Fernando Da Cruz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Da Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | France Futsal | 55 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Wasquehal (assistant manager) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Mouscron (assistant manager) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mouscron | ||
| 2018–2020 | Lille B | ||
| 2020 | Mouscron | ||
| 2022–2023 | AS FAR | ||
Fernando Da Cruz (born 25 October 1972) is a French professional football manager, and former futsal player who represented the France national futsal team.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Da Cruz was an amateur footballer, but was called up to represent the France national futsal team in 1998 at the age of 26, and later became their captain.[1]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Da Cruz began his managerial career as assistant coach with Wasquehal in Belgium, and has stints coaching the youth with Lille OSC and Royal Excel Mouscron. On 29 December 2014, he was named temporary manager of Mouscron after the sacking of Rachid Chihab.[2] On 31 January 2016, Da Cruz left Mouscron to work as a scout with Lille OSC.[3]
Da Cruz became manager of the Lille B team from 2018 to 2020. On 27 July 2020, he was again named manager of Mouscron.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in France, Da Cruz is of Portuguese descent.[5]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Eupen official profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 August 2017) (in Dutch)
- Fernando Da Cruz manager profile at BDFutbol
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Villeneuve-d'Ascq
- French men's footballers
- French men's futsal players
- French football managers
- French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Lille OSC non-playing staff
- Royal Excel Mouscron managers
- French expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Sportspeople from Nord (French department)
- Botola managers
- AS FAR managers
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco