Fernando Da Cruz

Fernando Da Cruz (born 25 October 1972) is a French professional football manager, and former futsal player who represented the France national futsal team.

Fernando Da Cruz

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Da Cruz
Date of birth	(1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2006	France Futsal	55
Managerial career
2006–2008	Wasquehal (assistant manager)
2012–2014	Mouscron (assistant manager)
2014–2015	Mouscron
2018–2020	Lille B
2020	Mouscron
2022–2023	AS FAR

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.^[1]

Coaching career

Da Cruz began his managerial career as assistant coach with Wasquehal in Belgium, and has stints coaching the youth with Lille OSC and Royal Excel Mouscron. On 29 December 2014, he was named temporary manager of Mouscron after the sacking of Rachid Chihab.^[2] On 31 January 2016, Da Cruz left Mouscron to work as a scout with Lille OSC.^[3]

Da Cruz became manager of the Lille B team from 2018 to 2020. On 27 July 2020, he was again named manager of Mouscron.^[4]

Personal life

Born in France, Da Cruz is of Portuguese descent.^[5]