Félix Cruz Barbosa-Ríos (born 4 April 1961) is a Mexican
football
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manager
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and former player who played as a defender for
Mexico
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in the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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.
Club career
Cruz began his footballing career in Mexico with
Pumas UNAM
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in 1980. However, having his opportunities limited with Pumas he played in Japan for
Nissan Motors
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where he remained for two seasons. Other clubs Cruz played for were
Atlante F.C.,
Tigres UANL
Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...
,
C.F. Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados, A.C., simply known as Monterrey or by its nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, that plays in Liga MX, the top d ...
and
Toros Neza
Neza Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club based in the city of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, that plays in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano. Founded in 1991 as Toros UTN, then the club was moved to Pachuca, Hidalgo and played the 1993–94 ...
.
International career
He represented
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
as a player in the
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...
tournaments and earned a total of 52 caps, scoring 1 goal.
References
External links
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FIFA profile*
1961 births
Living people
Mexican men's footballers
Footballers from Torreón
Men's association football defenders
Mexico men's international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Atlante F.C. footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
C.F. Monterrey players
Toros Neza footballers
Liga MX players
Mexican expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Japan
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Mexican football managers
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players
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