Fernando Cruz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando da Conceição Cruz | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 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. |
Fernando da Conceição Cruz (born 12 August 1940) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back.
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.[3]
Honours
Club
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga (8):[4] 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Taça de Portugal (3):[4] 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70; Runner-up 1964–65
- Taça de Honra (2)[4]
- European Cup:[4] 1960–61, 1961–62; Runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68
International
- Portugal
- FIFA World Cup: Third-place 1966
References
- ↑ Fernando Cruz – Futebolista (Fernando Cruz – Footballer); at Bairro da Liberdade (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Results – 1960 to 1965; at England FC
- ↑ "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago] (in Portuguese). Expresso. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 47. ISSN 0872-3540.
External links
- Fernando Cruz at TheFinalBall.com
- Fernando Cruz at ForaDeJogo
- Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football