Jackie Cruz (footballer)

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Jackie Cruz
Personal information
Full name Jacqueline Marie Cruz
Date of birth (1986-12-02) 2 December 1986 (age 38) [1]
Place of birth San Mateo, California, United States
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 San Jose State Spartans
2007-2010 Cal State East Bay Pioneers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 San Francisco Nighthawks 5 (0)
2010 California Storm 23 (1)
2011–2013 BV Cloppenburg 33 (5)
2013–2015 Magdeburger FFC (7)
2015–2016 FF USV Jena 9 (0)
International career
2008–2016 Puerto Rico 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 27, 2016

Jacqueline Marie Cruz (born 2 December 1986) is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

Cruz previously played for WPSL sides San Francisco Nighthawks, [3] California Storm, [4] and BV Cloppenburg, Magdeburg FFC, and USV Jena in Germany's 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. [5] She also played on the Puerto Rico women's national team. [6]

Business career

Cruz graduated in 2015 with an MBA at Arizona State University while playing professional football. Currently, she is Head of International Communication at Eintracht Frankfurt Fussball AG since 2018 and graduated with her Doctorate in Economics (Dr. rer oec.) at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Economics on the topics of professional football management and sustainability in February 2022. [7]

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References

  1. "Jacqueline Marie Cruz, Born 12/02/1986 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. Jackie Cruz at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. Jackie Cruz named all-independent defensive playerof the year. Nighthawks' website
  4. SJSU soccer standout Jackie Cruz signs with European club Archived April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . San Jose State Spartans's website
  5. 2011–12 squad in Cloppenburg's website
  6. Fifth place for Puerto Rico in football Archived September 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Meta: Mayagüez 2010
  7. "Jackie Cruz - LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn.