Salvador "Salva" Ruiz Rodríguez (born 17 May 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Castellón as a left-back.
 Ruiz playing for Spain U19 in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salvador Ruiz Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Albal, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Castellón | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2017 | Valencia B | 98 | (2) |
| 2012–2017 | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Tenerife (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Granada (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Mallorca | 19 | (0) |
| 2019 | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Mallorca (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | 41 | (0) |
| 2021– | Castellón | 79 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Spain U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Spain U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024 | |||
Club career edit
Born in Albal, Valencian Community, Ruiz was a product of Valencia CF's youth system. He made his senior debut with the reserves when he was only 16, playing 19 Segunda División B games in 2011–12 and scoring one goal, in the 2–0 home win against CE Manacor.[1] He appeared in his first official match with the first team on 28 November 2012, featuring the full 90 minutes in the 3–1 home win over UE Llagostera in that season's Copa del Rey.[2]
Ruiz was loaned out to CD Tenerife for the 2013–14 campaign.[3][4] He made his first Segunda División appearance on 25 August, starting and being replaced in a 0–0 home draw with Hércules CF.[5]
On 13 July 2015, after a further two full seasons with Valencia B, Ruiz was loaned to Granada CF in a season-long deal.[6] He made his debut in La Liga on 24 August, being sent off in the 56th minute of an eventual 1–3 home loss to SD Eibar.[7]
After being diagnosed with aplastic anemia, Ruiz was inactive for more than one year.[8] On 10 January 2018, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with RCD Mallorca.[9]
On 7 February 2019, Valencia activated their buy-back clause on Ruiz's contract; the player agreed a deal until June 2023, remaining on loan at Mallorca until the end of the season.[10] On 2 September, however, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña of the second division for three years.[11]
Career statistics edit
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valencia | 2012–13 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tenerife (loan) | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Granada (loan) | 2015–16 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Mallorca | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Mallorca (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Total Mallorca | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 72 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
Honours edit
Mallorca
Spain U19
References edit
- ^ El árbitro desquicia al Manacor con seis expulsiones (Referee distresses Manacor with six ejections); Marca, 22 April 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Por algo se empieza (You have to start somewhere); Marca, 28 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Valencia y el Tenerife oficializan la cesión de Salva Ruiz (Valencia and Tenerife make Salva Ruiz loan official); Super Deporte, 9 August 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Salva Ruiz es el octavo fichaje (Salva Ruiz is signing number eight); Marca, 9 August 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Tenerife consigue un empate que sabe a poco (Tenerife manage draw that leaves bad taste in mouth); Vavel, 25 August 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Valencia cede al Granada a Salva Ruiz y Robert Ibañez (Valencia loan Salva Ruiz and Robert to Granada); Marca, 13 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Granada 1–3 Eibar; ESPN FC, 24 August 2015
- ^ Fin al calvario de dos años de Salva Ruiz (End to Salva Ruiz's two-year ordeal); Marca, 8 November 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Mallorca ficha a Salva Ruiz (Mallorca sign Salva Ruiz); Diario de Mallorca, 10 January 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Comunicado oficial | Salva Ruiz" [Official announcement | Salva Ruiz] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "New 2019–2020 Dépor player! Salva Ruiz". Deportivo La Coruña. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Salva Ruiz at BDFutbol
- ^ a b c Salva Ruiz at Soccerway
- ^ Salva Ruiz at ESPN FC
External links edit
- Salva Ruiz at BDFutbol
- Salva Ruiz at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- CiberChe stats and bio (in Spanish)