Omar de la Cruz (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Omar de la Cruz Mangas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ibiza, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cibao | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Calahorra B | 14 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Calahorra | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Ibiza IP | 37 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Peña Deportiva | 11 | (0) |
| 2024 | Patriotas | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | Cibao | 25 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Dominican Republic under-23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | Dominican Republic Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Dominican Republic | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 November 2025 | |||
José Omar de la Cruz Mangas (born 26 August 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Dominicana de Fútbol club Cibao. Born in Spain, he represents the Dominican Republic internationally.
He began his career in the lower divisions of Spanish football, before joining Patriotas Boyacá of the Colombian Categoría Primera A in July 2024 and Cibao five months later. He played his first senior game for the Dominican Republic in June 2024 and represented the Olympic team at the 2024 games in France.
De la Cruz was born in Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, to a father from the Dominican Republic and a local mother.[2] He began playing futsal for CE Insular and then for Penya Blanc i Blava. Aged 14, he moved to live with a relative in Rubí in the Province of Barcelona in order to trial for UE Rubí, going on to further develop his game at Cerdanyola del Vallès FC and CF Damm before joining RCD Mallorca in his native islands.[3]
De la Cruz played for the reserve teams of Mallorca and CD Calahorra, the latter in the Tercera División, while also playing for the first team of the latter in Segunda División B in 2020–21.[2] In January 2022, he went back to his birthplace by signing for CD Ibiza Islas Pitiusas of the Segunda Federación.[4] Eighteen months later, he left the relegated club and remained in the fourth tier at SCR Peña Deportiva.[5]
In July 2024, De la Cruz left Spanish football for the first time, signing with Patriotas Boyacá in the Colombian Categoría Primera A.[6]
On 23 January 2025, De la Cruz signed for Cibao FC in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol.[7]
