# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fernando-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:44:33.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fernando-cruz"
name: "Fernando Cruz"
slug: "fernando-cruz"
description: "Fernando da Conceição Cruz was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left-back, most notably for Benfica and the Portugal national team."
tagline: "Portuguese footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernando_Cruz_1965_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1940-08-12"
deathDate: "2025-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             1.519607843137255
  historical:           16.22538
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  242
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz_(futagl%C3%B6p%C3%A4dan)"
    title: "Fernando Cruz (futaglöpädan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "فرناندو كروز (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "فيرناندو كروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz_(footballer)"
    title: "Fernando Cruz (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz_(futbolista)"
    title: "Fernando Cruz (futbolista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "فرناندو کروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz"
    title: "Fernando Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz_(futebolista)"
    title: "Fernando Cruz (futebolista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83"
    title: "Круш, Фернанду"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cruz_(footballer)"
    title: "Fernando Cruz (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6"
    title: "Фернанду Круж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump