Patrick Cruz

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Patrick Cruz
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Personal information
Full name Patrick dos Santos Cruz
Date of birth (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Uberaba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kendal Tornado
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2012 São Paulo
2013–2014 Corinthians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Flamengo de Guarulhos 8 (1)
2015–2016 Mitra Kukar 9 (7)
2016–2017 T-Team 20 (10)
2017–2018 Saigon 22 (7)
2018–2019 Pahang 17 (11)
2019 Chonburi 12 (1)
2020 SKA Khabarovsk 6 (0)
2022–2023 Għajnsielem 16 (8)
2023–2024 Phrae United 31 (10)
2024 Pattaya United 13 (3)
2025 Lampang 16 (5)
2025– Kendal Tornado 1 (0)
International career
2012–2014 Brazil U20 16 (4)
2014 Brazil U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025


Patrick dos Santos Cruz (born 1 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward for Championship club Kendal Tornado.

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Club career

Early career

Cruz began his career at São Paulo, and in 2014, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. Born in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Cruz came through the youth academy at União Barbarense and impressed from an early age. Cruz was spotted by talent scouts who took him to the state capital where he subsequently joined São Paulo in 2011 at the age of 14. Cruz was part of the champion squad of the 2010 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, alongside Casemiro and Lucas Moura. [2]

Corinthians

Initially, Cruz joined Corinthians after a contractual dispute with his former club Flamengo with Cruz's agent claiming that the club had not paid salaries as promised. That year, he also made 8 substitute appearances for the team in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. [2]

T-Team F.C.

On 16 January 2016, Cruz signed a contract with Malaysia Super League club T-Team after association of Indonesia football been suspended that year.

Saigon FC

On 10 January 2017, Vietnamese club Saigon announced the signing of Cruz for the 2017 V.League 1 season. Cruz made his debut for Sài Gòn in a 2–1 win over SHB Da Nang on 14 January 2017 and scored one goal in that match.

Pahang FA

On 23 February 2018, Cruz signed with Malaysia Super League side Pahang. One day later, he made his debut for Pahang and scored one goal in a 3–1 win over Selangor at KLFA Stadium. [3]

Cruz start his campaign with flying colours by scoring a hat trick in the second leg FA cup match at Larkin Stadium which saw Pahang eliminated JDT 3–0 on aggregate. [4]

On 28 April 2018, in league fixture he scored a goal to helped Pahang win over Malacca 2–0. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2018 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
T-Team 2016 Malaysia Super League 20181033–2421
Saigon 2017 V.League 1 22170000–2217
Pahang 2018 Malaysia Super League964300–139
Career total0000000000

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Cruz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Ex-São Paulo e Corinthians conta como perdeu tudo antes de recomeçar na Ásia: "Não juntei um real"" [Former São Paulo and Corinthians player tells how he lost everything before starting over in Asia: "I didn't save a single dollar"]. GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 13 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Pahang to unleash Patrick Cruz against Selangor https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2018/02/338337/pahang-unleash-patrick-cruz-against-selangor
  4. ↑ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Misi raih tiga mata Pahang tercapai". 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Patrick Cruz". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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