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Ulises Cruz
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Ecuadorian footballer and politician
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Ulises Cruz, born Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo on 8 February 1974 in Carchi Province, is an Ecuadorian association football player and politician who played as a defender. His career ran from 1991 to 2013, during which he represented Ecuador at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and played in the Premier League.
Over his career he played for Birmingham City F.C., Hibernian F.C., Reading F.C. and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito. He was a member of the PAIS Alliance political party and served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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Key facts
- 1996
- → Aucas (loan)
- 1997
- → LDU Quito (loan)
- 1999
- → Cruzeiro (loan)
- 2001
- → Barcelona S.C. (loan)
- 2009
- Birmingham City
- Born
- ( 1974-02-08 ) 8 February 1974 (age 52) , Piquiucho, Carchi , Ecuador
- Party
- PAIS Alliance
- Occupation
- Footballer (retired) politician
- Height
- Association football career Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Years
- Team
- 1991 1994
- Deportivo Quito
- 1995 1997
- Barcelona S.C.
- 1998 2001
- LDU Quito
- 2001 2002
- Hibernian
- 2002 2006
- Aston Villa
- 2006 2008
- Reading
- 2009 2012
- LDU Quito
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Ecuador
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Cruz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ecuador
- Place of birth
- Carchi Province
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Political party
- PAIS Alliance
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Cruzeiro E.C.
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Ecuador
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Ulises de la Cruz 2016.jpg
- Height
- 175
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- date of birth
- 1974-02-08
- birth name
- Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
- P10632
- Ulises Cruz
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 3
- total goals in career
- 0
- Commons category
- Ulises de la Cruz
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Encyclopedic overview
Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo (born 8 February 1974) is an Ecuadorian former footballer, who since 2013 has been a member of his country's National Assembly for the governing Mover.
A defender, he played 101 times for the Ecuador national team between 1995 and 2010, and was selected for two FIFA World Cup tournaments. He spent his club career at Deportivo Quito, Barcelona S.C., Aucas, Cruzeiro, Hibernian, Aston Villa, Reading and Birmingham City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ulises Cruz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.