Costa Rican association football player
not to be confused with Brian Ruiz
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Bryan Jafet Ruiz González ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈbɾajan ˈrwis ] ; born 18 August 1985 ) is a costa Rican professional football player who plays for Liga FPD baseball club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica home team, whom he besides captains. A left-footed attack midfielder, he can besides play as a second striker .

Club career [edit ]

Alajuelense [edit ]

Ruiz began his professional career at 18, making his introduction for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on 30 November 2003 against Municipal Pérez Zeledón, [ 3 ] in Costa Rica ‘s peak class. He formed a trio with 2 strikers, Rolando Fonseca and Froylán Ledezma, where he built a reputation as a goalscorer and a play manufacturer. Ruiz scored his first gear finish on 23 December 2003 against Ramonense, netting twice against Fernando Patterson. [ 3 ] In Alajuelense, he was nicknamed La Comadreja ( The Weasel ), for his facial visibility. [ citation needed ] He was on the team when it won regional titles such as the UNCAF Cup and the CONCACAF Champions ‘ Cup .

gent [edit ]

In the summer of 2006, Ruiz was signed by Gent in a four-year deal along with Randall Azofeifa from Deportivo Saprissa and Roy Myrie from Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. He scored his first hat-trick play on 8 December 2007 against Lokeren. In that season in the belgian League, he was the master and top scorekeeper for the team. [ 4 ]

Twente [edit ]

Ruiz with FC Twente in 2010 On 15 July 2009, the Dutch baseball club FC Twente announced that they had signed Ruiz for a fee of around € 5 million, and agreed to receive a share of a subsequent transfer. He signed a four-year deal with the Eredivisie side. [ 5 ] Ruiz made his debut for the new cabaret by scoring the second finish of the match, with an serve from another newcomer, Miroslav Stoch, in an off kill of Sparta Rotterdam. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His goal against NAC Breda on 12 December 2009 marked the tenth consecutive catch in which he had scored. [ 8 ] On 27 March 2010, Ruiz made one of the quickest hat-tricks ever [ 9 ] against Sparta, with goals in the 46th, 49th and 50th minutes. [ 10 ] On 2 May 2010, FC Twente were crowned champions of Eredivisie for the first clock in their history, with a 2–0 acquire at NAC Breda ; Ruiz scored the first goal of the match during the 23rd minute of play. He finished the season as top scorekeeper for Twente with 24 goals in Eredivisie play. In August 2011, Ruiz was being watched by scouts from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur ; however, on 18 August 2011 Ruiz claimed that Fulham was in talks with him. He stated to a local source “ Fulham is a serious option for me. “ That is besides a Premier League side and it is a fantastic league. “ Fulham already contacted my agent. If Fulham does become unplayful, we will decidedly talk. ”

Fulham [edit ]

Ruiz playing for Fulham in 2012 On 31 August 2011, the last sidereal day of the Premier League summer transmit window, Fulham announced signing Ruiz for an undisclosed tip. [ 11 ] His début was on Sunday, 11 September 2011 at home to Blackburn Rovers [ 12 ] and he scored his first goal for Fulham in a 3–1 home plate kill against Everton on 23 October 2011. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In the regular against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium on 7 April 2012, Ruiz broke a bone in his foot, leading to a capstone taking him off and him needing an operation, which sidelined him for 10 weeks. [ 15 ] On 18 August 2012, Ruiz started Fulham ‘s foremost Premier League bet on of the season, a 5–0 win against Norwich and assisted Mladen Petrić in scoring his second finish in his debut meet. [ 16 ] He finished the 2012–13 season making 31 first-team appearances and scoring five goals. [ 17 ]

PSV Eindhoven ( loan ) [edit ]

Ruiz joined Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven on 15 January 2014, on loanword until the end of the season. [ 18 ] He made his debut on 19 January 2014 in a 1–0 personnel casualty to Ajax [ 19 ] and scored his first goal for the club on 14 February with a 63rd-minute achiever against Heracles Almelo. [ 20 ]

