Fernando Cruz

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Fernando Cruz
Personal information
Full name	Fernando da Conceição Cruz
Date of birth	(1940-08-12) 12 August 1940
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	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)
National team
1961–1968	Portugal	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Fernando da Conceição Cruz (born 12 August 1940) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left defender.

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 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

European Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62; Runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68
Primeira Liga: 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
Taça de Portugal: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70; Runner-up 1964–65

Country

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

External links

Profile at Zerozero
Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record

v t e Portugal squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Américo 2 J. Carlos 3 Festa 4 Vicente 5 Germano 6 Peres 7 Figueiredo 8 Lourenço 9 Hilário 10 Coluna (c) 11 Simões 12 J. Augusto 13 Eusébio 14 Cruz 15 Duarte 16 Graça 17 Morais 18 Torres 19 Pinto 20 Baptista 21 Carvalho 22 Pereira Coach: Glória

Persondata
Name	Cruz, Fernando
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	12 August 1940
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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