Manuel Ruiz

Manuel Ruiz

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Ruiz Pérez
Date of birth	3 December 1962 (1962-12-03) (age 48)
Place of birth	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Melilla
	Sanluqueño
	Xerez
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1983	Xerez
1983–1987	Zaragoza	9	(0)
1985–1986	Zaragoza B	33	(0)
1987–1988	Deportivo La Coruña	0	(0)
1988–1990	Zaragoza	0	(0)
1990–1991	Levante	18	(0)
National team
1988	Spain U18	8	(0)
Teams managed
2003	Xerez
2004	Xerez
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Manuel Ruiz Pérez (born 3 December 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia) is a retired Spanish football goalkeeper and manager.

Playing career

After playing youth football for UD Melilla and Atlético Sanluqueño CF, Ruiz signed for Xerez CD in 1979. Four years later, he moved to La Liga with Real Zaragoza, making his competition debut on 4 December 1983, in a 0–0 draw at FC Barcelona.

During his four-year spell with the Aragonese, however, he only amassed nine league appearances combined, barred by Andoni Cedrún, which would later become a legendary player for the club. In the 1985–86 season, he featured prominently for Zaragoza's B team in Segunda División, in an eventual relegation-ending campaign.

Before retiring, Ruiz also played for Deportivo de La Coruña - no appearances whatsoever due to a serious injury^[1]- and Levante UD, suffering another second division relegation with the latter club.

Coaching career

In 1997, shortly after retiring, Ruiz started coaching, starting with his first senior team Xerez, and helping the Andalusians return to the second level in 2001, after a three-year absence. Subsequently, he joined Bernd Schuster's coaching staff at the club (in six matches comprising two separate seasons, he would also manage the side as an interim coach).

In 2003, Schuster signed with FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and Ruiz was one of four coaches as Xerez finished ninth in level two. When the German returned to Spain to sign with Levante UD, Ruiz re-joined his coaching staff, continuing to work with him at his following clubs, Getafe CF and Real Madrid, until he was sacked from the latter in December 2008. Amongst other tasks, he was charged with designing the teams' strategic set pieces.^[1]

Honours

Zaragoza

• Spanish Cup: 1985–86

Managerial stats (second division only)

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Xerez	2003	2003	3	2	0	1	66.67%	9	6	+3
	Xerez	2003	2004	3	0	1	2	0%	3	7	-4
Total Career				6	2	1	3	33.33%	12	13	-1

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Manuel Ruiz es el cerebro de las jugadas ensayadas (Manuel Ruiz is the brain behind set pieces); Diario AS, 25 July 2007 (Spanish)

External links

• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile

Persondata
Name	Ruiz, Manuel
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Date of birth	December 3, 1962
Place of birth	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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