Fernando Cruz

Born on : August 12, 1940 (83 years) at Lisbon

Nationality : Portugal

Number of international caps : 11

First cap : vs England 21/05/1961

Main position
Left full-back	57%

Fernando Cruz's career statisticsLast updated on 03/05/2024 at 21:04

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

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eff.

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goals

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1970/1971

Paris SG

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Paris SG	National	24					21	8	2160	0	100%		75%			58%	33%	8%
Paris SG	French Cup	3					2	2	270	0	100%		100%			67%	0%	33%

1969/1970

Benfica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	1						1	90	0	100%		4%			100%	0%	0%

1968/1969

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	22	16	12	1980	100%	85%	55%	32%	14%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	5	8	1	480	100%	100%	40%	20%	40%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	2		2	180	100%	22%	100%	0%	0%

1967/1968

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	24	17	12	2160	100%	92%	67%	21%	13%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	9	6	6	840	100%	100%	44%	33%	22%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	5	9		450	100%	63%	40%	40%	20%
Portugal	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1966/1967

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	23	16	13	2070	100%	88%	78%	13%	9%
Benfica	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2	2		180	100%	50%	50%	50%	0%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	3	1	2	270	100%		100%	0%	0%

1965/1966

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	23	27	8	2070	100%	88%	70%	17%	13%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	4	6	1	360	100%	67%	75%	0%	25%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	4	12		360	100%	67%	25%	25%	50%
Portugal	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	20%	100%	0%	0%

1964/1965

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	8	10	3	720	100%	73%	75%	0%	25%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	8	6	3	720	100%	89%	63%	13%	25%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	20	15	9	1800	100%	77%	75%	15%	10%
Portugal	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%

1963/1964

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	11	9	3	990	100%	100%	91%	9%	0%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	4	9	1	360	100%	100%	50%	25%	25%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	18	16	8	1620	100%	69%	83%	11%	6%
Portugal	Friendlies	2	5		180	100%	33%	50%	0%	50%

1962/1963

Benfica

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Benfica	Intercontinental Cup	2	8		180	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	4	1	3	360	100%	50%		100%	0%	0%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	24	22	8	2135	100%	92%	1	88%	8%	4%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	7	6	2	630	100%	100%		43%	43%	14%
Portugal	Euro Qualifying	3	5		270	100%	100%		33%	0%	67%
Portugal	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%		100%	0%	0%

1961/1962

Benfica

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Benfica	Intercontinental Cup	3		7	1	270	100%	100%	33%	0%	67%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	26	1	38	4	2340	100%	100%	54%	31%	15%
Benfica	(C1) Ligue des Champions	7		11	1	630	100%	100%	57%	14%	29%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	9		9	4	810	100%	75%	67%	22%	11%
Portugal	Friendlies	1		2		90	100%	33%	0%	0%	100%

1960/1961

Benfica

270

3510

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	26			21	12	2340	100%	100%	85%	8%	8%
Benfica	(C1) Ligue des Champions	9			10	2	810	100%	100%	78%	11%	11%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	3	1	270	4		270	100%		100%	0%	0%
Portugal	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1			1		90	100%	50%	0%	100%	0%

1959/1960

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Ligue 2	1	1971
Primeira Liga	7	1961196319641965196719681969
Taça de Portugal	3	196219641969
Champions League	2	19611962

Runner-ups

Primeira Liga	2	19661970
Taça de Portugal	1	1965
Champions League	3	196319651968
Intercontinental Cup	2	19611962

Transfers

01/07/71 >		Retired
01/07/70 > 01/07/71		Paris SG
01/07/59 > 01/07/70		Benfica

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Player career by clubLast updated on 03/05/2024 at 21:04

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Benfica	316	1	28475	28475	1	100%316	69%219	14%43
Paris SG	27			2430		100%27	59%16	11%3
Portugal	11			990		100%11	45%5	45%5

