Raúl Ruiz (footballer)
Raúl Ruiz Matarín (born 25 March 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right-back.
 Ruiz in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Ruiz Matarín | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Sporting Plaza Argel | ||
| 2000–2008 | Hércules | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Hércules B | ||
| 2008–2009 | Hércules | 10 | (1) |
| 2009–2012 | Real Madrid B | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Halmstad (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Albacete | 31 | (0) |
| 2013 | → S.S. Reyes (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Guijuelo | 167 | (15) |
| 2019–2020 | AEK Larnaca | 12 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Hércules (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Hércules | 78 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Spain U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2008 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:51, 23 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Ruiz was born in Alicante, Valencian Community. After reaching the club's youth system at the age of 10[1] he was promoted to hometown Hércules CF's first team for the 2008–09 season, appearing sparingly – but scoring once – as they fell short of a La Liga promotion.
Ruiz signed with Real Madrid in summer 2009, being immediately relocated to its reserve side.[2] On 1 February 2011, he was loaned out to Swedish club Halmstads BK along with Castilla teammates Javi Hernández and José Zamora.[3]
In late January 2012, Ruiz terminated his contract with Real Madrid and signed until June 2013 with Albacete Balompié in the third division.[4] After a loan stint at UD San Sebastián de los Reyes of the same level,[5] he featured more regularly during the 2013–14 campaign, which ended in promotion.
On 1 August 2014, Ruiz joined CD Guijuelo also in the third tier.[6]
International career
In November 2008, Ruiz was summoned by the Spain under-21 team, appearing in a friendly with Portugal in Cartaxo. He came on as a substitute for Dani Parejo in the 80th minute of a 4–1 loss.[7]
On 10 February 2009, also from the bench and in a friendly (he took the place of Fran Mérida at half-time), Ruiz scored the third and final goal for the under-19s in a 3–0 win over England, in Bournemouth.[8]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hércules | 2008–09 | Segunda División | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2009–10 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Real Madrid B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Halmstad (loan) | 2011 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Albacete | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| S.S. Reyes (loan) | 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Guijuelo | 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 6 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 167 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 15 | ||
| AEK Larnaca | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | |
| Hércules (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hércules | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 271 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 297 | 18 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Segunda División B Play-Off
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
References
- «Estoy en una nube» ("I'm on a cloud"); Diario Información, 6 October 2008 (in Spanish)
- Raúl Ruiz, feliz en su nueva casa (Raúl Ruiz, happy in his new home); Real Madrid CF, 20 October 2009 (in Spanish)
- "Castilla players loaned to Halmstad". Real Madrid CF. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- "El Alba ya cuenta con Raúl Ruiz y Torres se incorporó al Alcoyano" [Albacete have Raul Ruiz and Torres joined Alcoyano] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Albacete. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- "Raúl Ruiz se marchará cedido al San Sebastián de los Reyes y deja hueco" [Raúl Ruiz will be loaned to San Sebastián de los Reyes and will leave a place] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Albacete. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "Raúl Ruiz y Jonathan Ortiz, nuevos jugadores del Guijuelo" [Raúl Ruiz and Jonathan Ortiz, new players of Guijuelo] (in Spanish). La Gaceta de Salamanca. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- La Sub-21 naufraga en Portugal (Under-21s sink in Portugal); Diario AS, 18 November 2008 (in Spanish)
- Exhibición de la Sub'19 en Inglaterra (Under-19 show in England); Diario AS, 10 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- Raúl Ruiz at BDFutbol
- Raúl Ruiz at Soccerway