Osvaldo Cruz (footballer)

{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1931–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Osvaldo Héctor Cruz

| image = Osvaldo Hector Cruz.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|05|29}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|03|20|1931|05|29}}

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| height = 1.68 m

| position =

| years1 = 1951–1960

| clubs1 = Independiente

| caps1 = 222

| goals1 = 43

| years2 = 1960–1961

| clubs2 = Palmeiras

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| years3 = 1961

| clubs3 = Independiente

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1962–1964

| clubs4 = Unión Española

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| nationalyears1 = 1953–1958

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 3

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Osvaldo Héctor Cruz (29 May 1931 – 20 March 2023) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Brazil and Chile; and in the Argentina national team{{cite web |title=Osvaldo Cruz |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/48081/Osvaldo_Cruz.html |website=National Football Teams |access-date=16 February 2021}} in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.

Cruz died on 20 March 2023, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=Murió Osvaldo Cruz, emblema de Independiente en los '50 |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/533410-murio-osvaldo-cruz-emblema-de-independiente-en-los-50 |access-date=21 March 2023 |publisher=Página 12 |date=21 March 2023}}