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Braga	16	13	0
Leixões	16	13	0
Belenenses	17	14	0
Sporting CP	18	8	0
Académica	17	14	0
Guimarães	17	11	0
Barreiro	23	16	0
Lusit. Évora	14	14	0
Atlético CP	11	10	0
FC Porto	21	7	0
Barreirense	12	11	0
Varzim	10	6	0
Vitória S.	14	9	0
Beira Mar	6	5	0
Sanjoanense	5	5	0
Olhanense	7	5	1
Luso	3	3	0
Juventus	2	2	0
Vasas	2	1	0
Győr	2	2	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
FC Porto	21	7	27
Barreiro	23	5	26
Sporting CP	18	4	24
Man United	3	3	12
Vitória S.	14	3	22
Guimarães	17	3	20
Santos	2	2	8
Bulgaria	3	2	5
Ajax	3	2	7
Peñarol	3	2	7
Braga	16	2	12
Saint-Étienne	2	1	1
Cuiseaux-Lou	1	1	2
Brazil	2	1	2
Real Madrid	3	1	6
AC Milan	1	1	2
Inter Milan	1	1	1
Belgium	2	1	3
Tottenham	2	1	3
England	2	1	5

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1970/1971	Paris SG	59%	11%	27	50%	0%	8	Slightly positive
1969/1970	Benfica	100%	0%	1	66%	21%	38	-
1968/1969	Benfica	55%	17%	29	82%	0%	11	Negative
1967/1968	Benfica	58%	16%	38	100%	0%	5	-
1966/1967	Benfica	79%	7%	28	63%	38%	8	Slightly positive
1965/1966	Benfica	65%	19%	31	71%	0%	7	Slightly negative
1964/1965	Benfica	72%	17%	36	70%	0%	10	Very slightly positive
1963/1964	Benfica	82%	6%	33	75%	0%	8	Very slightly positive
1962/1963	Benfica	76%	11%	37	83%	17%	6	-
1961/1962	Benfica	56%	20%	45	100%	0%	3	-
1960/1961	Benfica	84%	8%	38	67%	33%	3	-
1959/1960	Benfica	0%	0%	0	77%	4%	26	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Benfica
18/09/1960	PD	Barreirense - Benfica	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
30/11/1960	C1LC	Újpesti Dózsa SC - Benfica	2 - 1	First loss
26/03/1961	TP	Benfica - Olhanense	8 - 1	First goal
15/04/1962	PD	Benfica - Barreiro	1 - 1	First own goal
24/02/1963	PD	FC Porto - Benfica	1 - 2	First red card
Paris SG
10/10/1970	N	FC Bourges - Paris SG	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
25/10/1970	N	Paris SG - Châteauroux	0 - 2	First loss
31/10/1970	N	AAJ Blois - Paris SG	2 - 5	First victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 03/05/2024 at 21:04

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
French Cup	French Cup	3				270	100%3		67%2		33%1
Ligue 2	Ligue 2	24				2160	100%24		58%14	33%8	8%2
Primeira Liga	Primeira Liga	207			1	18605	100%207	1	72%150	17%36	10%21
Taça de Portugal	Taça de Portugal	49	1	4410		4410	100%49		80%39	10%5	10%5
Friendlies	Friendlies	7				630	100%7		57%4		43%3
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				90	100%1			100%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	3				270	100%3		33%1		67%2
Champions League	Champions League	53				4830	100%53		53%28	23%12	25%13
Europa League	Europa League	2				180	100%2		50%1	50%1
Intercontinental Cup	Intercontinental Cup	5				450	100%5		20%1		80%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1970/1971	Paris SG	2	1	45	30	17	11	2	52	23
1969/1970	Benfica	1	2	38	26	17	4	5	58	14
1968/1969	Benfica	1	1	39	26	16	7	3	49	17
1967/1968	Benfica	1	1	41	26	18	5	3	75	19
1966/1967	Benfica	1	1	43	26	20	3	3	64	19
1965/1966	Benfica	1	2	41	26	18	5	3	73	30
1964/1965	Benfica	1	1	43	26	19	5	2	88	21
1963/1964	Benfica	1	1	46	26	21	4	1	103	26
1962/1963	Benfica	1	1	48	26	23	2	1	81	25
1961/1962	Benfica	1	3	36	26	14	8	4	69	38
1960/1961	Benfica	1	1	46	26	22	2	2	92	21
1959/1960	Benfica	1	1	45	26	20	5	1	75	27

