Patrick dos Santos Cruz (born 1 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick dos Santos Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | São Paulo B | 8 | (1) |
| 2015 | Corinthians | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Mitra Kukar | 27 | (19) |
| 2016 | T-Team | 20 | (10) |
| 2017 | Sài Gòn | 22 | (7) |
| 2018 | Pahang | 9 | (6) |
| 2019 | Chonburi | 12 | (1) |
| 2019 | SKA Khabarovsk | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2014 | Brazil U20 | 16 | (4) |
| 2014 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2016 | |||
Cruz began his career at São Paulo, and in 2014, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. Born in Minas Gerais, Cruz came through the youth academy at União Barbarense and impressed from an early age. Cruz was spotted by talent scouts who took him to the state capital where he subsequently joined São Paulo FC in 2011 at the age of 14.
He made his professional debut on 28 August 2013, in the second leg of the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana. He played the full 90 minutes of the goalless draw with Clube Atlético Paranaense at the Arena da Baixada. His domestic debut came on 13 March 2014, in the final eight minutes of a 5–0 home win over Mirassol Futebol Clube in the Campeonato Paulista. That year, he also made 11 substitute appearances for the team in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Initially, Cruz joined Corinthians after a contractual dispute with his former club Flamengo with Cruz's agent claiming that the club had not paid salaries as promised. That year, he also made 8 substitute appearances for the team in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
On 16 January 2016, Cruz signed a contract with Malaysia Super League club T-Team after association of Indonesia football been suspended that year.
On 10 January 2017, Vietnamese club Sài Gòn announced the signing of Cruz for the 2017 V.League 1 season. Cruz made his debut for Sài Gòn in a 2–1 win over SHB Đà Nẵng on 14 January 2017 and scored one goal in that match.
On 23 February 2018, Cruz signed with Malaysia Super League side Pahang. One day later, he made his debut for Pahang and scored one goal in a 3–1 win over Selangor at KLFA Stadium.[1]
Cruz start his campaign with flying colours by scoring a hat trick in the second leg FA cup match at Larkin Stadium which saw Pahang eliminated JDT 3-0 on aggregate.[2] 28 April 2018, in league fixture he did scored a goal to helped Pahang win over Malacca 2-0.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| T-Team | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 13 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 13 | |||
| Sài Gòn | 2017 | V.League 1 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 7 | |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 7 | |||
| Pahang | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 9 | |||
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||