Fernando Cruz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando da Conceição Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956–1959 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1970 | Benfica | 227 | (0) |
| 1970–1971 | Paris Saint-Germain | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 251 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1968 | Portugal | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fernando da Conceição Cruz (born 12 August 1940) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back.
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Club career
Born in Lisbon, Cruz was already first-choice with S.L. Benfica at the age of 20, going on to win eight national championships with the club as well as four Portuguese Cups. He played in all five European Cup finals the side reached in the 60s, winning the 1961 and 1962 editions and appearing in 346 official games during his 11-year stint (one goal).[1]
Cruz ended his playing career in June 1971, after one year with newly formed French team Paris Saint-Germain FC.
International career
Cruz played 11 matches for Portugal, his first appearance being on 21 May 1961 in a 1–1 friendly draw with England.[2] He was included in Otto Glória's squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals, failing to make an appearance for the third-placed nation.
Honours
Club
- Benfica
- European Cup:[3] 1960–61, 1961–62; Runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68
- Primeira Liga (8):[3] 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Taça de Portugal (3):[3] 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70; Runner-up 1964–65
- Taça de Honra (2)[3]
Country
- Portugal
- FIFA World Cup: Third-place 1966
References
- ↑ Fernando Cruz – Futebolista (Fernando Cruz – Footballer); at Bairro da Liberdade (Portuguese)
- ↑ Results – 1960 to 1965; at England FC
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Fernando Cruz at footballzz.co.uk
- Fernando Cruz profile at ForaDeJogo
- Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Portugal international footballers
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
