Daniel Cruz (footballer, born 1990)

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Daniel Cruz
Personal information
Full name Daniel Paulo da Cruz
Date of birth (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Niterói, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2009 Guarani
2010–2011 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Taboão da Serra 0 (0)
2012 EC São Bernardo 0 (0)
2012 Once Municipal 9 (3)
2013 Democrata-SL 0 (0)
2013 EC São Bernardo 0 (0)
2014 Social 0 (0)
2015 Santa Rita 0 (0)
2015 CRB 14 (2)
2016 Botafogo-PB 0 (0)
2016 Boa Esporte 23 (7)
2017 CSA 0 (0)
2017 São Caetano 0 (0)
2017 → ABC (loan) 8 (0)
2018 Caxias do Sul 0 (0)
2018 Boa Esporte 30 (2)
2019 Brasil de Pelotas 11 (0)
2020 Criciúma 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Daniel Paulo da Cruz, commonly known as Daniel Cruz, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

Career[edit]

A product of the youth systems of Guarani and later Corinthians, Daniel Cruz spent the first year of his career playing lower division Campeonato Paulista football with Taboão da Serra and EC São Bernardo. His breakthrough into national division football came outside Brazil, with El Salvador Primera División Once Municipal. He arrived on trial in August 2012 and stayed until the end of the season, scoring twice in his debut against UES, the club's only win of the 2012 Apertura, and being released in November.[1][2]

Returning to Brazil, he again played lower division state football in both Campeonato Mineiro and Campeonato Paulista before being noticed as top scorer in the 2013 Campeonato Alagoano for Santa Rita and being signed by CRB for 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[3] In January 2016 he signed for Botafogo-PB to play Campeonato Paraibano and 2016 Copa do Nordeste, leaving in March by mutual agreement to join Boa Esporte and play in 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.[4] He had a good league campaign with Boa Esporte, scoring seven goals as the team went on to win the title.[5]

Daniel Cruz returned to Alagoas with CSA in time for the 2017 season, but did not find regular game time there, or with São Caetano whom he joined in March of the same year.[5][6] At the end of São Caetano's state campaign he was loaned to ABC who were struggling at the start of 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.[7] At the end of the season he joined Caxias do Sul.[8]

In April 2018 Daniel Cruz joined Boa Esporte for a second time, and played a large part in their 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season.[9] At the end of the season he moved to Brasil de Pelotas with teammate Douglas Baggio.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Daniel Cruz llega al Once Municipal" (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 13 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Da Silva, Mejía y Cruz fuera de Once Municipal" (in Spanish). Estadísticas de Primera División. 21 November 2012.
  3. ^ "CRB fecha com artilheiro do Alagoano e autoriza volante a sair para o Guarani" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Atacante Daniel Cruz troca o Bota-PB pelo Boa Esporte e deixa João Pessoa" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Ex-CRB e artilheiro em 2015: conheça Daniel Cruz, novo atacante do Azulão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 December 2016.
  6. ^ "São Caetano apresenta três reforços para sequência da Série A-2" (in Portuguese). abdcoabc.com.br. 9 March 2017.
  7. ^ "ABC contrata atacante Daniel Cruz, ex-São Caetano e Boa Esporte" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Caxias contrata atacante Daniel Cruz" (in Portuguese). Radio Caxias. 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Série B: Artilheiro do passado, atacante entra no BID e pode fazer sua estreia pelo Boa" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Ano novo, vida nova: veja onde foram parar destaques do Boa na Série B 2018" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 2 January 2019.

External links[edit]

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