Alejandro 'Álex' Cruz Rodríguez (born 17 June 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career Born in Mogán, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Cruz made his senior debut in 2008 with local club UD Vecindario in the Segunda División B. After good performances, he signed a four-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona from Segunda División.El Nàstic renueva a Ferrando e incorpora a Álex Cruz y Vicente Pérez (Nàstic renew Ferrando and add Álex Cruz and Vicente Pérez); Diari de Tarragona, 26 June 2009 (in Spanish)
In his first season with the Catalans, Cruz was fairly used as they finished in 18th position with 51 points, but just one place before the relegation zone. His first match in the competition took place on 30 August 2009 when he came on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win against Real Murcia CF,El Nástic gana a un Murcia inofensivo en su campo (Nástic beat harmless Murcia in their home); Marca, 30 August 2009 (in Spanish) and his maiden goal occurred the following 17 January in the 2–2 draw at Elche CF.Con dos menos no sólo aguantó el Elche, sino que casi gana (Elche not only held their own with two less, but they also almost win); Marca, 17 January 2010 (in Spanish)
Cruz agreed to a three-and-a-half-year deal with Granada CF in January 2011.El Granada CF ficha a Álex Cruz hasta 2014 y cede a Felipe Sanchón al Nástic (Granada CF sign Álex Cruz until 2014 and loan Felipe Sanchón to Nástic); Ideal, 31 January 2013 (in Spanish) He achieved promotion to the second tier, but totalled only 121 minutes in the process.
In July 2011, Cruz was loaned to CE Sabadell FC, recently promoted to division two.El Granada cede a Álex Cruz al Sabadell (Granada loan Álex Cruz to Sabadell); Marca, 25 July 2013 (in Spanish) The following summer, after scarcely featuring throughout the campaign, he joined UCAM Murcia CF also on loan.Alex Cruz, última incorporación (Alex Cruz, last addition); UCAM Murcia CF, 1 September 2012 (in Spanish)
On 2 September 2013, Cruz signed for UE Llagostera after being released by Granada.El Llagostera tanca la plantilla amb l´arribada d´Álex Cruz (Llagostera finish squad after the arrival of Álex Cruz); Diari de Girona, 2 September 2013 (in Catalan) He was released in June of the following year, and moved to Burgos CF also in the third tier on 8 August.Álex Cruz, nuevo jugador del Burgos (Álex Cruz, new player of Burgos); Ideal, 8 August 2014 (in Spanish)
Cruz continued competing in the third division the following years, representing Real Jaén, CD Mensajero, CD Ebro and CD Lealtad.Álex Cruz, tercer refuerzo invernal del Lealtad (Álex Cruz, third winter addition of Lealtad); Grada 3, 31 January 2018 (in Spanish)
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