Rubén Ayala

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Rubén Ayala

Full name	Rubén Hugo Ayala Zanabria
Date of birth	January 8, 1950 (1950-01-08) (age 58)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968-1973 1973-1979 1980-1981 1981-1982	San Lorenzo Atlético Madrid CF Atlante Oro de Jalisco	169 (45)
National team
	Argentina	25 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Rubén Hugo Ayala Zanabria (born 8 January 1950 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former Argentine footballer.

1 Playing career
2 Titles
3 Managerial career
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

During his club career he played for Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina where he was part of the team that famously went unbeaten for the whole of the 1972 Nacional championship.

In 1973 he left for Atlético de Madrid in Spain where he won several titles. In 1980 he moved to Mexico to play for Oro de Jalisco and Club Atlante.

During his playing career he earned 25 caps and scored 11 goals for the Argentina national football team, and played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

He was nicknamed Ratón (Mouse) due to his short height.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1972 Metropolitano	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina
1972 Nacional	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina
1974	Atlético de Madrid	Copa Intercontinental
1976	Atlético de Madrid	Copa del Rey
1976-1977	Atlético de Madrid	La Liga

[edit] Managerial career

After retiring as a player Ayala took up coaching in Mexico he has been manager of Cobras de Querétaro (1986-1987), Tampico-Madero (1987-1988), Cobras de Ciudad Juárez (1988-1989), Correcaminos (1992-1994) and CF Pachuca (2000-2005). During his time with Pachuca he guided them to two league titles the Invierno 2001 and the Apertura 2003.

[edit] External links

La Liga statistics (Spanish)

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Carnevali • 2 Ayala • 3 Babington • 4 Balbuena • 5 Bargas • 6 Brindisi • 7 Carrascosa • 8 Chazarreta • 9 Glaria • 10 Heredia • 11 Houseman • 12 Fillol • 13 Kempes • 14 Perfumo • 15 Poy • 16 Sá • 17 Squeo • 18 Telch • 19 Togneri • 20 Wolff • 21 Santoro • 22 Yazalde • Coach: Cap