Diego_Alejandro_Ruíz
Diego Ruiz (footballer)
Argentine footballer
Diego Alejandro Ruíz Scheuschner (born 19 December 1980) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Alejandro Ruíz Scheuschner | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-12-19) 19 December 1980 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Lanús | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | San Telmo | 20 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Ñuñorco | 23 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Atlético Tucumán | 19 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | Kortrijk | 30 | (8) |
| 2004 | Cobresal | 11 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Gent | 25 | (7) |
| 2005–2008 | Huachipato | 122 | (25) |
| 2008–2010 | CFR Cluj | 29 | (5) |
| 2009 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Khazar Lankaran | 8 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 17 | (2) |
| 2012 | Deportes Antofagasta | 20 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Universidad de Concepción | 36 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Everton | 19 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | Iberia | 88 | (30) |
| Total | 471 | (109) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ruiz started his peripatetic playing career in 1997 at Lanús in Argentina. He then had spells in the lower leagues of Argentine football with San Telmo, Club Atlético Ñuñorco and Atlético Tucumán. In 2004, he joined Belgian side KV Kortrijk followed by Cobresal of Chile, then back to Belgium with K.A.A. Gent, and back to Chile again with Huachipato in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol, where he had his best spell as a professional. He was transferred to Romanian club CFR Cluj in 2008, just in time to be part of CFR's championship squad of 2007–08, but was loaned to Kasımpaşa in 2009. For a half a season he played in Azerbaijan for Khazar Lankaran before having his contract mutually terminated in January 2011.[1] He returned to Romania with FCM Târgu Mureş. In January 2012, Ruiz went back to Chile, joining newly promoted Deportes Antofagasta.
CFR Cluj
- Liga I: 2007–08
- Romanian Cup: 2008, 2009[2]
- Supercupa României: 2009
Universidad de Concepción
- ""Khazar Lankaran" parted with Diego Ruiz". lankaranfc.com/en. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- Diego Ruiz at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Diego Ruiz at Soccerway
- Diego Ruiz at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)