Diego Ruiz (footballer)

Diego Ruíz
Personal information
Full name	Diego Alejandro Ruíz Scheuschner
Date of birth	19 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Iberia
Number	9
Youth career
1997–1999	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	San Telmo
2000–2001	Ñuñorco
2002–2003	Atlético Tucumán
2003–2004	Kortrijk
2004	Cobresal
2004–2005	Gent
2005–2008	Huachipato
2008–2010	CFR Cluj
2009	→ Kasımpaşa (loan)
2010	Khazar Lankaran
2010–2011	ASA Târgu Mureș
2012	Deportes Antofagasta
2013–2014	U. de Concepción
2014–2015	Everton
2015–	Iberia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017

Diego Alejandro Ruíz Scheuschner (born 19 December 1980) is a journeyman Argentine footballer who currently plays for Iberia in the Chilean First Division B.

Club career

Ruiz started his peripatetic playing career in 1997 at Lanús in Argentina. He then had spells in the lower leagues of Argentine football with San Telmo, Club Atlético Ñuñorco and Atlético Tucumán. In 2004, he joined Belgian side KV Kortrijk followed by Cobresal of Chile, then back to Belgium with K.A.A. Gent, and back to Chile again with Huachipato in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol, where he had his best spell as a professional. He was transferred to Romanian club CFR Cluj in 2008, just in time to be part of CFR's championship squad of 2007-08, but was loaned to Kasımpaşa in 2009. For a half a season he played in Azerbaijan for Khazar Lankaran before having his contract mutually terminated in January 2011.^[1] He returned to Romania with FCM Târgu Mureş. In January 2012, Ruiz went back to Chile, joining newly promoted Deportes Antofagasta.

CFR Cluj
- Romanian League - winner 2007–08
- Romanian Cup - winner (2008), (2009) ^[2]
- Romanian Supercup - winner 2009
Universidad de Concepción
- Primera B: - winner (2013)

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^ "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)