Aarón Cruz

A. D. San Carlos

On 22 January 2011, Cruz made his professional debut with San Carlos, playing all 90 minutes in the 2–1 home win over Barrio México. He made just one more league appearance that season as San Carlos reached the finals, where they were defeated by Alajuelense. At the 2011 Winter Championships, Cruz made 7 appearances, while his team finished in eighth place with 21 points. In Summer 2012 he only saw action for one game. On 19 January 2011, Cruz unexpectedly announced his retirement at age 20, to devote more time to his PE career. On 14 January 2015, the team issued a press release and made Cruz's return official for the Closing Tournament in the Costa Rican Second Division. He appeared as a substitute on 21 January in the visit to Generación Saprissa, the match that concluded tied at a goal. After waiting on the bench, he started on 8 April in the match that faced CD Liberia at the Carlos Ugalde Stadium. Cruz conceded a goal in the 0–1 defeat. His team finished in ninth place in group A.

Pérez Zeledón

In mid-2015, Cruz signed with Pérez Zeledón, returning to the top flight. However, the team went through a performance crisis that was forced to separate several players, including Cruz himself, and he never made his team debut. The other dismissed were Pedro Leal, Daniel Ramírez, Cristian Bermúdez, and Julián Pino.

La U Universitarios

Cruz signed with La U Universitarios ahead of the 2015 Winter tournament. He made his team debut on…

Youth

On 23 November 2010, Cruz participated in the 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualification held in Guatemala. Costa Rica beat Nicaragua 4–0 and lost to Panama 1–0. They obtained second place in the table and played the playoffs against El Salvador. The round-trip games ended 1–0 and 1–1, in favor of the Salvadorans, but they were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. Costa Rica won the series by default and thus qualified for the regional tournament. The Costa Rica U20s participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, and were placed in a group with Spain, Australia and Ecuador. Cruz remained on the bench for all three group stage matches. Costa Rica suffered a 4–1 defeat to Spain before beating Australia 3–2. They were then defeated 3–0 by Ecuador in the final group stage game. Costa Rica advanced to the next stage among the best third parties. On 9 August, they faced the hosts, Colombia, in the round of 16 at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá. Cruz started and the score ended 3–2 in favor of the Colombians, leaving his country eliminated.

Senior

On 14 March 2019, Cruz received his first call up to the senior national team by Gustavo Matosas, to face a couple of friendlies of the month. On 24 March 23, a day after the game against Guatemala, Cruz was left on the bench, with a muscle injury that was confirmed in training that prevented him from continuing to concentrate. His place was taken over by Marco Madrigal. On 23 January…