Procópio Cardoso Neto (born March 21, 1939) is a Brazilian former football player and coach.
He started his professional career at Renascença as a center back.
Cardoso also played for Belo Horizonte rivals, Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, São Paulo, Fluminense, Vitória and Palmeiras.
[1] In a game of Cruzeiro against Santos for 1968 Taça Brasil Cardoso disputed a ball with Pelé and he had ruptured a tendon in his knee.
He spent 5 years out of professional football, working a youth coach at Cruzeiro, returning at field just in 1973.