Justo Ruiz

Justo Ruiz
Personal information
Full name Justo Ruiz González
Date of birth (1969-08-31) 31 August 1969
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Andorra (coach)
Youth career
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Bilbao Athletic 58 (0)
1992–1993 Eibar 4 (0)
1993–1994 Gimnàstic 5 (0)
1994 Amurrio
1994–1997 Andorra 79 (4)
1997–1998 Figueres 30 (0)
1998–1999 União Madeira 23 (2)
1999–2004 FC Andorra 69 (5)
2004–2008 Rànger's 64 (36)
Total 332 (47)
National team
1987 Spain U17 2 (1)
1986–1988 Spain U18 11 (1)
1988–1989 Spain U19 3 (0)
1989–1990 Spain U20 4 (0)
1991 Spain U21 1 (0)
1991 Spain U23 2 (0)
1996–2008 Andorra 67 (2)
Teams managed
2008–2011 FC Andorra (youth)
2008– Andorra U21
2011– FC Andorra

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is González.

Justo Ruiz González (born 31 August 1969 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country) is an Andorran retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.

Club career

After playing five seasons in the second division, four with Athletic Bilbao's reserves and one with SD Eibar, Ruiz continued his career in the Spanish lower leagues. In 1998–99 he represented C.F. União, in the Portuguese second level.

In the following summer, aged 30, Ruiz moved to Andorra. He spent the remainder of his career in the country, competing well into his 30's with FC Rànger's, with whom he signed from FC Andorra in 2004.

International career

Ruiz gained 20 caps for Spain, four different youth levels comprised. He appeared with the under-20 side at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In 1996, Ruiz began representing the Andorra senior team. He appeared in a total of 21 FIFA World Cup qualification games for his adopted country, making his last competitive appearance on 21 November 2007 against Russia at the age of 38 years and two months.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Justo Ruiz González – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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