Miguel Cruz

Miguel Cruz

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Cruz Paz
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth	El Salvador
Date of death	9 March 2000(2000-03-09) (aged 85–86)
Place of death	El Salvador
Position(s)	striker
Youth career
	Libertad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1940–1946	Universidad Católica
International career
1935–1944	El Salvador	?	(16)
Medal record Representing  El Salvador Men's Football Central American and Caribbean Games 1935 El Salvador Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2] He represented his country at the 1935 Central American Games.

International

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

• Se fue Americano Cruz - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
• [1] - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
• [2] - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)

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