Shirley Cruz
Costa Rican footballer (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shirley Cruz Traña (born 28 August 1985) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Alajuelense of the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division and the Costa Rica women's national football team. A creative midfielder who often acts as a deep-lying playmaker, Cruz is the second-ever female footballer behind Gabriela Trujillo from Costa Rica to play in Europe when she joined Lyon in 2005.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Traña.
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Full name | Shirley Cruz Traña[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985 (age 38)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | CF Universidad | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | AD Goicoechea | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | CS Desamparados | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | UCEM Alajuela | ||||||||||||||||
2005 | Saprissa FF | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2012 | Lyon | 115 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | 91 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Jiangsu Suning | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Alajuelense | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | OL Reign | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Alajuelense | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2023 | Costa Rica | 109 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2023 |
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