Fernando Cruz

For the Colombian Olympic cyclist, see Fernando Cruz (cyclist).

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Conceição and the second or paternal family name is Cruz.

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	1.63 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

Cruz (third player from right) with Benfica in a friendly match against Ajax in 1965

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
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 profile at ForaDeJogo
Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record
Portugal stats at Eu-Football

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

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