On 5 August 2011 Cruzado left Juan Aurich and transferred to Serie A club ChievoVerona for the start of the 2011–2012 season. He signed a three-year contract and chose to wear the number eight shirt as reported by Chievo's official website. On 13 August 2011 he made his debut for Chievo in a 45-minute summer friendly match against Novara, which ended in a 2–0 loss for his side. Cruzado then played his second match for Chievo on 27 August 2011 in a friendly match against Internazionale in Monza. He entered the match at the start of the second half for club captain Sergio Pellissier when the score was still 0-0. In the end, Cruzado helped ChievoVerona defeat Inter 3–2. Cruzado made his Serie A debut on 11 September 2011 at home in the Bentegodi stadium against Novara for the second round (the first round was suspended) of the 2011–12 Serie A season. He entered the match in the 66th minute replacing Paolo Sammarco and eventually the match finished in a 2–2 draw. Cruzado made his Coppa Italia debut on 11 January 2012 in the Round of 16 away to Udinese.