| Patrick Cruz | |
| Fullname: | Patrick dos Santos Cruz |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | São Paulo |
| Years1: | 2013-2014 |
| Clubs1: | Corinthians |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Clubs2: | Flamengo-SP |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs3: | Mitra Kukar |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Years4: | 2016-2017 |
| Clubs4: | TCF II |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 2017-2018 |
| Clubs5: | Saigon |
| Caps5: | 22 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2018-2019 |
| Clubs6: | Pahang |
| Caps6: | 17 |
| Goals6: | 11 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | Chonburi |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Clubs8: | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Goals8: | 6 |
| Years9: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs9: | Għajnsielem |
| Caps9: | 22 |
| Goals9: | 17 |
| Years10: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs10: | Phrae United |
| Caps10: | 31 |
| Goals10: | 10 |
| Years11: | 2024– |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Brazil U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 7 September 2016 |
Patrick dos Santos Cruz (born 1 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward for Thai League 2 club Pattaya United.
Cruz began his career at São Paulo, and in 2014, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. Born in Minas Gerais, 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. Cruz was part of the champion squad of the 2010 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr., alongside Casemiro and Lucas Moura.[2]
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 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
On 16 January 2016, Cruz signed a contract with Malaysia Super League club T-Team after association of Indonesia football been suspended that year.
On 10 January 2017, Vietnamese club Saigon 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 SHB Da Nang on 14 January 2017 and scored one goal in that match.
On 23 February 2018, Cruz signed with Malaysia Super League side Pahang. One day later, he made his debut for Pahang and scored one goal in a 3–1 win over Selangor at KLFA Stadium.[3]
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.[4]
On 28 April 2018, in league fixture he scored a goal to helped Pahang win over Malacca 2–0.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| T-Team | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 21 | ||
| Saigon | 2017 | V.League 1 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 17 | ||
| Pahang | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||