Justo Ruiz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Justo Ruiz González | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Bilbao Athletic | 84 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Eibar | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Gimnàstic | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | Amurrio | ||
| 1994–1997 | FC 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 | 358 | (47) | |
| International career | |||
| 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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2011 | FC Andorra (youth) | ||
| 2008–2019 | Andorra U21 | ||
| 2011–2016 | FC Andorra | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Justo Ruiz González (born 31 August 1969) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
In a 21-year senior career, his professional input consisted of 62 Segunda División games with Bilbao Athletic and Eibar and 23 in the Portuguese Segunda Liga with União da Madeira.
Starting in 2008, Ruiz worked as manager of the Andorra under-21 national team for 11 years.
Ruiz was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country. After five years in the Spanish Segunda División, four with Athletic Bilbao's reserves and one with SD Eibar, he continued his career in the lower leagues, including three seasons with FC Andorra (who competed in the Spanish system).[1] In 1998–99, he represented C.F. União in Portugal's Segunda Liga.[2]
The following summer, aged 30, Ruiz moved back to FC Andorra,[2] and spent the remainder of his career in the country, competing well into his 30s with FC Rànger's of the microstate's Primera Divisió, with whom he signed in 2004. Starting in 2011 and for five years, he acted as manager of the former club,[3] resigning from his position in September 2016 alongside his entire staff.[4]
