John Jairo Ruiz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Barrantes.

John Jairo Ruiz
Ruiz with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2015
Personal information
Full name John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes
Date of birth (1994-01-10) January 10, 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Herediano
Number 94
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Saprissa 11 (1)
2012–2016 Lille 8 (0)
2012–2014 Lille B 20 (8)
2012–2013 → Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) 24 (14)
2014–2015 → Oostende (loan) 30 (6)
2015–2016 → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) 14 (6)
2016–2017 Red Star Belgrade 26 (6)
2017–2019 Al-Fayha 22 (2)
2019 Saprissa 14 (1)
2019–2020 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 7 (1)
2020– Herediano 101 (16)
International career‡
2010–2011 Costa Rica U17 5 (5)
2011–2013 Costa Rica U20 12 (4)
2015 Costa Rica U22 4 (0)
2011–2015 Costa Rica U23 4 (0)
2014–2020 Costa Rica 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as winger for Liga FPD club Herediano.

Club career

Saprissa

John Jairo began his career with C.D. Saprissa in 2011, scoring one goal against San Carlos on 11 September 2011.[1] During the absence of Jairo Arrieta, Ruiz emerged as Saprissa's top striker in December 2011.[2]

Lille

In January 2012, Ruiz signed a four-year contract with French side Lille OSC,[3] and was playing with the reserve team until he was sidelined by injuries.[4] In July 2012, Lille agreed a deal to send Ruiz to Belgian newly promoted Belgian Second Division team Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz on loan. After the 2013–14 season he spent playing with the first team and Lille II equally, Ruiz moved on new loan to Oostende, where he spent the whole 2014–15 season.[5] On 25 August 2015, Ruiz was loaned to Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[6]

Red Star Belgrade

On June 28, 2016, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[7] He made his debut in an official match for Red Star on July 12, in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in a game Red Star was playing against Valletta F.C. away. Red Star won 1–2, and Ruiz entered as a substitute of Aleksandar Katai in 83rd minute.[8]

Al-Fayha

On August 9, 2017, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with Al-Fayha.[9]

Return to Saprissa

In 2019, Ruiz returned to his boyhood club, Saprissa.[10]

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

On 3 July 2019 Ruiz signed the Israeli Premier League club Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[11]

Herediano

In January 2020 signed to Herediano.

International career

Ruiz was selected in Costa Rica national team for the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and he was named in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He participated in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Colombia, where he scored Costa Rica's first goal of the tournament.[12] Ruiz earned his inaugural senior cap on 6 March 2014 in the 2:1 win over Paraguay in a friendly match after coming on as a second-half substitute for Bryan Ruiz.[13]

After a solid start at the 2016–17 season with Red Star, Ruiz was one of the six legionnaires selected for the Costa Rica national team for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 January 2019[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saprissa 2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División 11 1 — — — — 11 1
Lille 2011–12 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
2012–13 — — — — — —
2013–14 8 0 2 0 1 0 — — 11 0
2014–15 — — — — — —
2015–16 0 0 — — — — 0 0
Total 8 0 2 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Lille B 2011–12 CFA Group A 13 3 — — — — 13 3
2013–14 7 5 — — — — 7 5
Total 20 8 — — — — 20 8
Mouscron (loan) 2012–13 Second Division 24 14 1 1 — — 5<[a] 4 30 19
Oostende (loan) 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 30 6 2 0 — — — 32 6
Dnipro (loan) 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 14 6 6 0 — 2 0 — 22 6
Red Star 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 26 6 1 0 — 6 0 — 33 6
2017–18 0 0 — — 2 0 — 2 0
Total 26 6 1 0 — 8 0 — 35 6
Al-Fayha 2017–18 Saudi Professional League 15 2 0 0 0 0 — — 15 2
2018–19 7 0 1 1 — — — 8 1
Total 22 2 1 1 0 0 — — 23 3
Saprissa 2018–19 Liga FPD 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 15 1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 10 1
Herediano 2019–20 Liga FPD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 166 44 13 2 1 0 11 0 5 4 196 50
  1. ^ Appearances in league play-offs

International

As of 16 November 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Costa Rica 2014 3 1
2015 1 0
2016 0 0
2017 4 0
2020 2 0
Total 10 1
Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2014 Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman  Oman 2 – 1 4–3 Friendly

References

  1. ^ Quesada C., Eliseo (September 11, 2011). "Saprissa golea y sube al cuarto lugar" [Saprissa's goals lead up to fourth]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 12, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Calderón Suárez, Miguel (December 3, 2012). "John Jairo, el "as" de Guimaraes" [John Jairo, the "Ace" of Guimaraes] (in Spanish). Al Día.
  3. ^ Herrera Ch., Juan José (January 10, 2012). "Antes del jueves Ruiz será del Lille" [Ruiz will sign with Lille by Thursday]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Agüero, Juan Carlos (February 27, 2012). "Tico John Jairo Ruiz de 4 a 6 semanas fuera por lesión muscular" [Tico John Jairo Ruiz out 4 to 6 weeks with injured muscle] (in Spanish). Al Día.
  5. ^ a b John Jairo Ruiz at Soccerway
  6. ^ "John Jaïro Ruiz transféré au FK Dnipro". LOSC.fr (in French). Lille OSC. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ^ "Ruiz na Marakani: Drugi nudili pare, Zvezda fudbal". Mondo Srbija (in Serbian). June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  8. ^ John Jairo Ruiz profile at Soccerway
  9. ^ @Alfaihaclub (August 8, 2017). "انهت ادارة #الفيحاء اجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب خط وسط منتخب كوستاريكا الكابتن " جون جايرو رويز " بعقد احترافي لمدة ثلاث سنوات قادمة" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Costa Rica - Deportivo Saprissa". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  11. ^ Rahmani, Maor; Elbaz, Shalom (July 3, 2019). "ג'ון רואיז חתם לשנתיים בעירוני קריית שמונה" (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  12. ^ Loría Ortega, Alexánder (August 1, 2011). "El "cumiche" entró en la historia" ["Cumiche" entered history] (in Spanish). Diario Extra. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012.
  13. ^ "Costa Rica vs. Paraguay 2:1". flashscore.com. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  14. ^ Costa Rica con solo seis legionarios en Copa Centroamericana at elgrafico.com, 3-1-2017, retrieved 8-1-2017 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ John Jairo Ruiz at National-Football-Teams.com

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