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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauricio Antonio Cruz Jiron | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-03-11) March 11, 1957 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Nicaragua | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1982 | Diriangén FC | (170) | |
| 1980–1981 | Chicago Horizons (Indoor) | 24 | (7) |
| 1983 | Universidad | ||
| 1984–1992 | Diriangén FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1973–1992 | Nicaragua | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–2001 | Nicaragua | ||
| 1992–2006 | Diriangén | ||
| 2008 | Nicaragua | ||
| 2008–2010 | Diriangén | ||
| 2017–2019 | Diriangen | ||
| 2021–2022 | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mauricio Antonio Cruz Jiron (born 11 March 1957) is a former Nicaraguan footballer who currently coaches CD Walter Ferretti in the Primera División de Nicaragua.
Club career
During his career he played for Diriangén and Honduran outfit Universidad.
International career
Cruz made his debut for Nicaragua in the 1970s and represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, both in 1992 versus El Salvador. Cruz represented Nicaragua at the 1975 Pan American Games.
His final international was a July 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.
Managerial career
He has been national team manager during 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and again during a short 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification spell in 2008. Cruz took charge of Diriangén again in summer 2008 after he had left them in 2006.
Personal life
He has a brother named Donaldo Jiron.
References
- Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Mauricio Cruz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- “Soy otro técnico” - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
- Trece técnicos han pasado durante la sequía Archived 2015-07-25 at archive.today - Barra Cacique (in Spanish)
- Mauricio Cruz, último campeón Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
External links
| Nicaragua national football team – managers | |
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Nicaraguan men's footballers
- Nicaragua men's international footballers
- Diriangén FC players
- Nicaraguan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Nicaraguan expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Nicaraguan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chicago Horizons players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Diriangén F.C. managers
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Nicaraguan football managers
- Nicaragua national football team managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Nicaraguan football biography stubs