Ruth Álvarez Bela (born 5 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primera Federación club Atlético Baleares.

Ruth Álvarez
Personal information
Full name Ruth Álvarez Bela
Date of birth (2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Palma de Mallorca, Spain[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Atlético Baleares
Youth career
2009–2012 Ferriolense
2012–2013 Collerense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Atlético Collerense[3] 18 (10[4])
2014–2015 Collerense C 2 (2)
2014–2016 Collerense B
2015–2019 Collerense 28+ (1+[5])
2019–2022 Eibar 67 (1)
2022–2024 Madrid CFF 21 (0)
2024– Atlético Baleares 0 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Spain U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2022

Early life

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Álvarez was born in Palma de Mallorca to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean Bubi mother.

Club career

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Álvarez is the youngest player to appear in Primera División, when she debuted for Collerense aged 15 years and 100 days at the 2015–16 Primera División.[6]

International career

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Álvarez is not capped for Spain, but has represented the Balearic Islands women's autonomous football team at under-12, under-16 and under-18 levels. She has also appeared with the Majorca women's local football team at under-13, under-16 and under-18 levels.[6]

In January 2016, Álvarez has had a met with members of the then technical staff of the Equatorial Guinea national football team.[6]

On 29 November 2021, Álvarez played for Spain at under-23 level. She remains eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.

Personal life

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Álvarez has been in a relationship with Japanese footballer Tomo Matsukawa, who was her teammate at Eibar.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ruth Álvarez". La Liga. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Ruth Alvarez". SD Eibar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Convocatoria Preselección Femenina sub-16; miércoles 04/12/2013" (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Estadística de Jugador" (in Spanish). FFIB. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "U.D. Collerense Femenino" (in Spanish). lapreferente.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Legionarias: Ruth" (in Spanish). Fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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