Fernando Cruz (footballer)
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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) | ||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fernando da Conceição Cruz (born 12 August 1940) is a Portuguese retired 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 Primeira Liga 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.[2]
International career
Cruz played 11 matches for Portugal, his first appearance being on 21 May 1961 in a 1–1 friendly draw with England.[3] 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.[4]
Honours
Club
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69[5]
- Taça de Portugal (3):[6] 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70
- Taça de Honra (2)[6]
- European Cup:[6] 1960–61, 1961–62
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961[7]
International
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third-place: 1966
References
- ^ Fernando Cruz – Futebolista (Fernando Cruz – Footballer); at Bairro da Liberdade (in Portuguese)
- ^ Crépin, Timothé (26 January 2017). "Mercato, Ligue 1: Ces Portugais passés par le PSG" [Market, League 1: Portuguese men with spells at PSG] (in French). France Football. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Results – 1960 to 1965 Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine; 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.
- ^ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 74. ISSN 3846-0823.
- ^ a b c "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 47. ISSN 0872-3540.
- ^ "Intercontinental Cup 1961". FIFA. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
External links
- Fernando Cruz at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- 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
- UEFA Champions League winning players