Miguel Cruz

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| fullname = Miguel Cruz Paz

| birth_date = 1914

| birth_place =El Salvador

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|3|9|1914|df=y}}

| death_place =El Salvador

| currentclub =

| position = striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Libertad

| years1 = 1940–1946

| clubs1 = Universidad Católica

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| nationalyears1 = 1935–1944

| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

| nationalcaps1 = ?

| nationalgoals1 = 16

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Miguel Cruz Paz (1914 – 9 March 2000) was a Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

Nicknamed el Americano (the American), Cruz played club football in El Salvador, before going to Chile to play professionally alongside compatriot Armando Chacón at Universidad Católica.{{cite web|publisher=Revista Debate|author=Herrera S., Jorge|title=Falleció Raúl "Araña" Magaña Monzón|url=http://revistadebate.ca/portal/content/view/1564/50/|language=Spanish|date=2009-10-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030114510/http://revistadebate.ca/portal/content/view/1564/50/|archivedate=2009-10-30}}

International career

On March 24, 1935 he made his international debut in El Salvador's first group stage match at the 1935 Central American Games against Cuba, where he also got his first and second goals, scoring the first in a 4–1 victory

Cruz scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1935 to 1943.{{cite web|author=Owsianski, Jarek|title=El Salvador - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html|date=2004-04-18}} He represented his country at the 1935 Central American Games.

Honours

International

Central American and Caribbean Games Bronze Medal (1): 1935

References

External links

[http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/EDICIONESANTERIORES/marzo11/DEPORTES/depor1.html Se fue Americano Cruz] - El Diario de Hoy {{in lang|es}}
[http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2015/02/09/el-americano-uno-de-los-primeros-legionarios-azules] - La Prensa Grafica {{in lang|es}}
[https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/miguel-cruz-americano-chile-universidad-catolica/908068/2021/] - El Diario de Hoy {{in lang|es}}

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Category:1917 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Salvadoran men's footballers

Category:El Salvador men's international footballers