Edson "Karr" Cruz (born 4 February 1988) is a

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an international football midfielder who played for Cypriot side

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium ...

Career

Edson Cruz played in the youth teams of

F.C. Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Port ...

until 2007, when initiated his senior career by being loaned to

F.C. Infesta Futebol Clube Infesta ''(abbreviated as FC Infesta)'' is a Portuguese football club based in São Mamede de Infesta, Matosinhos in the district of Porto. Background FC Infesta currently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série B which is the fourth ...

in the

Portuguese Second Division Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

during the 2007-08season. Next year he was loaned to a more ambitious

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

that finished their campaign that season as champions of

2008–09 Liga de Honra The 2008–09 Liga de Honra season is the 19th season of the competition and the 75th season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal. Trofense are the defending champions. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from Liga de Honra *Trofe ...

and thus promoted to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal ...

. However, expired the loan deal, Edson Cruz returned to

which sold him to

Gondomar S.C. Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2.4 ...

where he played the 2009-10 season in the Second Division, however in summer 2010 he was back to the Liga de Honra by signing with newly promoted

C.D. Fátima Centro Desportivo de Fátima, simply known as Fátima, is a Portuguese football club based in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém. Founded in 1966, it holds home matches at ''Estádio Papa Francisco'', with a capacity of 1,545 spectators. Clu ...

. In summer 2011 he moved to

G.D. Interclube Grupo Desportivo Interclube, usually known as Interclube or Inter de Luanda, is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club is attached to the Angolan police force. Interclube is one of the two clubs based in Luanda (the other one is 1º d ...

, commonly known as Inter Luanda, playing in the

Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. Girabo ...

, Angolan top tier. In December 2011 he came for a trial at

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

side

FK Radnički 1923 Fudbalski klub Radnički 1923 (), commonly known as Radnički Kragujevac (), is a professional football club from Kragujevac, Serbia and the major part of the Radnički Kragujevac Sports Society. The name Radnički means "Labourers'" in Serbian ...

National team

He has been part of the

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since 2008, when he became part of the team in the qualification matches for the

2010 African Nations Cup The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edson Cruz 1988 births Living people Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders S.C. Olhanense players Gondomar S.C. players C.D. Trofense players Liga Portugal 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal G.D. Interclube players Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Aris Limassol FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus C.D. Fátima players Cypriot First Division players