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Raúl Ruiz Matarín (born 25 March 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right-back for Tercera Federación club Torrellano.
Club career Ruiz was born in Alicante, Valencian Community. After reaching the club's youth system at the age of 10«Estoy en una nube» ("I'm on a cloud") ; Diario Información, 6 October 2008 (in Spanish) he was promoted to hometown Hércules CF's first team for the 2008–09 season, appearing sparingly – but scoring once – as they fell short of a La Liga promotion.
Ruiz signed with Real Madrid in summer 2009, being immediately relocated to its reserve side.Raúl Ruiz, feliz en su nueva casa (Raúl Ruiz, happy in his new home); Real Madrid CF, 20 October 2009 (in Spanish) On 1 February 2011, he was loaned out to Swedish club Halmstads BK along with Castilla teammates Javi Hernández and José Zamora.
In late January 2012, Ruiz terminated his contract with Real Madrid and signed until June 2013 with Albacete Balompié in the third division. After a loan stint at UD San Sebastián de los Reyes of the same level, he featured more regularly during the 2013–14 campaign, which ended in promotion.
On 1 August 2014, Ruiz joined CD Guijuelo also in the third tier.
International career In November 2008, Ruiz was summoned by the Spain under-21 team, appearing in a friendly with Portugal in Cartaxo. He came on as a substitute for Dani Parejo in the 80th minute of a 4–1 loss.La Sub-21 naufraga en Portugal (Under-21s sink in Portugal); Diario AS, 18 November 2008 (in Spanish)
On 10 February 2009, also from the bench and in a friendly (he took the place of Fran Mérida at half-time), Ruiz scored the third and final goal for the under-19s in a 3–0 win over England, in Bournemouth.Exhibición de la Sub'19 en Inglaterra (Under-19 show in England); Diario AS, 10 February 2009 (in Spanish)
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHércules2008–09Segunda División10130——131Real Madrid2009–10La Liga000000—00Real Madrid B2010–11Segunda División B150———150Halmstad (loan)2011Allsvenskan14120——161Albacete2011–12Segunda División B 5000—20702012–134020——602013–1417010—30210Total260300050340S.S. Reyes (loan)2012–13Segunda División B120———120Guijuelo2014–15Segunda División B32310——3332015–1630010——3102016–1735640——3962017–1835200——3522018–1935400——354Total1671560000017315AEK Larnaca2019–20Cypriot First Division1201061—191Hércules (loan)2019–20Segunda División B7000——70Hércules2020–21Segunda División B8000——80Total251400000291Career total27117150615029718
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