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John Jairo Ruiz
Costa Rican footballer

John Jairo Ruiz

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Quick Facts

Intro
Costa Rican footballer
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Puntarenas, Puntarenas District
Age
30 years
Stats
Height:
174
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Red Star Belgrade.

Club career

C.D. Saprissa

John Jairo began his career with C.D. Saprissa in 2011, scoring one goal against San Carlos on 11 September 2011. During the absence of Jairo Arrieta, Ruiz emerged as Saprissa's top striker in December 2011.

Lille OSC

In January 2012, Ruiz signed a four-year contract with French side Lille OSC, and was playing with the reserve team until he was sidelined by injuries. In July 2012, Lille agreed a deal to send Ruiz to Belgian newly promoted Belgian Second Division team Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz on loan. After the 2013–14 season he spent playing with the first team and Lille II equally, Ruiz moved on new loan to Oostende, where he spent the whole 2014–15 season. On 25 August 2015, Ruiz was loaned to Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Red Star Belgrade

On June 28, 2016, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. He made his debut in an official match for Red Star on July 12, in the fist legg of the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in a game Red Star was playing against Valletta F.C. away. Red Star won 1–2, and Ruiz entered as a substitute of Aleksandar Katai in 83rd minute.

International career

Ruiz was selected in Costa Rica's squad for the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and he was named in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He participated in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Colombia, where he scored Costa Rica's first goal of the tournament. Ruiz earned his first senior cap on 6 March 2014 in the 2:1 win over Paraguay in a friendly match after coming on as a second-half substitute for Bryan Ruiz.

After a solid start at the 2016–17 season with Red Star, Ruiz was one of six legionares selected for Costa Rica squad for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana.

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saprissa2011–12Primera División111111
Lille2011–12Ligue 1000000
2012–13
2013–14802010110
2014–15
2015–160000
Total802010110
Lille B2011–12CFA Group A133133
2013–147575
Total208208
Mouscron (loan)2012–13Second Division241411543019
Oostende (loan)2014–15Pro League30620326
Dnipro (loan)2015–16Premier League1466020226
Red Star2016–17SuperLiga2661060336
Career total1334112110805415946

International

Costa Rica
YearAppsGoals
201431
201510
201600
201740
Total81

Young international goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 October 2010Limón, Costa Rica Nicaragua6–08–02011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2.14 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica Haiti3–13–12011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
3.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador1–03–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
4.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador2–13–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
5.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador3–23–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
6.31 July 2011Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia Spain1–21-42011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
7.3 August 2011Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia Australia3–23–22011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
8.6 August 2011Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Colombia1–12–32011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
9.21 February 2013Estadio Universitario BUAP, Puebla City, Mexico Haiti1–01–02013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 October 2014Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman Oman2 – 14–3Friendly
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