Patrick Cruz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick dos Santos Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Uberaba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kendal Tornado | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | São Paulo | ||
| 2013–2014 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 9 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Brazil U20 | 16 | (4) |
| 2014 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 | |||
Patrick dos Santos Cruz (born 1 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward for Championship club Kendal Tornado.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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.
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of 1 July 2018[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| T-Team | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 21 | |
| Saigon | 2017 | V.League 1 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 17 | |
| Pahang | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 9 | |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Patrick Cruz at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Patrick Cruz at ifkdb.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- São Paulo FC players
- SC Corinthians Paulista players
- Associação Atlética Flamengo players
- PS Mitra Kukar players
- Terengganu F.C. II players
- Saigon FC players
- Sri Pahang FC players
- FC SKA-Khabarovsk players
- Chonburi F.C. players
- Għajnsielem F.C. players
- Phrae United F.C. players
- Pattaya United F.C. (2023) players
- Lampang F.C. players
- Kendal Tornado F.C. players
- Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
- Malaysia Super League players
- V.League 1 players
- Thai League 1 players
- Thai League 2 players
- Gozo Football League players
- Liga 2 (Indonesia) players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen