Rubén Paz
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Full name | Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 August 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Artigas, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1966–1975 | Peñarol de Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1975–1977 | Peñarol de Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
1977–1982 | Peñarol | 157 | (53) | |||||||||||||||||
1982–1986 |
Internacional | 44 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Racing Paris | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Racing Club | 53 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 |
Genoa | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Racing Club | 75 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
1994 | Rampla Juniors | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
1995 | Frontera Rivera | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Godoy Cruz | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1996 | Wanderers Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Frontera Rivera | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2002 | Nacional San José de Mayo | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Tito Borjas | |||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Pirata Juniors | |||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1990 | Uruguay | 45 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez (born 8 August 1959) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Paz played at two FIFA World Cups for Uruguay and was also South American Footballer of the Year in 1988. He retired in 2006 at the age of 47. He's currently Peñarol's assistant coach.
Club career
Ruben Paz began his career at the age of 17 when he joined the Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo in 1977. He played in Peñarol until February 1982, where he obtained important achievements, winning three Uruguayan league championships (1978, 1979 and 1981) and became top scorer of the Uruguayan league by 1981.
In 1982, he emigrated to the Brazilian League, specifically the Rio Grande do Sul team
In 1986 he makes the leap to Europe, specifically to Matra Racing Paris (now the Racing Club de France) of the Ligue 1 of French Football, where he played alongside his compatriot Enzo Francescoli.
The following year he was transferred to
During the 1989–90 season he transferred to
The following year he returned to Racing Club. In 1993 he returned to Uruguay to play in Rampla Juniors, and the following year moved to the Frontera Rivera club, where he stayed until 2000, except for the 1996 season, when he played for Godoy Cruz of Mendoza, Argentina. Later he continued to play in smaller clubs, ending his playing career in 2006.
International career
Participated in the Uruguayan team that won the
Career statistics
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay[1] | 1979 | 3 | 1 |
1980 | 10 | 4 | |
1981 | 7 | 1 | |
1982 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | 0 | 0 | |
1984 | 0 | 0 | |
1985 | 0 | 0 | |
1986 | 3 | 1 | |
1987 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | 2 | 0 | |
1989 | 14 | 1 | |
1990 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 45 | 8 |
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paz goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 September 1979 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Paraguay | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1979 Copa América |
2 | 11 December 1980 | Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado, Uruguay | Bolivia | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
3 | 18 December 1980 | Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo, Uruguay | Switzerland | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
4 | 3–0 | |||||
5 | 4–0 | |||||
6 | 9 August 1981 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Colombia | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7 | 23 April 1986 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
8 | 10 July 1989 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Paraguay | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1989 Copa América |
Honours
Peñarol
Internacional
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1982, 1983, 1984
Racing Club
- 1988
- Supercopa Interamericana: 1988
Uruguay
- Mundialito: 1980
References
- ^ "Ruben Paz - AUF". Retrieved 21 February 2022.
External links
- Rúben Paz at Racing Club's official site (in Spanish)
- Rubén Paz at Internacional's official site (in Portuguese)
- Profile (in Spanish)