Ruben Cruz - Football Coach

“Whenever you feel like falling down, remember the reason why you’re still standing” ⚽️🟡🔵

2025/26 1st Team Assistant Coach

Pleased to announce that I’ve joined as first team assistant coach for the 2025/26 season.

Step by step, we will work together to create a process that everyone is proud of being a of! 🔵🟡

“Keep away from those who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you can become great” - Mark Twain

Thank you ⚽️🔵⚪️

By far the most challenging few months in my career so far.

A completely new country, a different culture, a big step into the unknown.

Nevertheless, an experience that I will cherish forever, with many ups and downs, that ended prematurely.

I’ve met amazing people, and introduced new friendships in my life that I will take with me going forward.

We leave knowing that we did everything in our power to place this great club where it needs to be for years to come. The perception of looking at a glass half full will give more meaning to the numbers achieved, in what was already a record breaking season in the club’s history.

Time to rest, and to look forward to the next chapter📕

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment” - Jim Rohn

1st Team Assistant Coach - 2024/25 Season 🔵⚪️⚽️

I’m proud to announce that I have joined as the 1st team assistant coach for the remainder of the season ⚽️

Looking forward towards this new chapter in my coaching career, in a country where football has become a huge passion over the years, as well as helping this huge club to achieve their objectives 🔵⚪️

Obrigado ⚪️⚫️

Fim de ciclo após praticamente 3 épocas a representar esta imensa instituição.

Foram 3 épocas de crescimento constante, com a certeza que sempre dei o melhor em prol de ajudar e ensinar os que mais importam, que são os jogadores.

Agradecer à direção pela confiança depositada em mim, nos momentos bons e nos menos bons, aos dirigentes, e às equipas técnicas com quem partilhei momentos inesquecíveis, carregando comigo amizades para o resto da vida.

“Para ter progresso, é preciso passar por processos” - Rudimar Almeida

Obrigado de coração, Portimonense ⚽️

UEFA A Licence ✅

Proud to have achieved one of the most important coaching licenses in my career. 8 years of hard work trying to enter this course has finally paid off.

I’d like to thank every single coach and player who has been a part of my journey so far, in making me a better coach on a daily basis.

A big thank you to for making this possible, for making everything as smooth as possible for us coaches to achieve this qualification

Bigger and better things are to come ⚽️❤️

“It is about doing it in a way that it can’t be done any better. That is the goal every day” - Geno Auriemma

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TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More ⚽️⚪️⚫️