Fran Cruz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Fran Cruz

Personal information
Full name	Francisco de Paula Pablo Cruz Torres[1]
Date of birth	(1991-06-22) 22 June 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	Córdoba, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
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.

Career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Cruz finished his development with local Córdoba, 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 Mirandés in the Segunda División.[2]

Cruz played 32 matches during the 2013–14 season, in a promotion to La Liga after a 42-year absence.[3] On 15 July 2014, he renewed his contract with the club for three seasons,[4] and was immediately loaned to Alcorcón also in the second division.[5]

In late August 2015, Cruz cut ties with Córdoba and moved to fellow second-tier team Llagostera.[6] He spent the following years in the same league, representing Mirandés, Lorca[7] and Extremadura,[8] aside from a six-month spell at Miedź Legnica in the Polish Ekstraklasa[9] and an even shorter stint with Romania's Rapid București.[10]

Personal life

Cruz's younger brother, Bernardo, was also a footballer and a defender. Both were developed at Córdoba.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 May 2023[12][13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	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

1. Appearances in La Liga play-offs

References

1. Fran Cruz at AS.com (in Spanish)
2. Falta de acierto en Anduva (Lack of finishing in Anduva); Marca, 6 January 2013 (in Spanish)
3. "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes] (in Spanish). ABC. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
4. Renovación de Fran Cruz (Fran Cruz's renewal) Archived 22 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 15 July 2014 (in Spanish)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. Fran Cruz, nuevo fichaje para Curro Torres (Fran Cruz, new signing for Curro Torres); Lorca FC, 21 July 2017 (in Spanish)
8. "Fran Cruz, refuerzo para la defensa" [Fran Cruz, addition for the defence] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
9. Jurado, David (21 July 2018). "Fran Cruz, a Polonia" [Fran Cruz, to Poland] (in Spanish). Córdoba Deporte. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Fran Cruz at Soccerway
13. Fran Cruz at FBref.com

External links

• Fran Cruz at BDFutbol
• Fran Cruz at Futbolme (in Spanish)