Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Miguel Cruz Hernández | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | El Puerto de Santa María, Spain | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Tenerife (on loan from Sevilla) | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sevilla | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Sevilla C | 5 | (1) |
2018–2022 | Sevilla B | 55 | (8) |
2021– | Sevilla | 2 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Barcelona B (loan) | 35 | (6) |
2023– | → Tenerife (loan) | 11 | (1) |
International career | |||
2017 | Spain U16 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 |
Luis Miguel "Luismi" Cruz Hernández (born 23 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for CD Tenerife, on loan from Sevilla FC.
Born in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalusia, Cruz was a Sevilla FC youth graduate. On 1 November 2017, while still in the Juvenil squads, he made his senior debut with the C-team by playing the last eight minutes of a 1–4 Tercera División away loss against UB Lebrijana.[1]
Cruz first appeared with the reserves on 26 August 2018, coming on as a half-time substitute for Diego García in a 0–1 home loss against UD Ibiza in the Segunda División B.[2] On 13 December 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the Nervionenses, agreeing to a deal until 2025.[3]
In July 2019, Cruz suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury,[4] being sidelined until the following February.[5] He scored his first senior goal on 15 February 2020, netting the C's only in a 1–0 home win over CD Utrera.[6]
After being a regular starter for the B-side, Cruz made his first-team debut on 15 December 2021, replacing Joan Jordán in the second half of a 1–1 away draw against CE Andratx, in the season's Copa del Rey; he also converted Sevilla's fourth penalty in the 6–5 shoot-out win.[7][8] His professional – and La Liga – debut occurred the following 22 January, as he again replaced Jordán in a 2–2 home draw against RC Celta de Vigo.[9]
In August 2022, Cruz joined FC Barcelona Atlètic on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[10] On 25 July of the following year, he moved to Segunda División side CD Tenerife also on loan, with a buyout clause.[11]
After representing Spain at under-16 level in 2017,[12] Cruz was called up to the under-20s in July 2019,[13] but had to withdraw due to injury.