Alessio da Cruz

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernando and the second or paternal family name is da Cruz.
Alessio da Cruz
Personal information
Full name Alessio Sergio Fernando da Cruz[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Almere, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Athletic
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2010 Ajax
2010–2011 Almere City
2011–2014 Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Twente 3 (0)
2014–2015 Jong Twente 6 (1)
2016–2017 → Dordrecht (loan) 29 (5)
2017–2018 Novara 19 (5)
2018–2022 Parma 9 (0)
2019 → Spezia (loan) 14 (2)
2019–2020 → Ascoli (loan) 15 (5)
2020 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 → Groningen (loan) 22 (4)
2021 → Santos Laguna (loan) 8 (3)
2022 → Vicenza (loan) 19 (2)
2022–2023 Mechelen 28 (3)
2023–2024 Feralpisalò 1 (0)
2024–2025 Fortuna Sittard 33 (5)
2025– Athletic 12 (3)
International career‡
2014 Netherlands U18 6 (0)
2018 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2023– Cape Verde 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2023

Alessio Sergio Fernando da Cruz (born 18 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Brazilian club Athletic.[2] Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

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Da Cruz was scouted aged 10 by Ajax at local side BAS in Biddinghuizen[3] and also played in the youth teams of Almere City and FC Twente. He made his Eredivisie debut on 15 August 2015 against ADO Den Haag. He replaced Bruno Uvini at half-time in a 1–4 home defeat.[4] He was sent out on loan to FC Dordrecht in 2016.[5] Da Cruz left Twente in July 2017 to join up with Italian side Novara.[6] During his time at Novara he went on to put in some impressive displays. Altogether Da Cruz was capped for a sum of 19 matches and scored 5 goals during his six months at the club.

In January 2018, despite mounting interest from English club Arsenal, he signed up with Serie B side Parma for €3 million.[7][8][9][10]

On 11 January 2019, Da Cruz joined on loan to Italian Serie B side Spezia until 30 June 2019.[11]

On 1 August 2019, Da Cruz joined Ascoli on loan with an option to buy.[12]

On 29 January 2020, Da Cruz joined English Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of the season.[13]

On 3 October 2020, Da Cruz moved to Dutch Eredivisie club Groningen on a one-season loan deal with an option to buy.[14]

On 3 August 2021, Da Cruz joined Liga MX club Santos Laguna on loan for a season.[15]

On 10 January 2022, he returned to Italy and joined Vicenza on loan.[16]

On 12 July 2022, Da Cruz signed with Mechelen in Belgium for two years with an option to extend.[17]

On 16 January 2024, da Cruz's contract with Feralpisalò was terminated by mutual consent.[18] Following his departure, he joined Fortuna Sittard on a multi-year contract.[19]

International career

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Born in the Netherlands, Da Cruz is of Cape Verdean descent. He is a youth international for the Netherlands.[20]

In March 2022 he was called up by Cape Verde national football team for 3 friendlies to be held at the end of that month.[21]

Career statistics

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As of end of 2021–22 season[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong FC Twente 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 6 1 — — — 6 1
FC Twente 2015–16 Eredivisie 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
FC Dordrecht (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 29 5 1 0 — 0 0 30 5
Novara 2017–18 Serie B 19 5 0 0 — 0 0 19 5
Parma 2017–18 Serie B 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
2018–19 Serie A 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
2019–20 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 1 0 — 0 0 10 0
Spezia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 14 2 0 0 — 0 0 14 2
Ascoli (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 15 5 3 1 — 0 0 18 6
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2019–20 EFL Championship 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Groningen (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 4
Santos Laguna (loan) 2021–22 Liga MX 8 3 0 0 — 1[a] 0 9 3
Vicenza (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
Career total 161 27 7 1 0 0 1 0 169 28
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

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