Manuel Ruz

Manuel Ruz
Personal information
Full nameManuel Ruz Baños
Date of birth5 April 1986
Place of birthValencia, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionRight back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2005Valencia B24(0)
2005–2006Valencia3(0)
2005–2006→ Gimnàstic (loan)37(0)
2006–2007Gimnàstic17(0)
2007–2008Granada 7430(0)
2008–2010Hércules17(0)
2010–2012Gimnàstic23(0)
2012–2013Xerez7(0)
National team
2003Spain U1713(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ruz and the second or maternal family name is Baños.

Manuel Ruz Baños (born 5 April 1986 in Valencia) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who plays 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 with the club, 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

  1. ↑ "Ruz sufre una grave lesión de rodilla tras la dura entrada de Guilherme" [Ruz suffers serious knee injury after tough challenge by Guilherme] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ruz aspira a volver a jugar esta temporada en el Hércules pese a grave lesión de rodilla" [Ruz aims to play again for Hércules this season in spite of serious knee injury] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "El Nàstic fitxa Manel Ruz" [Nàstic signs Ruz] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic's official website. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Se rompió Ruz" [Ruz broke] (in Spanish). Nàstic Grana. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  5. ↑ 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 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Llista de baixes (List of released players); Gimnàstic's official website, 3 July 2012 (Catalan)

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