Joan Cruz

Joan Cruz
Personal information
Full name	Joan Manuel Cruz Castro
Date of birth	April 4, 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Colo-Colo
Number	35
Youth career
2010–2019	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–	Colo-Colo
International career‡
2019	Chile U15
2019	Chile U17
2021–	Chile U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

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

On April 2019, Cruz took part of the Chile U15 squad at the UEFA U-16 Development Tournament in Finland.^[3] After, 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.^[4] He represented Chile U20 at the friendly tournament Copa Rául Coloma Rivas,^[5] playing three matches and scoring a goal against Colombia U20.^[6] and at four friendly matches against Paraguay U20^[7]^[8] and Peru U20 on 2022.^[9] In the 2022 South American Games, he made 2 appearances.^[10]

In September 2020, he was called up to the training microcycle of the Chile national team.^[11]

Personal life

He was named Joan Manuel in honor of the Spanish musician Joan Manuel Serrat.^[12]

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.
^ Benavides, Camilo (18 April 2019). "La Roja Sub 15 jugará torneo internacional en Finlandia" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ FIFA.com
^ González, Christian (3 December 2021). "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Masculina Sub 20 para el torneo Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ González, Christian (12 December 2021). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo con Colombia en su despedida de la Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ González, Christián (8 April 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo en su segundo amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó ante Perú en La Videna". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Joan Manuel Cruz Castro". www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ "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] Benavides, Camilo (18 April 2019). "La Roja Sub 15 jugará torneo internacional en Finlandia" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[4] FIFA.com

[5] González, Christian (3 December 2021). "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Masculina Sub 20 para el torneo Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[6] González, Christian (12 December 2021). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo con Colombia en su despedida de la Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[7] "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[8] González, Christián (8 April 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo en su segundo amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[9] "La Roja Sub 20 cayó ante Perú en La Videna". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[10] "Joan Manuel Cruz Castro". www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[11] "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.

[12] 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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