OSVALDO CRUZ (FOOTBALLER)

Osvaldo Héctor Cruz
Personal information
Date of birth	29 May 1931
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	20 March 2023 (aged 91)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1960	Independiente
1960–1961	Palmeiras
1961	Independiente
1962–1964	Unión Española
International career
1953–1958	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo Héctor Cruz (29 May 1931 – 20 March 2023) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Brazil and Chile; and in the Argentina national team^[1] in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.

Cruz died on 20 March 2023, at the age of 91.^[2]

Honours

Independiente

Palmeiras

Argentina

^ ^a ^b "Osvaldo Cruz". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "Murió Osvaldo Cruz, emblema de Independiente en los '50". Página 12. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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Personal information

Date of birth	(1931-05-29)29 May 1931
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	20 March 2023(2023-03-20) (aged 91)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
1951–1960	Independiente	222	(43)
1960–1961	Palmeiras
1961	Independiente	13	(1)
1962–1964	Unión Española
International career
1953–1958	Argentina	22	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals