Rodrigo Ruiz

Rodrigo Ruiz
	Ruiz with Tecos
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri
Date of birth	May 10, 1972 (age 49)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	(head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992	Unión Española
1993	Regional Atacama
1993–1994	Unión Española
1994–1996	Puebla
1996–1999	Neza
1999–2006	Santos Laguna
2007–2010	Tecos UAG
2008	Veracruz
2010–2011	Santos Laguna
2011–2013	Tecos UAG
Total
National team
1993–2001	Chile
Teams managed
2015–2019	Tecos UAG
2020	Lobos Zacatepec
2020–
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born May 10, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a retired Chilean professional footballer and current manager of ^[1] He played for Unión Española, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, CD Veracruz, and last played for Estudiantes Tecos of the Ascenso MX. Ruiz is a symbol for the Santos Laguna fans along Jared Borgetti for being great players during their time on Santos. He is popularly known by his nickname "Pony".

Ruiz was one of the best players in the Chilean team Unión Española. There, he played in the Copa Libertadores, where the team lost in quarterfinals against São Paulo.

International career[]

During the qualifiers to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ruiz played a match with the Chilean national team against Uruguay at Centenario Stadium, that Chile lost 1-0.

References[]

^ "Primeras palabras del nuevo director técnico Rodrigo "El Pony" Ruiz Bienvenido" (in Spanish). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

External links[]

Rodrigo Ruiz (Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz De Barbieri) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)

This biographical article related to a Chilean association football midfielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Primeras palabras del nuevo director técnico Rodrigo "El Pony" Ruiz Bienvenido" (in Spanish). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[1]