José Manuel Cruz Orozco (born 10 August 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Ciudad de Lucena.
Club career Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Cruz finished his formation with Real Madrid, then played his first three years as a senior with the C-team. On 15 July 2010 he signed with Sporting de Gijón,El Sporting B ficha al central José Manuel Cruz (Sporting sign centre back José Manuel Cruz); El Comercio, 15 July 2010 but only appeared officially for the reserves in Segunda División B.
In the 2012 summer, Cruz joined fellow league club Lucena CF.; Córdoba Deporte, 3 July 2012 After only one season he penned a one-year deal with Real Jaén, freshly promoted to Segunda División.Rene Román y José Manuel Cruz refuerzan al Real Jaén (Rene Román and José Manuel Cruz strengthen Real Jaén); Marca, 21 July 2013
On 18 August 2013, Cruz played his first game as a professional, starting in a 1–2 home loss against SD Eibar.El Jaén muere en la orilla (Jaén dies on the shore); Marca, 18 August 2013 He scored his first professional goal on 30 March of the following year, netting the last in a 1–1 home draw against Hércules CF.
On 27 July 2015, Cruz moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Hong Kong club Yuen Long FC.José Cruz ficha por el Yuen Long de Hong Kong tras dos años en el Real Jaén (José Cruz signs for Hong Kong's Yuen Long after two years at Real Jaén); ABC, 27 July 2015 The following January he returned to his native country, and represented UD Almería BEl filial refuerza su defensa con el fichaje de Cruz, un central con gran experiencia (The reserves bolster with the signing of Cruz, a stopper with great experience); UD Almería, 27 January 2016 and Racing de FerrolJosé Cruz, primer fichaje del Racing de Ferrol para la defensa (José Cruz, first signing of Racing de Ferrol for the defence); La Voz de Galicia, 12 July 2016 in the following years.
On 28 July 2017, Cruz signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking FK. He left the club after the 2017 season.
On 17 January 2018, Cruz returned to Spain, signing for Segunda División B club Mérida AD. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he joined fellow Segunda División B club Marbella FC. After two seasons with Marbella, he signed for Linares Deportivo in September 2020.
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSporting B 2010–11Segunda División B312——3122011–12Segunda División B250——250Total562——562Lucena2012–13Segunda División B3141020344Jaén2013–14Segunda División12110—1312014–15Segunda División B35110—361Total47220—492Yuen Long2015–16Hong Kong Premier League8120—101Almería B2015–16Segunda División B152——152Racing Ferrol2016–17Segunda División B34220—362Viking2017Eliteserien5000—50Mérida2017–18Segunda División B1500010160Marbella2018–19Segunda División B23210—2422019–20Segunda División B1000010110Total3321010352Linares Deportivo2020–21Segunda División B2212010251Career total266161005028116
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