Jesús María Lacruz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús María Lacruz Gómez | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1994 | Osasuna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Osasuna B | 34 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Osasuna | 48 | (1) |
1997–2006 | Athletic Bilbao | 224 | (12) |
2006–2009 | Espanyol | 48 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Real Unión | 56 | (1) |
Total | 410 | (14) | |
International career | |||
1995–1996 | Spain U18 | 6 | (0) |
1997 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) |
2000 | Spain U23 | 5 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Navarre | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Football | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team Competition |
Jesús María Lacruz Gómez (born 25 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a versatile defender.
He amassed La Liga totals of 272 games and 12 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol in the competition.
Club career
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Lacruz's professional career began in 1994 with hometown side CA Osasuna in the second division, making his first appearance for the main squad aged just 16, and in 1997 he joined Athletic Bilbao, where he made his La Liga debut in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid on 13 September.[1] He was a regular starter for the latter in six of his nine seasons.
After 251 official games with Athletic – five in the 1998–99 edition of the UEFA Champions League – Lacruz moved to RCD Espanyol in the summer 2006 for €300,000 on a three-year contract, reuniting with former manager Ernesto Valverde.[2] His first competitive appearance took place on 17 August in a 0–4 home loss to FC Barcelona for the Supercopa de España,[3] and he scored his first goal for his new team against A.S. Livorno Calcio in a UEFA Cup match.[4] In the same competition, he added another in a 2–1 win at SV Werder Bremen[5] as the Catalans went on to lose the final to Sevilla FC on penalties; after having appeared in only ten league contests in the 2008–09 campaign, the 31-year-old left the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
On 14 January 2010, after several months without a club, Lacruz signed with modest Real Unión on a free transfer, until the end of the second division season, thus returning to the Basque Country.[6] He appeared in 20 matches in his first year (all starts), in an eventual relegation.
International career
Lacruz was part of the Spanish squad that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, losing the final to Cameroon.[7] During two years, he appeared nine times for the under-21 team.
Honours
Club
Espanyol
International
Spain U23
- Summer Olympic silver medal: 2000
References
- ^ "El 'anticiclón' pasa por San Mamés" [The 'anticyclone' goes through San Mamés]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 September 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Lacruz ficha por el Espanyol" [Lacruz signs for Espanyol] (in Spanish). UEFA. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "La clase se impone" [Class gets on top] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 August 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Espanyol ease through against Livorno". UEFA. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Espanyol ease into Glasgow final". UEFA. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Jesús Mari Lacruz, presentado como nuevo jugador del Unión" [Jesús Mari Lacruz, presented as new Unión player]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Sidney 2000: Oro negro" [Sydney 2000: Black gold] (in Spanish). Recuerdos de Nigeria. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links
- Jesús María Lacruz at BDFutbol
- Jesús María Lacruz at Athletic Bilbao
- Jesús María Lacruz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jesús María Lacruz at Soccerway
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Pamplona
- Spanish footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- CA Osasuna B players
- CA Osasuna players
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Real Unión footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics