Jesús Rueda Ambrosio (born 19 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder.
He spent most of his career with Valladolid, playing 163 competitive matches mostly in the Segunda División.
Club career Valladolid Born in Corte de Peleas, Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Rueda played youth football with Real Valladolid. He made his senior debut with the reserve team, spending four full seasons with the side in the Segunda División B; on 12 November 2008 he made his first official appearance with the main squad, featuring 34 minutes in a 2–2 draw against Hércules CF in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey,El Valladolid cumple el trámite ante el Hércules (Valladolid go with the flow against Hércules); Marca, 12 November 2008 (in Spanish) and his first La Liga match was on the following 26 April, also at the Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, a 0–0 draw with CA Osasuna in which he came on as a late substitute.Valladolid 0–0 Osasuna ; ESPN FC, 26 April 2009
After spending the 2009–10 campaign on loan to Córdoba CF of Segunda División,Jesús Rueda llega cedido al Córdoba (Jesús Rueda arrives on loan at Córdoba); ABC, 16 July 2009 (in Spanish) Rueda returned to Valladolid which were now in the same level. He totalled 3,867 minutes of action in the second year in his second spell – playoffs included – scoring in the 1–1 draw at Recreativo de Huelva on 15 October 2011 as the Castile and León side went on to return to the top flight.El Valladolid rescata un valioso punto en Huelva (Valladolid rescue a valuable point in Huesca); Marca, 15 October 2011 (in Spanish)
Later career On 13 August 2015, after appearing regularly as the club fluctuated between the first and second tiers, Rueda terminated his contract with the Blanquivioletas.Jesús Rueda y el Pucela separan sus caminos (Jesús Rueda and Pucela split ways); Real Valladolid, 13 August 2015 (in Spanish) He subsequently moved abroad for the first time, receiving offers from teams in Bulgaria and Israel, eventually signing for Beitar Jerusalem F.C. and becoming a regular in the Holy Land team alongside compatriot Pablo de Lucas; manager Slobodan Drapić stated "I wish I had eleven like Rueda", and he was among a growing contingent of Spaniards playing in the relatively obscure Israeli Premier League, gaining media attention back home.
Rueda moved countries again in June 2017, when he signed a two-year deal for APOEL FC of the Cypriot First Division, a club whose director Juanjo Lorenzo was from Valladolid. His debut season in Nicosia ended at the halfway point when he suffered a knee injury in training, ruling him out for six months.
On 21 July 2019, free agent Rueda returned to Spain and joined second division team Extremadura UD. The following 25 January, after only five official games, he cut ties with the club and signed a 18-month contract with third-tier Gimnàstic de Tarragona four days later.
On 5 August 2021, Rueda signed a one-year deal with UD Logroñés, recently relegated to the Primera División RFEF.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsValladolid B 2005–06Segunda División B210——1022006–07Segunda División B365—203852007–08Segunda División B304——3042008–09Segunda División B182——182Total11411—2011611Valladolid 2006–07Segunda División0000—002008–09La Liga3020—502010–11Segunda División11020101402011–12Segunda División39110404412012–13La Liga28020—3002013–14La Liga35110—3612014–15Segunda División3210020341Total148380701633Córdoba (loan)2009–10Segunda División30220—322Beitar Jerusalem2015–16Israeli Premier League29140—3312016–17Israeli Premier League3367070476Total62711070807APOEL2017–18Cypriot First Division110101102302018–19Cypriot First Division10200030Total12030110260Extremadura2019–20Segunda División4010—50Gimnàstic2019–20Segunda División B610000612020–21Segunda División B1300000130Total1910000191Career total3892425027044124
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