![]() Da Cruz in 2017 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Bobbie Friberg José Da Cruz | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 February 1982 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
–2000 | IF Stendy | ||||||||||
2001–200? | GAIS | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2001–2008 | GAIS | 149 | (11) | ||||||||
2009–2010 | Randers | 24 | (0) | ||||||||
2010 | → Kongsvinger (loan) | 29 | (0) | ||||||||
2011–2013 | IFK Norrköping | 55 | (4) | ||||||||
2014–2017 | IFK Mariehamn | 119 | (1) | ||||||||
2020 | FC Nacka | 9 | (2) | ||||||||
2021 | FC Södrasidan | 6 | (0) | ||||||||
Total | 391 | (18) | |||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bobbie Friberg da Cruz (born 16 February 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
He has played for IFK Mariehamn in Finland, IFK Norrköping and GAIS in Sweden, Randers in Denmark, and Kongsvinger in Norway. His brother Johan Friberg da Cruz is also a professional football player. Their father is of Cape Verdean origin, and both of the brothers have been invited to the Cape Verde national team.
Da Cruz had played for GAIS since he was 16 years old. After being a part of the first team for seven years da Cruz signed a four-year contract with Danish Superliga side Randers FC; he was presented on 22 June 2008 [1] and debuted on 1 March in the derby against AGF. Da Cruz played the full 90 minutes. Randers won the game 2–1. He would go on to make another 11 appearances in the 2008–09 season. [2]
On 29 January 2010, an agreement was reached between Randers and Norwegian club Kongsvinger for da Cruz to go on a one-year loan spell. Both Randers and da Cruz himself felt that he had not lived up to expectations during his first year in Denmark, and that a move to Norwegian football might prove beneficial. [3] [4] Kongsvinger where newcomers to the Norwegian top flight Tippeligaen in 2010, having gained promotion in 2009. On 1 February 2011, da Cruz announced he would move to IFK Norrköping playing in Allsvenskan. He signed a three-year contract with the Swedish top flight club. In 2014, Friberg da Cruz left IFK Norrköping for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga. He retired at the end of 2017.
On 8 April 2020, 38-year old Da Cruz came out of retirement to join Swedish Division 4 club FC Nacka Iliria. [5] In the 2021, he played for FC Södrasidan. [6]
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