Luis Fernando Cruzado Sánchez (6 July 1941 – 14 February 2013) was a Peruvian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
in the
1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
.
Club career
Cruzado started his career in 1959 with
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...
and played his final season with
Juan Aurich
Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentral ...
.
[Falleció el exmundialista peruano Luis Cruzado]
- La Prensa
Managerial career
Cruzado managed the
Peru women's national football team
The Peru women's national football team represents Peru in international women's football and is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) (Federación Peruana de Fútbol in Spanish) as a part of the CONMEBOL federation.
P ...
at the
2003 South American Championship.
Death
He died in Hospital 14 February 2013 in Lima, Peru.
Falleció Lucho Cruzado, mediocampista de Universitario
/ref> He was survived by his 3 children. He was widower of Margarita Navarrete, mother of his son and two daughters.
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1941 births
2013 deaths
Footballers from Lima
Peruvian footballers
Association football midfielders
Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
Juan Aurich footballers
Peru international footballers
1970 FIFA World Cup players
Peruvian football managers
Women's association football managers
Peru women's national football team managers