Diego Ruiz (footballer)

Diego Alejandro Ruíz Scheuschner (born 19 December 1980) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Diego Ruíz

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

Club career

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.

Honours

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2007–08
• Romanian Cup: 2008, 2009^[2]
• Supercupa României: 2009

Universidad de Concepción

• Primera B: 2013 Transición

References

1. ""Khazar Lankaran" parted with Diego Ruiz". lankaranfc.com/en. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
2. "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.

External links

• Diego Ruiz at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Diego Ruiz at Soccerway
• Diego Ruiz at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)