Years Team Role Football player | Name Wilmer Cruz 1985-1990 Real Espana | |
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Full name Wilmer Enrique Cruz Paredes Date of birth (1965-12-18) 18 December 1965 (age 50) Current team Honduras Progreso (manager) | ||
Wilmer Enrique Cruz Paredes (born 18 December 1965) is a retired Honduran football player.
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Club career
Nicknamed Pájaro (Bird) and Supermán, Cruz played 129 league matches for Real España and also had spells with Platense, Motagua and Savio as well as short stints with Vida, Independiente and Victoria. He played his final league game in January 2001 for Savio against Olimpia.
In September 1999 he was said to be interested to play in Costa Rica but would have to withdraw his candidacy to become mayor of his hometown, Santa Cruz de Yojoa.
International career
Cruz made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 63 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 16 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 1991, 1993, 1996 and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
His final international was a May 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Panama.
Managerial career
After finishing his playing career with Savio, he became in charge of the team in 2003. In May 2011 he was manager of hometown club Atlético Municipal. Cruz resigned as coach of second division Parrillas One in February 2012. In February 2013 he was named manager of Honduras Progreso, succeeding Gilberto Machado.