Joan Cruz

Joan Cruz
Personal information
Full name	Joan Manuel Cruz Castro
Date of birth	April 4, 2003 (age 18)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Colo-Colo
Number	35
Youth career
2010–2019	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–	Colo-Colo
National team‡
2019	Chile U17
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2019

Joan Manuel Cruz Castro (born April 4, 2003), known as Joan Cruz, is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for club Colo-Colo as a midfielder.

Club career[]

He arrived to Colo-Colo at the age of 7 years^[1] and signed his first contract as professional player on 2019, before playing at the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup.^[2] Also, he has played at the 2020 U20 Copa Libertadores.

International career[]

He was called up to Chile U17 to play at the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup, appearing at the four matches played by Chile and scoring two goals in the last match against Brazil U17.^[3]

In September 2020, he was called up to the training microcycle of the Chile national team.^[4]

Personal life[]

He was named Joan Manuel in honor of the Spanish musician Joan Manuel Serrat.^[5]

Honours[]

Club[]

Colo-Colo

Copa Chile (2): 2019, 2021

References[]

^ "El comienzo de Joan Cruz, joya de Colo Colo: "Inicié en una cancha que los niños iban para no meterse en drogas"" [The beginning of Joan Cruz, Colo-Colo's jewel: "I began on a field where children went to avoid getting into drugs"] (in Spanish). dalealbo.cl. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "Jugadores sub 17 de Colo Colo que disputarán el Mundial firmaron su primer contrato profesional" [Colo Colo's U17 players who will play at the World Cup signed their first contract as professional players] (in Spanish). alairelibre.cl. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ FIFA.com
^ "La Roja inicia microciclo de entrenamientos con nominados del medio local" [The Red One begins training microcycle with called-up players from the national environment] (in Spanish). laroja.cl. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ Medina, Matías (27 December 2019). "Especial 2019: Joan Cruz, la promesa del fútbol chileno". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External links[]

Joan Cruz at Soccerway
Joan Cruz at laroja.cl

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[joya-1] "El comienzo de Joan Cruz, joya de Colo Colo: "Inicié en una cancha que los niños iban para no meterse en drogas"" [The beginning of Joan Cruz, Colo-Colo's jewel: "I began on a field where children went to avoid getting into drugs"] (in Spanish). dalealbo.cl. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[dalealbo-2] "Jugadores sub 17 de Colo Colo que disputarán el Mundial firmaron su primer contrato profesional" [Colo Colo's U17 players who will play at the World Cup signed their first contract as professional players] (in Spanish). alairelibre.cl. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[3] FIFA.com

[4] "La Roja inicia microciclo de entrenamientos con nominados del medio local" [The Red One begins training microcycle with called-up players from the national environment] (in Spanish). laroja.cl. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[5] Medina, Matías (27 December 2019). "Especial 2019: Joan Cruz, la promesa del fútbol chileno". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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