Fernando Da Cruz (born 25 October 1972) is a French professional football manager, and former futsal player who represented the France national futsal team. He is managing the Moroccan club AS FAR
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Fernando Da Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | France Futsal | 55 | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2008 | Wasquehal (assistant manager) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Mouscron (assistant manager) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mouscron | ||
| 2018–2020 | Lille B | ||
| 2020 | Mouscron | ||
| 2022- | AS FAR | ||
Da Cruz was an amateur footballer, but was called up to represent the France national futsal team in 1998 at the age of 26, and later became their captain.[1]
Da Cruz began his managerial career as assistant coach with Wasquehal in Belgium, and has stints coaching the youth with Lille OSC and Royal Excel Mouscron. On 29 December 2014, he was named temporary manager of Mouscron after the sacking of Rachid Chihab.[2] On 31 January 2016, Da Cruz left Mouscron to work as a scout with Lille OSC.[3]
Da Cruz became manager of the Lille B team from 2018 to 2020. On 27 July 2020, he was again named manager of Mouscron.[4]
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