Fran Cruz

Francisco 'Fran' de Paula Pablo Cruz Torres (born 22 June 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Fran Cruz
Personal information
Full name Francisco de Paula Pablo Cruz Torres
Date of birth (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991
Place of birth Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Cultural Leonesa
Number 21
Youth career
Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Córdoba B 125 (0)
2012–2015 Córdoba 30 (0)
2014–2015Alcorcón (loan) 12 (0)
2015–2016 Llagostera 16 (0)
2016 Rapid București 17 (1)
2016–2017 Mirandés 37 (1)
2017–2018 Lorca 36 (2)
2018–2019 Miedź Legnica 8 (0)
2019–2021 Extremadura 59 (3)
2022– Cultural Leonesa 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:54, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Cruz finished his development with local Córdoba CF, making his senior debut with the reserves in 2008–09. His first competitive appearance with the first team took place on 6 January 2013, in a 0–0 away draw against CD Mirandés in the Segunda División.[1]

Cruz played 32 matches during the 2013–14 season, in a promotion to La Liga after a 42-year absence.[2] On 15 July 2014 he renewed his contract with the club for three seasons,[3] and was immediately loaned to AD Alcorcón also in the second division.[4]

In late August 2015, Cruz cut ties with Córdoba and moved to fellow league team UE Llagostera.[5] He spent the following years in the same tier, representing Mirandés, Lorca FC[6] and Extremadura UD,[7] aside from a six-month spell at Miedź Legnica in the Polish Ekstraklasa[8] and an even shorter stint with Romania's FC Rapid București.[9]

Personal life

Cruz's younger brother, Bernardo, was also a footballer and a defender. Both were groomed at Córdoba.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Córdoba 2012–13 Segunda División 100010
2013–14 290103[lower-alpha 1]0330
2015–16 000000
Total 3001030340
Alcorcón (loan) 2014–15 Segunda División 12010130
Llagostera 2015–16 Segunda División 16020180
Rapid București 2015–16 Liga II 17100171
Mirandés 2016–17 Segunda División 37100371
Lorca 2017–18 Segunda División 36200362
Miedź Legnica 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 8020100
Extremadura 2018–19 Segunda División 400040
2019–20 26100261
2020–21 Segunda División B 13200132
Total 4330000433
Career total 199760302087
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References

  1. Falta de acierto en Anduva (Lack of finishing in Anduva); Marca, 6 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes] (in Spanish). ABC. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. Renovación de Fran Cruz (Fran Cruz's renewal) Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 15 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. Fran Cruz y Arturo Rodríguez, cedidos a la AD Alcorcón (Fran Cruz and Arturo Rodríguez, loaned to AD Alcorcón) Archived 17 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 15 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Fran Cruz, nou jugador de la Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava (Fran Cruz, new player of Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava); UE Llagostera, 30 August 2015 (in Catalan)
  6. Fran Cruz, nuevo fichaje para Curro Torres (Fran Cruz, new signing for Curro Torres); Lorca FC, 21 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  7. "Fran Cruz, refuerzo para la defensa" [Fran Cruz, addition for the defence] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. Jurado, David (21 July 2018). "Fran Cruz, a Polonia" [Fran Cruz, to Poland] (in Spanish). Córdoba Deporte. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  9. Anghel, Marius (10 February 2016). "Doctor Fran Cruz! FC Rapid a transferat un fundaș spaniol, fost coechipier cu Florin Andone" [Doctor Fran Cruz! FC Rapid signed Spanish defender, former Florin Andone teammate] (in Romanian). ProSport. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  10. Gaitán, Francisco (28 June 2017). "El extraño caso de los hermanos Cruz" [The strange case of the Cruz brothers] (in Spanish). Diario Córdoba. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  11. Fran Cruz at Soccerway
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