Shirley Cruz
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Cruz Traña with PSG in 2012–13 season | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shirley Cruz Traña | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Toluca (women) (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Toluca (women) (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Shirley Cruz Traña (born 28 August 1985) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer who played as a midfielder. 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.