Marcel Ruiz

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Marcel Ruiz
Personal information
Full name Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez
Date of birth (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Toluca
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2017 Querétaro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Querétaro 49 (6)
2020–2022 Tijuana 49 (2)
2022– Toluca 66 (7)
International career
2018 Mexico U20 2 (0)
2019–2021 Mexico U23 7 (0)
2023– Mexico 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Men's football
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023

Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez (born 26 October 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Toluca.

Club career

Queretaro

A product of the youth

Morelia, winning 4–1.[2]

International career

Youth

Ruiz was called up by Diego Ramírez to the under-20 team to participate in a training camp ahead of the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and matches against Brazil and Japan.

Ruiz was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-22 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament,[3] where Mexico finished in third.[4] He was called up by Lozano again to participate at the 2019 Pan American Games,[5] with Mexico winning the third-place match.[6]

Senior

In March 2023, Ruiz was called up by manager Diego Cocca for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League,[7] and made his senior national team debut on 23 March 2023, in a 2–0 victory against Suriname.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 March 2024[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Querétaro 2018–19 Liga MX 28 2 7 0 35 2
2019–20 21 4 4 0 25 4
Total 49 6 11 0 60 6
Tijuana 2019–20 Liga MX 1 0 1 0
2020–21 23 0 23 0
2021–22 26 2 26 2
Total 49 2 1 0 50 2
Toluca 2022–23 Liga MX 40 5 40 5
2023–24 26 2 2[a] 0 4[b] 2 32 4
Total 66 7 2 0 4 2 72 9
Career total 164 15 12 0 2 0 4 2 182 17
  1. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 23 March 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Mexico U23

References

  1. ^ "Queretaro's Marcel Ruiz, 17, becomes youngest scorer of Liga MX season". ESPN. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "El yucateco Marcel Ruiz, a la selección nacional Sub 20". Arrobadeportes.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mexico clinch third place in 2019 Toulon Tournament after win on penalty kicks". Fmfstateofmind.com. 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
  7. ^ "Diego Cocca's first NT roster announced". fmfstateofmind.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ^ Marcel Ruiz at Soccerway
  9. ^ Marcel Ruiz at National-Football-Teams.com

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