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 12, 1971	12/06	N	Final Group	Paris SG	4 - 2	Lille	90 Minutes
June 06, 1971	06/06	N	Final Group	Monaco	2 - 2	Paris SG	90 Minutes
May 30, 1971	30/05	N	Round 30	Paris SG	4 - 1	Stade Poitevin	90 Minutes
May 22, 1971	22/05	N	Round 27	Quimper CFC	1 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
May 16, 1971	16/05	N	Round 29	Rouen	1 - 3	Paris SG	90 Minutes
May 12, 1971	12/05	EQ	Group 5	Portugal	5 - 0	Denmark	Absent
May 09, 1971	09/05	N	Round 28	Paris SG	0 - 0	Limoges FC	Absent
April 21, 1971	21/04	EQ	Group 5	Portugal	2 - 0	Scotland	Absent
April 17, 1971	17/04	N	Round 26	Paris SG	1 - 0	Laval	Absent
April 04, 1971	04/04	N	Round 25	Montluçon	2 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
March 28, 1971	28/03	N	Round 20	Brest	1 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
March 20, 1971	20/03	N	Round 24	Paris SG	1 - 0	Blois	90 Minutes
March 14, 1971	14/03	N	Round 23	Châteauroux	1 - 2	Paris SG	90 Minutes
March 07, 1971	07/03	N	Round 22	Paris SG	1 - 1	US Le Mans	90 Minutes
February 27, 1971	27/02	N	Round 16	Quevilly-Rouen	0 - 0	Paris SG	90 Minutes
February 21, 1971	21/02	N	Round 21	Paris SG	4 - 0	Bourges 18	90 Minutes
February 17, 1971	17/02	EQ	Group 5	Belgium	3 - 0	Portugal	Absent
February 07, 1971	07/02	FC	Round of 64	Louhans-Csx	2 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
January 31, 1971	31/01	N	Round 19	Paris SG	2 - 1	Lorient	90 Minutes
January 24, 1971	24/01	N	Round 18	Caen	1 - 2	Paris SG	90 Minutes
January 17, 1971	17/01	N	Round 17	Paris SG	1 - 0	Le Havre	90 Minutes
December 26, 1970	26/12	N	Round 15	Paris SG	1 - 1	Rouen	90 Minutes
December 20, 1970	20/12	N	Round 14	Limoges FC	0 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
December 13, 1970	13/12	FC	6th Round	Paris SG	1 - 0	Etaples	90 Minutes
December 05, 1970	05/12	N	Round 13	Paris SG	5 - 0	Quimper CFC	90 Minutes
November 29, 1970	29/11	N	Round 12	Laval	1 - 2	Paris SG	90 Minutes
November 22, 1970	22/11	FC	5th round	Dieppe	0 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
November 07, 1970	07/11	N	Round 11	Paris SG	3 - 0	Montluçon	90 Minutes
October 31, 1970	31/10	N	Round 10	Blois	2 - 5	Paris SG	90 Minutes
October 25, 1970	25/10	N	Round 9	Paris SG	0 - 2	Châteauroux	90 Minutes
October 17, 1970	17/10	N	Round 8	US Le Mans	0 - 0	Paris SG	90 Minutes
October 14, 1970	14/10	EQ	Group 5	Denmark	0 - 1	Portugal	Absent
October 10, 1970	10/10	N	Round 7	Bourges 18	1 - 1	Paris SG	90 Minutes
October 03, 1970	03/10	N	Round 6	Paris SG	2 - 1	Brest	Absent
September 26, 1970	26/09	N	Round 5	Lorient	0 - 0	Paris SG	Absent
September 20, 1970	20/09	N	Round 4	Paris SG	2 - 0	Caen	Absent
September 13, 1970	13/09	N	Round 3	Le Havre	2 - 2	Paris SG	Absent
August 29, 1970	29/08	N	Round 2	Paris SG	3 - 2	Quevilly-Rouen	Absent
August 22, 1970	22/08	N	Round 1	Stade Poitevin	1 - 1	Paris SG	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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