Marcel Ruiz
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| Full name | Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tijuana | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Querétaro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Querétaro | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Tijuana | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Mexico U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez (born 26 October 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Tijuana.
Club career
Queretaro
A product of the youth Querétaro team, he would make his senior debut in Liga MX on 21 July 2018 against Atlas, coming in at the 86th minute for Erbín Trejo, finishing the game in a 0–0 tie. On 22 August 2018, he would score his first goal for the team, winning the game against Club Universidad Nacional 1–0, becoming the youngest scorer of the season at the age of 17.[1] On 31 August 2018, he contributed two assists for Camilo Sanvezzo to score the first two goals against Morelia, winning 4–1.[2]
International career
Youth
He was called up by Diego Ramírez for the Mexico U-20 team to participate in a training camp ahead of the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and matches against Brazil and Japan.[2]
He was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the Mexico national under-23 team at the 2019 Pan American Games.[3] With Mexico winning the third-place match, Mexico received the bronze medal for the tournament.[4]
Honours
International
Mexico Youth
- Pan American Games Bronze medalist: 2019
References
- ^ "Queretaro's Marcel Ruiz, 17, becomes youngest scorer of Liga MX season". ESPN. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ a b "El yucateco Marcel Ruiz, a la selección nacional Sub 20". Arrobadeportes.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
- ^ "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
External links
- Marcel Ruiz at Soccerway
- Marcel Ruiz at Flashscore
- Marcel Ruiz at Official Liga MX Profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Mexican footballers
- Footballers from Yucatán
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Sportspeople from Mérida, Yucatán
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games