German Ruano

German Ruano
Personal information
Full name	German Giovanni Ruano González
Date of birth	17 October 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Suchitepéquez
1993–2009	Municipal
International career
1995–2001	Guatemala
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

German Giovanni Ruano González (born 17 October 1971), popularly known as El Chino, is a Guatemalan former

Guatemalan top division, and was also a member of the Guatemala national team

.

Club career

Born in

Municipal, where he would remain for the next 16 years, winning 12 league titles and five domestic cups, thus becoming one of the most honoured players in the history of the club.^[2] By 2008, he had become the second-longest serving active squad member after Juan Carlos Plata

.

After finishing second on the 2008–09 clausura tournament, Municipal did not renew his contract, and afterwards Ruano, who wore the number 17 on his shirt throughout his career, announced his retirement.

International career

Ruano made his debut for

UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and went on to collect 57 caps in the next six years, appearing in a total 19 matches during the qualification processes to the World Cups of 1998 and 2002. He also played four matches at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup^[3] and two matches at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[4]

His final international was a January 2001

Edgar Valencia

.