Rodrigo Ruiz

Football player infobox
playername = "Rodrigo Ruiz"
fullname = Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|5|10
cityofbirth = Santiago
countryofbirth = Chile
height = Height|m=1.63
currentclub = Tecos UAG
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-1994
1994-1996
1996-1999
1999-2006
2007
2008
2008
clubs = Unión Española
Puebla
Toros Neza
Santos Laguna
Tecos UAG
Veracruz (loan)
Tecos UAG
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
065 (10)
132 (32)
261 (59)
030 0(2)
016 0(3)
0010 0(4)
nationalyears = 1993-2001
nationalteam = Chile
nationalcaps(goals) = 007 0(1)
pcupdate = January 20, 2008
ntupdate = 19 November 2006

Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born May 10, 1972 in Santiago, Chile), (also known as "El Pony" Ruiz because of his thighs looking like a ponies thigh), is a Chilean football player, who played for Union Española, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, CD Veracruz, and now plays for the UAG Tecos of the Primera División de México. He wears the number 11 jersey and is one of Tecos returning incorporations for the Apertura 2008.

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.

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.

He also holds a Mexican passport.

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