Manuel Ruz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Ruz Baños | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Valencia B | 24 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Valencia | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Gimnàstic | 17 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Granada 74 | 30 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Hércules | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Gimnàstic | 23 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Xerez | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 158 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Spain U17 | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Template:Spanish name Manuel Ruz Baños (born 5 April 1986 in Valencia) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right back.
Football career
A product of Valencia CF's youth ranks, Ruz managed to appear three times in La Liga with its first team, all during the 2004–05 season. He then moved for Gimnàstic de Tarragona and remained there for two years, the first on loan.
For 2007–08, Ruz joined newly formed Granada 74 CF. At the end of the campaign, with his club relegated, he stayed in Segunda División, signing with Hércules CF.
In November 2009, during the 1–0 win at UD Almería for the Copa del Rey (3–1 aggregate success), Ruz suffered a dangerous challenge from Guilherme which resulted in a severe knee injury. He was subsequently sidelined for the rest of the season.[1][2]
On 2 September 2010, Ruz returned to Gimnàstic:[3] After only one official appearance, during training, he ruptured his the ligaments and meniscus in his left knee, missing the vast majority of the second division campaign;[4] his return to action only took place on 15 May 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 home win against eventual champions Real Betis as his team eventually managed to escape relegation.[5]
On 3 July 2012, after two seasons with Nàstic, suffering relegation in his second, Ruz was released.[6] Ten days later he signed a two-year contract with Xerez CD, also in the second level.
References
- ^ "Ruz sufre una grave lesión de rodilla tras la dura entrada de Guilherme" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ruz aspira a volver a jugar esta temporada en el Hércules pese a grave lesión de rodilla" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El Nàstic fitxa Manel Ruz" (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Se rompió Ruz" (in Spanish). Nàstic Grana. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ El Nástic aplazó el alirón matemático del Betis... pero sólo unas horas (Nàstic postponed Betis' mathematical celebration... but only for a few hours); Marca, 15 May 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ Llista de baixes (List of released players); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 3 July 2012 Template:Ca icon
External links
- Gimnàstic official profile Template:Ca icon
- Manuel Ruz at BDFutbol
- Manuel Ruz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Manuel Ruz at Soccerway
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Valencia (city)
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- Granada 74 CF footballers
- Hércules CF players
- Xerez CD footballers
- Spain youth international footballers