Jacqueline Cruz

Dr. Jacqueline Marie Cruz (born 2 December 1986) is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who played as a defender. Club career Cruz previously played for WPSL sides San Francisco Nighthawks, California Storm, and BV Cloppenburg, Magdeburg FFC, and USV Jena in Germany's 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. She also played on the Puerto Rico women's national team. Business career Cruz graduated in 2015 with an MBA at Arizona State University while playing professional football. Currently, she is Head of International Communication at Eintracht Frankfurt Fussball AG since 2018 and graduated with her Doctorate in Economics (Dr. rer oec.) at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Economics on the topics of professional football management and sustainability in February 2022. References