Oceano Cruz

Oceano

Oceano with Iran in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Oceano Andrade da Cruz
Date of birth	(1962-07-29) 29 July 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1976–1980	Almada
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1982	Almada
1982–1983	Odivelas
1983–1984	Nacional	22	(3)
1984–1991	Sporting CP	202	(17)
1991–1994	Real Sociedad	96	(17)
1994–1998	Sporting CP	106	(22)
1998–1999	Toulouse	30	(6)
Total		456	(65)
International career
1985–1998	Portugal	54	(8)
Managerial career
2009–2010	Portugal U21
2012	Sporting CP B
2012	Sporting CP (caretaker)
2014–2019	Iran (assistant)
2019–2020	Colombia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oceano Andrade da Cruz (born 29 July 1962), known simply as Oceano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer, currently a manager.

A defensive midfielder with tremendous physical strength and leadership skills as his main assets,^[1] he was widely regarded as the best footballer ever hailing from Cape Verde, and represented most notably Sporting CP, appearing in more than 400 official matches for the club over 11 seasons (two separate spells).

Having earned more than 50 caps for Portugal, Oceano played with his adopted nation at Euro 1996.