# Edson Cruz

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{{Short description|Cape Verdean footballer (born 1988)}}
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{{BLP sources|date=July 2015}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name                = Edson Cruz
|image               = 
|full_name           = Edson Jorge Lopes Cruz
|birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1988|2|4|df=y}}
|birth_place         = [Mindelo](/source/Mindelo), Cape Verde
|height              = 1.80 m
|position            = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
|currentclub         = 
|youthyears1         = 2006–2007
|youthclubs1         = [Porto](/source/FC_Porto)
|years1              = 2007–2009
|clubs1              = [Porto](/source/FC_Porto)
|caps1               = 0
|goals1              = 0
|years2              = 2007–2008
|clubs2              = → [Infesta](/source/F.C._Infesta) (loan)
|caps2               = 21
|goals2              = 0
|years3              = 2008–2009
|clubs3              = → [Olhanense](/source/S.C._Olhanense) (loan)
|caps3               = 8
|goals3              = 0
|years4              = 2009–2010
|clubs4              = [Gondomar](/source/Gondomar_S.C.)
|caps4               = 24
|goals4              = 1
|years5              = 2010–2011
|clubs5              = [Fátima](/source/C.D._F%C3%A1tima)
|caps5               = 9
|goals5              = 0
|years6              = 2011–2012
|clubs6              = [Inter Luanda](/source/G.D._Interclube)
|caps6               = 
|goals6              = 
|years7              = 2012–2013
|clubs7              = [Trofense](/source/C.D._Trofense)
|caps7               = 13
|goals7              = 0
|years8              = 2013–2014
|clubs8              = [Aris Limassol](/source/Aris_Limassol_F.C.)
|caps8               = 
|goals8              = 
|nationalyears1      = 2008
|nationalteam1       = [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde_national_football_team)
|nationalcaps1       = 4
|nationalgoals1      = 0
|medaltemplates      = 
}}

'''Edson "Karr" Cruz''' (born 4 February 1988) is a Cape Verdean former professional [football](/source/association_football)er who played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder).

==Club career==
Cruz played in the youth teams of [Porto](/source/F.C._Porto) until 2007, when initiated his senior career by being loaned to [Infesta](/source/F.C._Infesta) in the [Portuguese Second Division](/source/Portuguese_Second_Division) during the 2007-08 season. Next year he was loaned to a more ambitious [Olhanense](/source/S.C._Olhanense) that finished their campaign that season as champions of [2008–09 Liga de Honra](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Liga_de_Honra) and thus promoted to the [Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga).

However, expired the loan deal, Cruz returned to Porto which sold him to [Gondomar](/source/Gondomar_S.C.){{citation needed|date=October 2025}} 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 [Fátima](/source/C.D._F%C3%A1tima).

In summer 2011 he moved to [G.D. Interclube](/source/G.D._Interclube), commonly known as Inter Luanda, playing in the [Girabola](/source/Girabola), Angolan top tier.<ref>[http://noticias.sapo.ao/info/artigo/1174380.html Futebol: Cabo-verdianos brilham no Girabola] at noticias.sapo.ao, 7 December 2011 {{in lang|pt}}</ref>

In December 2011 he came for a trial at [Serbian SuperLiga](/source/Serbian_SuperLiga) side [FK Radnički 1923](/source/FK_Radni%C4%8Dki_1923).

==International career==
Cruz played for the [Cape Verde national team](/source/Cape_Verde_national_football_team) in 2008,<ref>{{NFT player|26332|name=Edson Karr Cruz}}</ref> when he became part of the team in the qualification matches for the [2010 African Nations Cup](/source/2010_African_Nations_Cup).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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