate Ronaldo Pe�a claiming the top goalscorer award.[15] In February 2017,
C�rdova took part in the U20 Campeonato Sudamericano with the Venezuela squad. He
scored once during the course of the tournament, in a 4�2 win over Ecuador, as
Venezuela qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea by securing a
third-place finish.[16]

The World Cup took place in May the same year and he opened his account with the
second goal in a 2�0 win over Germany in the tournament's opening match.[17] Three
days later, he added two goals to his tally when he netted a brace in a 7�0 victory
over Vanuatu which saw Venezuela become the first team to qualify for the knockout
stages of the competition.[18][19] C�rdova scored again in a 1�0 win over Mexico on
26 May which helped Venezuela progress from their group without losing or
conceding.[20] His four goals saw him end as the tournament's joint-second top goal
scorer alongside Fashion Sakala, Dominic Solanke, Jean-K�vin Augustin and Joshua
Sargent, and one behind Golden Boot winner Riccardo Orsolini, as Venezuela were
ultimately beaten by England in the final.[21] C�rdova's goal against Mexico in the
group stages was also voted Goal of the Tournament.[22]

Venezuela senior national team

C�rdova received his first call-up to the senior side on 25 August 2017 when he was
named in Rafael Dudamel's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and
Argentina.[23] He made his debut on 31 August against the former, starting in a 0�0
draw before registering his first senior assist in a 1�1 draw with the latter on 5
September.[24][25]

Personal life
C�rdova is a practicing Christian and, during a 2018 interview, revealed that his
faith in God had helped him overcome the early challenges he faced with the
language and cold weather during his time in Germany.[26]

Career statistics
Club
As of 01:02, 22:03, 19 March 2021 (UTC).[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Caracas 2015 Primera Divisi�n 12 3 1 1 0 0 13 4
2016 Primera Divisi�n 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
2017 Primera Divisi�n 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Total 36 4 1 1 1 0 38 5
FC Augsburg 2017�18 Bundesliga 26 2 1 0 0 0 27 2
2018�19 Bundesliga 20 3 2 0 0 0 22 3
2019�20 Bundesliga 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
Total 62 7 3 0 0 0 65 7
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2020�21 Bundesliga 23 2 0 0 0
0 23 2
Total 23 2 0 0 0 0 23 2
Career total 121 13 4 1 1 0 126 14
1 Includes Copa Venezuela and DFB Pokal matches.
2 Includes Copa Sudamericana matches.

International
As of match played 7 October 2021.[27]
National team Year Apps Goals
Venezuela 2017 4 0
2018 4 0
2020 2 0
2021 5 0
Total 15 0
Honours
International
Venezuela
U-20 Copa de los Andes: 2016[15]
South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017[21]
Individual
2016 Copa de los Andes: Player of the Tournament[28]
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 Goal of the Tournament: 1�0 (1�0) vs. Mexico[22]
Records
Caracas FC
Youngest player to score a Primera Divisi�n brace: 18 years, 2 months and 22
days[3]
References
"Sergio C�rdova: "Debutar marcando es un sue�o""
. El Universal. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original
on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.(in Spanish)
"Caracas super� al Petroleros de Anzo�tegui y avanza en Copa Venezuela"
. Lavinotinto. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.(in Spanish)
"Players/Sergio Cordova"
. Soccer Sport Group. Retrieved 27 June 2017.(in Spanish)
"Cordova: I've come back stronger"
. FIFA. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original
on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
"Augsburg swoop for Michael Gregoritsch and Sergio Cordova"
. Bundesliga. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
"Cordova: "Ich bin physisch stark und mutig""
. kicker. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.(in German)
"Augsburg unterliegt Magdeburg"
. Liga Insider. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.(in German)
"Gladbach smed f�ringen til sidst"
. Bold. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.(in German)
"Augsburg's Sergio Cordova sidelined with ankle injury"
. Bundesliga. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
"B�nderriss: FCA muss auf Cordova verzichten"
. kicker. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.(in German)
"Augsburg climb to seventh as Ja-Cheol Koo header downs Hamburg"
. Bundesliga. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
"Langfristige Bindung von Sergio C�rdova und Leihe nach Bielefeld"
. FC Augsburg (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
"Venezolanische Verst�rkung f�r Arminia-Angriff"
. DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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"La Selecci�n Nacional Sub 20 gan� la Copa Los Andes en Per�"
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buscaremos tener un mayor desempe�o""
. Vavel. Retrieved 23 May 2017.(in Spanish)
"Venezuela win Korea Republic 2017 opener"
. FIFA. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original
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"Los goles de Adalberto Pe�aranda y Sergio C�rdova en el partido de la Venezuela
ante Vanuatu"
. Panorama. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.(in Spanish)
"A progressing pair and a few firsts"
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qualifiers"
. Xinhua News. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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. Meridiano. Retrieved 1 September 2017.(in Spanish)
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to costly draw"
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