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With the capital club Luis Cruz he participated from 1970 to 1975, winning two championships and a runner-up. After his participation with the
Motagua Sports Club, Luis Cruz joined the Real Club Deportivo España where he was crowned champion in 1975 and 1976. Cruz also played the finals of 1977 and
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Although Luis could have played the qualifying rounds for the 1978 World Cup in
Argentina, he had to settle for 'seeing the bulls from the sidelines' since the extracurricular sports federation of Honduras gave up participating in the qualifying rounds due to the political differences it held with
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Luis Cruz was a central defender who had a successful career in
Honduran soccer. From San Junacito he came to Tegucigalpa to join the ranks of the Motagua Sports Club at only 16 years of age. Throughout his career as a footballer; Luis Cruz played 340 league games in 18 years as a professional
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Among the players who participated alongside Cruz, in this tie were: the goalkeeper; Jimmy
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Deportivo España, Luis Cruz signed with Atlético Morazán. In that team the defender; he participated in 87 matches reaching the runner-up in 1981.
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Luis Cruz had his revenge and was a participant in the 1982 qualifying rounds in Spain , where
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Honduras soccer team. His first participation in the qualifiers was against Germany in 1974.
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