Manuel Ruz Baños (born 5 April 1986) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right back.
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| Full name | Manuel Ruz Baños | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Valencia B | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Valencia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Gimnàstic | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Granada 74 | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Hércules | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Gimnàstic | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Xerez | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 158 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Spain U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
A product of Valencia CF's youth ranks, Valencia-born Ruz managed to appear three times in La Liga with its first team, all during the 2004–05 season.[1][2][3] He then moved for Gimnàstic de Tarragona and remained there for two years, the first on loan.
For 2007–08, Ruz joined newly formed Granada 74 CF. At the end of the campaign, with the club relegated, he stayed in Segunda División, signing with Hércules CF.
In November 2009, during the 1–0 win at UD Almería for the Copa del Rey (3–1 aggregate success), Ruz suffered a dangerous challenge from Guilherme which resulted in a severe knee injury. He was subsequently sidelined for the rest of the season.[4][5]
On 2 September 2010, Ruz returned to Gimnàstic.[6] After only one official appearance, he ruptured the ligaments and meniscus in his left knee during training, missing the vast majority of the second division campaign;[7] his return to action only took place on 15 May 2011, when he played the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 home win against eventual champions Real Betis as his team eventually managed to escape relegation.[8]
On 3 July 2012, after two seasons with Nàstic, suffering relegation in his second, Ruz was released.[9] Ten days later he signed a contract with Xerez CD also in the second level,[10] again featuring rarely due to physical problems, this time a pericardium condition.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Velamazán engancha al Espanyol a la lucha por entrar en la Champions" [Velamazán brings Espanyol into Champions qualification fight]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 May 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "El Levante siente el descenso en sus carnes" [Levante feel relegation in the flesh]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 22 May 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Aimar clasifica al Valencia para la Intertoto" [Aimar qualifies Valencia to the Intertoto]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 29 May 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Ruz sufre una grave lesión de rodilla tras la dura entrada de Guilherme" [Ruz suffers serious knee injury after tough challenge by Guilherme]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 17 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Ruz aspira a volver a jugar esta temporada en el Hércules pese a grave lesión de rodilla" [Ruz aims to play again for Hércules this season in spite of serious knee injury]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "El Nàstic fitxa Manel Ruz" [Nàstic sign Manuel Ruz] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ "Se rompió Ruz" [Ruz broke] (in Spanish). Nàstic Grana. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "El Nástic aplazó el alirón matemático del Betis... pero sólo unas horas" [Nàstic postponed Betis' mathematical celebration... but only for a few hours]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Llista de baixes" [List of released players] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "El Xerez hace oficial el fichaje de Ruz" [Xerez make signing of Ruz official]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 July 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Ruz dice que los médicos "no quieren arriesgarse" por su lesión de pericardio" [Ruz says that doctors "don't want to gamble" on his pericardium injury]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
External links edit
- Manuel Ruz at BDFutbol
- Manuel Ruz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Manuel Ruz at Soccerway