Sporting CP [edit ]

On 7 July 2015, Ruiz joined Sporting CP on a three-year compress. [ 21 ] He made his debut for the cabaret in the 2015 Supertaça match against Lisbon rivals S.L. Benfica, which Sporting won 1–0. [ 22 ] On 1 October 2015, Ruiz scored his first goal for Sporting against Beşiktaş in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. [ 23 ] His beginning goal in the Primeira Liga came in a 3–0 Lisbon bowler hat kill of Benfica at the Estádio district attorney Luz on 25 October. [ 24 ] In another bowler hat, on 5 March 2016, he missed an open goal, and Benfica won the match 1–0 at Estádio José Alvalade, knocking out Sporting to second place in the league. [ 25 ]

santos [edit ]

On 11 July 2018, free agentive role Ruiz signed a two-and-a-half-year compress with Santos FC. [ 26 ] He made his debut for the club on 8 August, replacing Diego Pituca at half-time in a 1–1 away hook against Ceará. After only 12 league matches during his beginning season, Ruiz failed to appear a single infinitesimal during his second, under Jorge Sampaoli. On 13 July 2020, after again failing to play under Jesualdo Ferreira, he terminated his contract with the clubhouse after alleging “ wage breaches and moral damage ”. [ 27 ]

reappearance to Alajuelense [edit ]

On 23 July 2020, Ruiz announced his fall to Alajuelense. [ 28 ]

International career [edit ]

Ruiz made his debut for Costa Rica against China on 19 June 2005. [ 29 ] He has represented the Ticos at the 2005, 2011 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups, captaining the team at the latter tournament. His first international goal came against Honduras in the 2005 tournament. Ruiz scored six times during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, as Costa Rica was knocked out by Uruguay in the intercontinental play-off. In the 2014 qualifiers, he scored three goals to lead the team to the tournament finals in Brazil. In June 2014, Ruiz was named in Costa Rica ‘s team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 30 ] In the team ‘s opening match, he captained Los Ticos to a 3–1 get the better of of Uruguay in Fortaleza. [ 31 ] On 20 June, Ruiz scored the only goal as Costa Rica upset four-time ace Italy 1–0 to qualify for the round of 16, [ 32 ] where he again scored his team ‘s goal as they drew 1–1 with Greece. Ruiz late successfully converted his kick as Costa Rica prevailed 5–3 in the penalty gunfight. [ 33 ] At the quarter-final stage, Ruiz was one of two Costa Ricans to have their kicks saved by Tim Krul in a 4–3 punishment gunfight loss to the Netherlands. [ 34 ] In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica ‘s 23-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 35 ] In the last group-stage match against Switzerland, he scored a last-minute equal goal from a punishment spotlight in 2–2 describe ; however, the finish was credited as an own goal by swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer. [ 36 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 16 November 2018.

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021.[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Costa Rica 2005 7 1
2006 2 0
2007 6 2
2008 8 4
2009 10 2
2010 6 0
2011 7 0
2012 3 0
2013 11 3
2014 12 5
2015 13 3
2016 10 2
2017 13 1
2018 10 2
2019 7 1
2020 0 0
2021 13 2
Total 138 28
Scores and results list Costa Rica’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ruiz goal.[43]

Honours [edit ]

Alajuelense
Twente
Sporting CP
Costa Rica
Individual

See besides [edit ]

personal animation [edit ]

Ruiz has two brothers ; one of them, Yendrick, is besides a football player. Both Bryan and Yendrick were teammates in Alajuelense for a period of two weeks before Bryan signed for Gent. It was not until 14 August 2013, when both played together for the first meter, in a friendly that Costa Rica played against Dominican Republic. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Ruiz worked as a columnist for costa Rican sports newspaper Al Día from 2011 until the journal ‘s end in 2014. [ 53 ]

References [edit ]