Rwan Cruz

Rwan Cruz
Rwan with Santos in 2022
Personal information
Full name Rwan Philipe Rodrigues de Souza Cruz
Date of birth (2001-05-20) 20 May 2001
Place of birth Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ludogorets Razgrad
(on loan from Botafogo)
Number 12
Youth career
2014 Náutico
2015–2018 Sport Recife
2019 Figueirense
2020–2021 Flamengo-SP
2020–2021 → Santos (loan)
2022 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Santos 28 (3)
2023 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 2 (0)
2023 → Ludogorets Razgrad (loan) 17 (5)
2024–2025 Ludogorets Razgrad 33 (19)
2025– Botafogo 14 (2)
2025 → Real Salt Lake (loan) 10 (0)
2026– → Ludogorets Razgrad (loan) 16 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:37, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Rwan Philipe Rodrigues de Souza Cruz (born 20 May 2001), known as Rwan Seco, Rwan Cruz or just Rwan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad on loan from Botafogo.

Career

Early career

Born in Cajueiro Seco, a small neighborhood in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco,[2] Rwan began his career at a local footballing school named Garoto do Futuro before joining Náutico's youth categories. One year later, he joined Sport Recife as they offered a small funding assistance.[3]

Rwan left Sport in the end of 2018 and subsequently signed for Figueirense, but spent nine months without playing at his new side due to a registration problem.[2] He subsequently moved to Flamengo-SP, but returned to his hometown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and helped his father as a bricklayer.[2][4]

Santos

In June 2020, Rwan agreed to join Santos on loan from Flamengo, being initially assigned to the under-20s.[5] However, due to the club's transfer ban, he was registered only in the following May.[6]

Rwan spent the 2021 season playing for Santos' under-20 and under-23 sides, and signed a permanent three-year deal on 16 December of that year.[7] He made his professional debut on 20 February 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute for Lucas Braga in a 3–0 Campeonato Paulista home loss against São Paulo.[8]

Rwan scored his first senior goal on 23 February 2022, netting his team's third in a 3–0 away win over Salgueiro, for the year's Copa do Brasil.[9]

Loan to Vasco da Gama

On 31 March 2023, Rwan was loaned to fellow top tier side Vasco da Gama until the end of the year, with a buyout clause.[10]

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 July 2023, Rwan was announced at Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad on loan for one year, with a buyout option.[11] In January 2024, he signed a permanent contract with the club, with Nonato moving in the opposite direction.

Botafogo

On 7 February 2025, Botafogo announced the signing of Rwan on a four-year contract.[12]

Career statistics

As of 10 February 2025[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2021 Série A 00———4[a]040
2022 17240316[b]1—304
2023 00710000—71
Total 172111316140415
Vasco da Gama (loan) 2023 Série A 20—00——20
Ludogorets Razgrad (loan) 2023–24 Bulgarian First League 175—2210[c]200299
Ludogorets Razgrad 2023–24 Bulgarian First League 159—312[d]01[e]02110
2024–25 1810—1015[f]1003410
Total 50240064273208129
Botafogo 2025 Série A 000000000000
Career total 6925111943345012734
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Bulgarian Supercup
  6. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "Rwan Seco". Santos FC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Santos: Rwan, sensação do time sub-20, quase largou o futebol e fez bico como ajudante de pedreiro" [Santos: Rwan, sensation of the under-20 team, nearly dropped football and did a side hustle as an assistant of a bricklayer] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Antes de ser 10 do Santos, Rwan dormiu embaixo de arquibancada e foi ajudante de pedreiro" [Before being Santos' number 10, Rwan slept behind a grandstand and was an assistant of a bricklayer] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "De ajudante de pedreiro à Copa SP: Rwan supera dificuldades e vira a aposta do Santos no torneio" [From an assistant of a bricklayer to the Copa SP: Rwan overcomes difficulties and becomes a bet of Santos in the tournament] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Promessa! Centroavante pernambucano cria da base do Sport é destaque do Santos Sub-23" [Prospect! Pernambucano centre forward raised at Sport is a spotlight at Santos under-23s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fora de Campo. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Após fim do transfer ban, Santos registra contrato de lateral-esquerdo na CBF" [After end of the transfer ban, Santos register contract of left-back in the CBF] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Atacante Rwan, destaque das categorias de base, é contratado em definitivo" [Forward Rwan, spotlight of the youth setup, is signed permanently] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "São Paulo vence Santos, quebra jejum na Vila Belmiro e sobe no Paulistão" [São Paulo defeat Santos, break a taboo at the Vila Belmiro and rise in the Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 February 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rwan faz o primeiro gol pelo profissional do Santos e diz: "Tenho certeza que é daqui para cima"" [Rwan scores the first goal for the first team of Santos and says: "I am sure that is onwards and upwards"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Santos FC empresta atacante Rwan Seco ao Vasco até o final de 2023" [Santos FC loan forward Rwan Seco to Vasco until the end of 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ludogorets signed with attacker from Brazil". PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Rwan Cruz é do Alvinegro" [Rwan Cruz belongs to the black-and-white] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Rwan Cruz at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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