Bobbie Friberg da Cruz
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Bobbie Friberg José Da Cruz | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1982 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| –2000 | IF Stendy | ||||||||||
| 2001–200? | GAIS | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2001–2008 | GAIS | 149 | (11) | ||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Randers | 24 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2010 | → Kongsvinger (loan) | 29 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2011–2013 | IFK Norrköping | 55 | (4) | ||||||||
| 2014–2017 | IFK Mariehamn | 119 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Bobbie Friberg da Cruz (born 16 February 1982) is a Swedish reitred footballer.
He has played for IFK Mariehamn in Finland, IFK Norrköping and GAIS in Sweden, Randers in Denmark, and Kongsvinger in Norway. His brother Johan Friberg da Cruz is also a professional football player, currently playing for Västra Frölunda IF. Their father is of Cape Verdean origin, and both of the brothers have been invited to the Cape Verde national football team.
Club career
Cruz had played for GAIS since he was 16 years old. After being a part of the first team for seven years Cruz signed a four-year contract with Danish Superliga side Randers FC; he was presented on 22 June 2008[1] and debuted on 1 March in the derby against AGF. Da Cruz played the full 90 minutes. Randers won the game 2–1. He would go on to make another 11 appearances in the 2008–09 season.[2]
On 29 January 2010, an agreement was reached between Randers and Norwegian club Kongsvinger IL for da Cruz to go on a one-year loan spell. Both Randers and da Cruz himself felt that he had not lived up to expectations during his first year in Denmark, and that a move to Norwegian football might prove beneficial.[3][4] Kongsvinger where newcomers to the Norwegian top flight Tippeligaen in 2010, having gained promotion in 2009. On 1 February 2011 Bobbie Friberg da Cruz announced he will move to IFK Norrköping playing in Allsvenskan. He signed a 3-year contract with the Swedish top flight club. In 2014, Friberg da Cruz left IFK Norrköping for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga.
Honors
- IFK Mariehamn
- Veikkausliiga (1): 2016[5]
References
- ^ http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=85401 (In Danish)
- ^ "Randers FC profile". randersfc.dk. Retrieved 2010-01-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bobbie Friberg da Cruz udlejes til Kongsvinger IL". randersfc.dk (in Danish). 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "Bobbie i boks". kil.no (in Norwegian). 2010-01-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "IFK vann årets ligaguld". ifkfotboll.ax (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Bobbie Friberg da Cruz at Wikimedia Commons
- GAIS profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 14, 2008) (in Swedish)
- IFK Mariehamn profile at the Wayback Machine (archived May 21, 2014) (in Swedish)
- Bobbie Friberg José Da Cruz at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- GAIS players
- Randers FC players
- Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players
- IFK Norrköping players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Allsvenskan players
- Danish Superliga players
- Eliteserien players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Swedish people of Cape Verdean descent
- Association football defenders
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Swedish football defender stubs