Gabriel Ruiz (footballer)

Gabriel Osvaldo Ruiz (born January 23, 1980, in Arrecifes) is a retired Argentine football defender.

Gabriel Ruiz
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Osvaldo Ruiz
Date of birth (1980-01-23) January 23, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Arrecifes, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back[1]
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Newell's Old Boys 48 (0)
2004–2006 Tiro Federal 29 (0)
2006–2007 Libertad 0 (0)
2007 Unión Santa Fe 9 (0)
2007–2008 Gimnasia de Jujuy 18 (0)
2008–2009 FC Haka 0 (0)
2009–2010 Gimnasia de Jujuy 24 (0)
2010–2011 Talleres Córdoba 29 (1)
2011–2012 Guillermo Brown 6 (0)
2012–2013 Deportivo Maipú 24 (1)
2013–2014 Argentino Mendoza 12 (0)
2014 Tiro Federal 2 (0)
2015–2017 Unión de Sunchales 40 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruiz started his playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 1999. In 2005, he joined Tiro Federal and helped the club to secure promotion to the Argentine Primera.

After Tiro Federal were relegated in 2006, Ruiz had brief stints with Libertad in Paraguay and 2nd division Unión de Santa Fe before joining Gimnasia de Jujuy in 2007.

At the beginning of May 2009 Ruiz signed for the Finnish Veikkausliiga team FC Haka. He failed to make debut for FC Haka and returned to Gimnasia de Jujuy.

References

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  1. ^ Gabriel Ruiz at WorldFootball.net
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