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Emanuel Ruiz
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Diego Salvador Ruiz
Date of birth (1978-07-07) 7 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Striker, Right winger
Youth career
1992–1995 Argentinos Juniors
1996–1997 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Boca Juniors
1998-1999Rosario Central (loan)
2000–2003 AEK Athens 23 (5)
2001–2002Union Santa Fe (loan) 30 (4)
2003 Talleres 6 (0)
2003-2004 Nueva Chicago 8 (0)
2004 Toluca
2004–2005 Defensores de Belgrano
2005–2007 RCD España
2007–2008 San Lorenzo
2008–2009 Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
2009–2010 Cienciano 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2016

Emanuel Diego Salvador Ruiz (born 7 July 1978)[1] is a former Argentine professional footballer, who played as a striker.

Club career

He began his career in the youth sectors of Argentinos Juniors, being transferred with a group of youth footballers amongst them, Juan Roman Riquelme to Boca Juniors in 1996. in 10 August 1997 he made his debut with the first team the following year under Hector Veira in a 4-3 win over Rosario Central.[2] However,he had no place at that time within the team and was loaned one year to Rosario Central, where he wasn't a first team regular eithter. In 1999 he returned to Boca, and this time under Carlos Bianchi's command, to have continuity in the main squad.

In mid-2000 he was transferred to the Greek club AEK Athens, where after spending one season was loaned to Union Santa Fe on a fee of 1.7m€. Since then it has gone through several teams of Argentina, Mexico, Honduras, Israel and Peru, without actually settling in any of them.

In 2008 he left for Israel by the club Hapoel Nir to play in the 2nd division of the country. Then in the middle of the following year, the club Cienciano of Cuzco, where he played 8 matches not having a good performance.[3] In January 2010 he joined everything was on track to become player San José however, a problem in his right knee prevented him from successfully pass medical exams and not sign for Bolivian club.[4]

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