Fernando Da Cruz (born 25 October 1972) is a French professional

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, and former

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player who represented the France national futsal team.

Playing career

Da Cruz was an amateur footballer, but was called up to represent the France national futsal team in 1998 at the age of 26, and later became their captain.

Coaching career

Da Cruz began his managerial career as assistant coach with

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in Belgium, and has stints coaching the youth with

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lille, Northern France competing in Ligue 1, the top division of Football in Franc ...

and

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

. On 29 December 2014, he was named temporary manager of Mouscron after the sacking of Rachid Chihab. On 31 January 2016, Da Cruz left Mouscron to work as a scout with

. Da Cruz became manager of the Lille B team from 2018 to 2020. On 27 July 2020, he was again named manager of Mouscron.

Personal life

Born in France, Da Cruz is of Portuguese descent.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Da Cruz, Fernando 1972 births Living people People from Villeneuve-d'Ascq French men's footballers French men's futsal players French football managers French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football midfielders Lille OSC non-playing staff Royal Excel Mouscron managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Sportspeople from Nord (French department) Botola managers AS FAR managers Expatriate football managers in Morocco