Gabriel Ruiz (footballer)

Gabriel Ruiz

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Osvaldo Ruiz
Date of birth	January 23, 1980
Place of birth	Arrecifes, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Unión de Sunchales
Number	TBA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999-2004	Newell's Old Boys	48	(0)
2004-2006	Tiro Federal	29	(0)
2006–2007	Libertad	?	(?)
2007	Unión Santa Fe	9	(0)
2007-2008	Gimnasia de Jujuy	18	(0)
2008–2009	FC Haka	0	(0)
2009–2010	Gimnasia de Jujuy	0	(0)
2010–2011	Talleres Córdoba
2011–2012	Guillermo Brown	6	(0)
2012–2013	Deportivo Maipú	24	(1)
2013–2014	Argentino Mendoza
2014–2015	Tiro Federal	2	(0)
2015–	Unión de Sunchales	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2015. † Appearances (goals)

For the Mexican songwriter see Gabriel Ruiz (composer)

Gabriel Osvaldo Ruiz (born January 23, 1980 in Arrecifes) is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Unión de Sunchales.

Ruiz started his playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 1999. In 2005 he joined Tiro Federal and helped the club to secure promotion to the Argentine Primera.

After Tiro Federal were relegated in 2006, Ruiz had brief stints with Libertad in Paraguay and 2nd division Unión de Santa Fe before joining Gimnasia de Jujuy in 2007.

At the beginning of May 2009 Ruiz signed for the Finnish Veikkausliiga team FC Haka. He failed to make debut for FC Haka and returned to Gimnasia de Jujuy.

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Football-Lineups player profile
• (Spanish) Sports Ya player profile