Enrique Cardenas

{{short description|American soccer player (born 1991)|bot = PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Enrique Cardenas

| image =

| fullname = Enrique Cardenas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=y|1991|8|5}}

| birth_place = Indio, California, U.S.

| height = {{convert|1.68|m|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = Los Angeles Force

| clubnumber = 91

| position = Attacking midfielder, forward

| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013

| college1 = UC Irvine Anteaters

| collegecaps1 = 67

| collegegoals1 = 16

| years1 = 2012

| clubs1 = Orange County Blue Star

| caps1 = 15

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2013

| clubs2 = OC Blues Strikers

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = Los Angeles Misioneros

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014

| clubs4 = Orange County Blues

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2016

| clubs5 = Kitsap Pumas

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017–2019

| clubs6 = FC Golden State Force

| caps6 = 13

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2019–

| clubs7 = Los Angeles Force

| caps7 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| pcupdate = April 10, 2021

| ntupdate =

}}

Enrique Cardenas (born August 5, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Los Angeles Force in the National Independent Soccer Association.

Career

=College & Amateur=

Cardenas played five years of college soccer at UC Irvine between 2009 and 2013, including a red-shirted year in 2009. During his time at college, Cardenas was named First Team All-West Region, Big West Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-Big West in 2013.{{cite web |author=Enrique Cardenas |url=http://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-soccer/2013-14/bios/cardenas_enrique_fp8s |title=Enrique Cardenas - UC Irvine |website=ucirvinesports.com|publisher=UC Irvine Sports |date= |accessdate=May 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722223610/http://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-soccer/2013-14/bios/cardenas_enrique_fp8s |archive-date=July 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

While at college, Cardenas appeared for USL PDL clubs Orange County Blue Star in 2012 and OC Blues Strikers and Los Angeles Misioneros in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22364.html#STATS |title=United Soccer Leagues - Orange County Blue Star - 2012 |website=uslsoccer.com |publisher=United Soccer League |accessdate=May 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521120406/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22364.html |archivedate=May 21, 2014 }}{{cite web|title=United Soccer Leagues - Orange County Blues - 2013 |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/4069052.html#STATS|website=uslsoccer.com |publisher=United Soccer League |accessdate=May 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524043719/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/4069052.html#STATS|archive-date=May 24, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=United Soccer Leagues - Los Angeles Misioneros - 2013 |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/4069051.html#STATS |website=uslsoccer.com |publisher=United Soccer League |accessdate=May 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524042253/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/4069051.html |archivedate=May 24, 2014 }}

=Professional career=

After going undrafted in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, Cardenas signed with USL Pro club Orange County Blues on April 4, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/799403.html |title=Cardenas Signs With Orange County |website=Uslpro.uslsoccer.com |publisher=United Soccer League |date=April 4, 2014 |accessdate=May 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524023118/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/799403.html |archivedate=May 24, 2014 }} He is of Mexican American descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/undrafted-cardenas-examines-mls-process_aid32446 |title=Undrafted Cardenas examines MLS process |website=topdrawersoccer.com |publisher=Advanced Sports Media |date=January 27, 2014 |accessdate=April 22, 2020}}