Patrick dos Santos Cruz (born 1 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional

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who played as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Cruz began his career at

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, and in 2014, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. Born in

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, Cruz came through the youth academy at União Barbarense and impressed from an early age. Cruz was spotted by talent scouts who took him to the state capital where he subsequently joined São Paulo in 2011 at the age of 14.

Flamengo

He made his professional debut on 28 August 2013, in the second leg of the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana. He played the full 90 minutes of the goalless draw with

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at the

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. His domestic debut came on 13 March 2014, in the final eight minutes of a 5–0 home win over Mirassol Futebol Clube in the

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. That year, he also made 11 substitute appearances for the team in the

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Corinthians

Initially, Cruz joined Corinthians after a contractual dispute with his former club Flamengo with Cruz's agent claiming that the club had not paid salaries as promised. That year, he also made 8 substitute appearances for the team in the

T-Team F.C.

On 16 January 2016, Cruz signed a contract with

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club T-Team after association of Indonesia football been suspended that year.

Saigon FC

On 10 January 2017, Vietnamese club

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announced the signing of Cruz for the 2017 V.League 1 season. Cruz made his debut for Sài Gòn in a 2–1 win over

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on 14 January 2017 and scored one goal in that match.

Pahang FA

On 23 February 2018, Cruz signed with

side

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. One day later, he made his debut for Pahang and scored one goal in a 3–1 win over

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. Cruz start his campaign with flying colours by scoring a hat trick in the second leg FA cup match at Larkin Stadium which saw Pahang eliminated JDT 3-0 on aggregate. 28 April 2018, in league fixture he did scored a goal to helped Pahang win over Malacca 2-0.

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cruz, Patrick 1993 births Living people Brazilian footballers Men's association football forwards CR Flamengo footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players PS Mitra Kukar players Terengganu F.C. II players Sri Pahang FC players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Malaysia Super League players V.League 1 players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in Russia