| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco de Paula Pablo Cruz Torres | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Córdoba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Córdoba B | 125 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Córdoba | 30 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Alcorcón (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) |
| 2018–2019 | Miedź Legnica II | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Extremadura | 59 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Cultural Leonesa | 23 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:38, 22 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Francisco 'Fran' de Paula Pablo Cruz Torres (born 22 June 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Club career[edit]
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[edit]
Cruz's younger brother, Bernardo, was also a footballer and a defender. Both were groomed at Córdoba.[10]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 13 May 2023[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Córdoba | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Segunda División | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Alcorcón (loan) | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Llagostera | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Rapid București | 2015–16 | Liga II | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| Mirandés | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |
| Lorca | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |
| Miedź Legnica | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Miedź Legnica II | 2018–19 | III liga, gr. III | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Extremadura | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Segunda División | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Primera Federación | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | ||
| Cultural Leonesa | 2021–22 | Primera Federación | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 241 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Segunda División promotion play-offs
References[edit]
- ^ Falta de acierto en Anduva (Lack of finishing in Anduva); Marca, 6 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes] (in Spanish). ABC. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Renovación de Fran Cruz (Fran Cruz's renewal) Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 15 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Fran Cruz, nuevo fichaje para Curro Torres (Fran Cruz, new signing for Curro Torres); Lorca FC, 21 July 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Fran Cruz, refuerzo para la defensa" [Fran Cruz, addition for the defence] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ Jurado, David (21 July 2018). "Fran Cruz, a Polonia" [Fran Cruz, to Poland] (in Spanish). Córdoba Deporte. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fran Cruz at Soccerway
