Alejandro 'Álex' Cruz Hernández (born 31 October 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Cruz Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | El Puerto de Santa María, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cádiz | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Cádiz B | ||
| 2007–2008 | Portuense | 23 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Gimnàstic | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Atlético Baleares (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Atlético Ciudad | 30 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Lucena | 30 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Jaén | 28 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Avilés | 29 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Jaén | 25 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Toledo | 19 | (1) |
| 2016 | Llagostera | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Melilla | 43 | (1) |
| 2018–2021 | Sanluqueño | 67 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Xerez Deportivo | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:41, 21 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn in El Puerto de Santa María, Province of Cádiz, Cruz finished his youth career with local Cádiz CF, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2005–06 season. He first arrived in the Segunda División B in summer 2007, joining Racing Club Portuense.[1]
In August 2008, Cruz signed with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[1] He played his first professional match on 6 December, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Deportivo Alavés.[2] In January of the following year, he was loaned to CD Atlético Baleares in division three.[3]
Cruz remained in the third tier the following years, with CF Atlético Ciudad, Lucena CF, Real Jaén and Real Avilés CF.[4] On 9 July 2013 he returned to Jaén, recently promoted to the second league.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b El ex Portuense Álex Cruz ficha por el Nàstic para jugar en Segunda (Ex-Portuense Álex Cruz signs with Nàstic to play in Segunda); Diario Sur, 17 August 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Nástic hace honor a su fama y empata en Vitoria (Nástic honour their reputation and draw in Vitoria); Marca, 6 December 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Atlético Baleares: llega cedido Álex Cruz. (Atlético Baleares: Álex Cruz arrives on loan.) Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; esFutbol, 23 January 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Avilés ficha al lateral izquierdo Álex Cruz (Avilés sign left-back Álex Cruz); El Comercio, 30 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Jaén ficha a Jozabed, Curto y Alex Cruz (Jáen sign Jozabed, Curto and Alex Cruz); Marca, 9 July 2013 (in Spanish)