Gerónimo Rulli

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Gerónimo Rulli
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Rulli with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Gerónimo Rulli
Date of birth (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 13
Youth career
2009–2011 Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Estudiantes 50 (0)
2014–2016 Deportivo Maldonado 0 (0)
2014–2016 → Real Sociedad (loan) 58 (0)
2016–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Real Sociedad (loan) 38 (0)
2017–2020 Real Sociedad 53 (0)
2019–2020 → Montpellier (loan) 25 (0)
2020– Villarreal 6 (0)
National team‡
2016 Argentina U23 6 (0)
2018– Argentina 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:26, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Gerónimo Rulli (Spanish pronunciation: [xeˈɾonimo ˈruli]; born 20 May 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Villarreal and the Argentina national team.

Club career[]

Estudiantes[]

Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Rulli graduated from local Estudiantes' youth setup, being promoted to the first-team squad in 2012, being initially assigned as a backup to Justo Villar and Agustín Silva. On 8 April 2013, after profiting from Villar's departure to Nacional and Silva's injury, he played his first match as a professional, starting in a 0–1 loss at Arsenal de Sarandí.[1]

Rulli appeared in further 11 matches during the campaign, and established a record of 588 minutes without suffering a goal.[2] He appeared in all league matches in 2013–14, overtaking Silva in the pecking order.

Real Sociedad and loan to Montpellier[]

On 24 July 2014 Rulli was loaned to La Liga's Real Sociedad for one year from Deportivo Maldonado,[3] which bought the player's rights a month earlier.[4] He made his debut for the club on 28 August, starting and being replaced in the 85th minute of a 0–3 away loss against Krasnodar in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League due to an ankle injury.[5]

Rulli returned to action in November, and made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 20 December 2014, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Levante.[6] On 4 January of the following year, he made several key saves which granted the Txuri-urdin a 1–0 home win against Barcelona.[7]

On 4 July 2015, Rulli's loan was extended for a further year.[8]

On 19 July 2016, Rulli was signed by Premier League side Manchester City for £4 million.[9] He was shortly afterwards loaned back to Real Sociedad, before moving permanently in January 2017.[10]

On 14 August 2019, Rulli joined Ligue 1 club Montpellier on a season-long loan with the option to make the transfer permanent.[11]

Villarreal[]

On 4 September 2020, after his loan ended with Montpellier, Rulli agreed to a four-year deal with Villarreal.[12] In his first season, manager Unai Emery preferred to play Sergio Asenjo in goal in the league, and Rulli in the Europa League. He made his league debut for the club on 21 April in a 2–1 loss at Deportivo Alavés, having been chosen to prepare for the European semi-final against Arsenal.[13][14]

On 26 May 2021, Rulli scored the winning penalty kick and then saved David de Gea's penalty in his side's 11–10 penalty shoot-out victory over Manchester United in the final of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League after the game finished 1–1 at extra-time to win the first European title for Villarreal.[15]

International career[]

On 20 March 2015, Rulli was called up to the Argentina national team for the matches against El Salvador and Ecuador,[16] but he did not play in either fixture. In 2016, Rulli was included in the preliminary squad for Copa América Centenario but was eventually excluded.[17]

Rulli was chosen for the Argentine Olympic team at the 2016 tournament in Brazil.[18] He played all three games in a group stage elimination, and filled in for the suspended Víctor Cuesta as captain in the last of those, a 1–1 draw with Honduras.[19]

After Jorge Sampaoli took charge in May 2017, Rulli was consistently called up to Argentina's senior squad, but did not play.[20][21] Under Lionel Scaloni, he made his first team debut against Guatemala on 8 September 2018, in a 3–0 friendly win in Los Angeles.[22][23]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 26 May 2021[24]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Estudiantes 2011–12 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2013–14 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
Total 50 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
Real Sociedad (loan) 2014–15 La Liga 22 0 3 0 1[a] 0 – 26 0
2015–16 36 0 1 0 – – 37 0
2016–17 38 0 6 0 – – 44 0
Real Sociedad 2017–18 La Liga 26 0 0 0 8[a] 0 – 34 0
2018–19 27 0 2 0 – – 29 0
Total 149 0 12 0 9 0 – 170 0
Montpellier (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 25 0 3 0 – 0 0 28 0
Villarreal 2020–21 La Liga 2 0 5 0 14[a] 0 – 21 0
Career total 224 0 23 0 23 0 0 0 270 0
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of match played 20 November 2018[25]
Argentina
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours[]

Villarreal

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Arsenal lo ganó sobre el final" [Arsenal wins it in the end] (in Spanish). Cuatro Cuatro Dos. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Rulli, ¿el sustituto de Courtois?" [Rulli, Courtois' replacement?] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Gerónimo Rulli joins on a one-year loan". Real Sociedad's official website. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Triángulo por Rulli: de Estudiantes a Real Sociedad, vía Maldonado" [Triangle for Rulli: from Estudiantes to Real Sociedad, via Maldonado] (in Spanish). Toda Pasion. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ "La Real Sociedad se olvida del fútbol y de Europa" [Real Sociedad forgets their football and Europe] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Moyes denied at the death". ESPN FC. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Barcelona lose away to Real Sociedad for third straight time". ESPN FC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Official Statement: Agreement reached on Gerónimo Rulli loan". Real Sociedad's official website. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ Aarons, Ed (19 July 2016). "Manchester City agree £4m deal for goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Gero Rulli is now officially a Real Sociedad player". Real Sociedad. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Le MHSC tient son nouveau gardien: Gerónimo Rulli" [MHSC have their new keeper: Gerónimo Rulli] (in French). Montpellier HSC. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Gero Rulli is a Yellow!". Villarreal CF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. ^ Escario, Sergio (21 April 2021). "¡Sorpresón! Rulli, titular; Asenjo al banquillo en Mendizorroza" [Big surprise! Rulli, starter; Asenjo to the bench at Mendizorroza]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  14. ^ Pérez, José I. (21 April 2021). "Camino a la salvación" [On the road to survival]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (aet, 11-10 pens): Spanish side win Europa League in marathon shoot-out". UEFA. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Rulli y Finnbogason, convocados con sus selecciones" [Rulli and Finnbogason, called up for their national teams] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad's official website. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ^ "Argentina recalls Tevez for initial Copa America squad". goal.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Cuesta y Rulli serán los capitanes de la selección que jugará en Río 2016" [Cuesta and Rulli will be the captains of the national team that will play at Río 2016]. El Tribuno (in Spanish). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Argentina no pudo con Honduras y el fútbol olímpico se despidió de Rio" [Argentina could not deal with Honduras and the Olympic football team said goodbye to Rio]. Diario Col (in Spanish). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  20. ^ "La primera lista de convocados de Sampaoli en Argentina" [Sampaoli's first Argentina squad]. Goal.
  21. ^ "Eliminatorias: Pinola, Bustos, Benedetto y Acosta, convocados del fútbol local" [Qualifiers: Pinola, Bustos, Benedetto and Acosta, call-ups from domestic football]. La Nación. 27 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Así formará la selección ante Guatemala: qué jugadores tendrán su debut en la Argentina" [How the national team will line up against Guatemala: which players will have their debuts for Argentina]. La Nación (in Spanish). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Argentina 3 Guatemala 0: No Messi, no worries as Simeone scores on debut". Yahoo!. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  24. ^ Gerónimo Rulli at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  25. ^ Gerónimo Rulli at National-Football-Teams.com
  26. ^ "Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (11-10 penalties) result, goals, summary: Europa League final". AS. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  27. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season 2020/21". UEFA. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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