Fernando Cruz (footballer)

Fernando Cruz

Cruz with Benfica in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Fernando da Conceição Cruz
Date of birth	(1940-08-12)12 August 1940
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death	16 August 2025(2025-08-16) (aged 85)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1956–1959	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1970	Benfica	227	(0)
1970–1971	Paris Saint-Germain	24	(0)
Total		251	(0)
International career
1961–1968	Portugal	11	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal FIFA World Cup 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando da Conceição Cruz (12 August 1940 – 16 August 2025) was a Portuguese professional footballer. He played as a left-back. He played for Benfica from 1959 to 1970 and for the Portugal national team from 1961 to 1968.

Cruz died on 16 August 2025, at the age of 85.^[1]

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69^[2]
• Taça de Portugal: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70^[3]
• European Cup:^[3] 1960–61, 1961–62; runner-up 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68
• Intercontinental Cup runner-up 1961,^[4] 1962

Paris Saint-Germain

• Division 2: 1970–71^[5]

Portugal

• FIFA World Cup third-place: 1966^[6]

• Fernando Cruz at ForaDeJogo
• Fernando Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Fernando Cruz – FIFA competition record (archived)