Carlos Ruíz
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Carlos Ruiz | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Carlos Humberto Ruíz Gutierrez | |
Date of birth | September 15, 1979 (age 27) | |
Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
Nickname | Pescadito (little fish) | |
Playing position | Forward | |
Club information | ||
Current club | FC Dallas | |
Number | 20 | |
Youth clubs | ||
1991-1995 | CSD Municipal | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1995-2002 2000 2002-2005 2005- |
CSD Municipal PAS Giannina (loan) Los Angeles Galaxy FC Dallas |
4 (0) 72 (50) 46 (24) |
National team2 | ||
1998– | Guatemala | 68 (34) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Carlos Ruíz (born September 15, 1979), nicknamed El Pescadito (the little fish), is a Guatemalan football forward who has played in Major League Soccer since 2002, currently a member of FC Dallas. He is the second-highest scorer in the history of the Guatemala national team.
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[edit] Club career
Ruíz, born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, started his footballing career in local club CSD Municipal. In 2000, he traveled to Europe to play for a short time in Greek club PAS Giannina. He returned to Municipal and then signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in January, 2002. Once in MLS, Ruíz shined immediately, although he also developed some reputation as a diver.[citation needed]
In his debut season, Ruíz scored 24 goals (best in the league), leading Galaxy to the MLS Cup. He was named the MLS Most Valuable Player that year. In the playoffs, he scored eight goals and added two assists, totalling 18 points and setting an MLS record for goals and points in a single postseason. In his second season, Ruíz and Galaxy cooled off significantly, but the forward still finished the season tied with Taylor Twellman for the league lead in goals with 15. He continued to statistically drop in 2004, scoring just 11 times. As Galaxy were knocked out on the first round each in the 2003 and the 2004 postseasons, Ruíz's playoff production also decreased, talliyng just two and one goal respectively.
In 2005, when Landon Donovan expressed his desire to come back to MLS, Galaxy traded Ruíz to FC Dallas for the #1 allocation in the MLS picking order, so that they could acquire Donovan. Ruíz finished his year in Dallas with 11 goals and two assists. During the postseason Ruíz scored 2 goals in the second leg match against the Colorado Rapids, but FC Dallas were eliminated in penalty shots.
In February 2006 the MLS fully bought Ruíz's contract rights from his former Club Municipal and FC Dallas were able to negotiate a multi year deal. In March 2006, a bicycle kick goal he scored against DC United was selected as the Goal of the Decade in MLS through online voting.[1]
In his MLS career, Ruíz has scored 74 goals in 118 regular season matches and 15 postseason goals, holding the record for the most post-season goals in Major League Soccer history.
[edit] National team
Ruíz was the focal point of the Guatemalan team in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, leading the team in scoring as they made a surprising run to the final stage of the CONCACAF region. Overall, he has more than 50 caps for his country and he is 1 goal shy of tying Juan Carlos "El Pin" Plata's record of 35 goals with the Guatemalan national team.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Player bio. mlsnet.com, Major League Soccer. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
[edit] External links
- Detail of international appearances and goals - www.rsssf.com - by Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin, RSSSF
- MLSnet.com player bio
FC Dallas - Current Squad |
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1 Hislop | 4 Gbandi | 5 Saragosa | 6 Toja | 7 Thompson | 9 Miña | 10 Núñez | 11 Goodson | 12 Alvarez | 13 McCarty | 14 Moor | 15 Serioux | 16 Wagenfuhr | 17 Pitchkolan | 19 Rhine | 20 Ruiz | 21 Yi | 22 Dello-Russo | 23 Wagner | 25 Oduro | 26 Wallace | 27 Daniels | 28 Križanović | 29 Jones | 30 Burse | 31 S. Gbandi | 33 Cooper | 48 Sala | — Ibrahim | Coach: Morrow |
Persondata | |
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NAME | Ruiz, Carlos |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carlos Humberto Ruiz, Pescadito Ruiz |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
DATE OF DEATH | |
PLACE OF DEATH |