Rodrigo Ruiz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri | ||
| Date of birth | May 10, 1972 | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Unión Española | ||
| 1993 | → Regional Atacama (loan) | ||
| 1994–1996 | Puebla | 65 | (10) |
| 1996–1999 | Toros Neza | 132 | (32) |
| 1999–2006 | Santos Laguna | 269 | (59) |
| 2005 | → Pachuca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Tecos | 100 | (14) |
| 2008 | → Veracruz (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Santos Laguna | 25 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Tecos | 59 | (2) |
| Total | 667 | (119) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2001 | Chile | 7 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2019 | Tecos | ||
| 2020 | Lobos Zacatepec | ||
| 2020–2022 | Irritilas | ||
| 2022–2024 | Los Cabos United | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born 10 May 1972) is a former Chilean professional footballer.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]He played for Unión Española, Regional Atacama, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, Pachuca,[2] Veracruz, and last played for Estudiantes Tecos of the Ascenso MX.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]During the qualifiers to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ruiz played a match with the Chile national team against Uruguay at Centenario Stadium, that Chile lost 1–0. In total, he made 7 appearances for Chile and scored one goal.[4]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]He began his career with Tecos in 2015.[5] After working in Lobos Zacatepec and Irritilas FC, he joined Los Cabos United in 2022.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was nicknamed Pony by his former fellow footballer in Unión Española, Mario Lucca, due to his strength and height.[6]
He naturalized Mexican by residence.[3]
One of the 33 miners rescued from the 2010 mining accident in Copiapó, Chile, Mario Gómez, is related to him since Gómez is the cousin of his mother-in-law.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Santos Laguna
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rodrigo Ruiz at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Rodrigo Ruiz (Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz De Barbieri) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chilean emigrants to Mexico
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
- Mexican men's footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- C.D. Regional Atacama footballers
- Club Puebla players
- Toros Neza footballers
- Santos Laguna footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Tecos F.C. footballers
- C.D. Veracruz footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Liga MX players
- Ascenso MX players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean football managers
- Chilean expatriate football managers
- Tecos F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Mexico
- 20th-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean football midfielder stubs
