Ruan Carlos
Brazilian footballer
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Ruan Carlos Gomes Costa da Silva (born 17 August 1993), known as Ruan Carlos or just Ruan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.
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Ruan in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruan Carlos Gomes Costa da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Natal, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sport Recife | |||
| 2011–2012 | → Grêmio (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Sport Recife | 23 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Internacional (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Paysandu (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2015 | → Goiás (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2016 | Ituano | 13 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Paysandu (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Botafogo-PB | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Vila Nova | 11 | (1) |
| 2018 | CRB | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Remo | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Caxias | 16 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | São Bento | 34 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | Atibaia | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Amazonas | 38 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Laguna (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2024 | ABC | 25 | (2) |
| 2025 | Floresta | 22 | (6) |
| 2026 | São José-SP | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Ruan was a Sport Recife youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 11 September 2010, coming on as a late substitute for Wilson in a 1–0 Série B away win over Americana.
On 24 August 2011, Ruan was loaned to Grêmio and was assigned to the under-20 team.[1] Back to his parent club the following 19 March,[2] he scored his first senior goal on 31 March 2012, netting Sport's fourth in a 5–0 Campeonato Pernambucano home routing of Serra Talhada.[3]
On 6 May 2013, Ruan was loaned to Série C side Fortaleza.[4] He began the 2014 season at Internacional, although mainly with the under-23 team, before moving to Paysandu, where he scored the goal which sealed the club's promotion to the Série B.[5]
On 3 January 2015, Ruan agreed to a deal with Goiás in the Série A.[6] On 28 December, he signed for Ituano,[7] before returning to Paysandu on 2 May 2016.[8]
On 16 August 2016, after being rarely used at Papão, Ruan joined Botafogo-PB.[9] After featuring in just one match, he moved to Vila Nova on 21 December,[10] but was also rarely used.
On 13 December 2017, Ruan was one of the ten signings announced by CRB,[11] but moved to Paysandu's rivals Remo the following 27 May.[12] He played the 2019 campaign at Caxias, and signed for São Bento on 7 December of that year.[13]
In 2021, Ruan joined Atibaia for the year's Copa Paulista. He signed for Amazonas on 21 April 2022,[14] He also scored the goal which sealed the latter club's promotion in August,[15] and subsequently spent a short period on loan at Laguna.
On 4 December 2023, after another promotion, Ruan left Amazonas and moved to ABC.[16] On 8 January 2025, he was announced at fellow third division side Floresta.[17]
On 5 December 2025, São José-SP announced the signing of Ruan for the upcoming season.[18]
Career statistics
- As of 29 April 2026[19]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sport Recife | 2010 | Série B | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Série A | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | Série B | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5[a] | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Fortaleza (loan) | 2013 | Série C | 16 | 6 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 6 | |||
| Paysandu (loan) | 2014 | Série A | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Paysandu (loan) | 2014 | Série C | 13 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| Goiás (loan) | 2015 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 21 | 3 | |
| Ituano | 2016 | Série D | — | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Paysandu (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Botafogo-PB | 2016 | Série C | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Vila Nova | 2017 | Série B | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| CRB | 2018 | Série B | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Remo | 2018 | Série C | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Caxias | 2019 | Série D | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| São Bento | 2020 | Série C | 8 | 0 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | |||
| 2021 | Série D | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | 34 | 5 | |||||
| Atibaia | 2021 | Paulista A2 | — | — | — | — | 7[c] | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 2022 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Amazonas | 2022 | Série D | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| 2023 | Série C | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 3 | |||||
| Laguna (loan) | 2022 | Potiguar 2ª Divisão | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| ABC | 2024 | Série C | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[a] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| Floresta | 2025 | Série C | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | |||
| São José-SP | 2026 | Paulista A2 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 128 | 19 | 112 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 273 | 36 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista