Editing Rodrigo Ruiz

{{Short description|Chilean-Mexican footballer (born 1972)}}
{{About||the player who competed for Mexico at the 1950 World Cup|Rodrigo Ruiz (footballer, born 1923)|the Costa Rican sport shooter|Rodrigo Ruiz (sport shooter)|the composer|Rodrigo Ruiz (composer)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Rodrigo Ruiz
| fullname       = Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri 
| image          = Pony RuizTecos.jpg
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1972|5|10}}
| birth_place    = 
| height         = {{height|m=1.63}}
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1992–1994
| clubs1         = [[Unión Española]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 1993
| clubs2         = → [[Regional Atacama]] (loan)
| caps2          = 
| goals2         = 
| years3         = 1994–1996
| clubs3         = [[Puebla F.C.|Puebla]]
| caps3          = 65
| goals3         = 10
| years4         = 1996–1999
| clubs4         = [[Toros Neza]]
| caps4          = 132
| goals4         = 32
| years5         = 1999–2006
| clubs5         = [[Club Santos Laguna|Santos Laguna]]
| caps5          = 269
| goals5         = 59
| years6         = 2005
| clubs6         = → [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]] (loan)<!--appearances in the Copa Libertadores-->
| caps6          = 0
| goals6         = 0
| years7         = 2007–2010
| clubs7         = [[Tecos F.C.|Tecos]]
| caps7          = 100
| goals7         = 14
| years8         = 2008
| clubs8         = → [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]] (loan)
| caps8          = 17
| goals8         = 2
| years9         = 2010–2011
| clubs9         = [[Santos Laguna]]
| caps9          = 25
| goals9         = 0
| years10        = 2011–2013
| clubs10        = [[Tecos F.C.|Tecos]]
| caps10         = 59
| goals10        = 2
| totalcaps      = 667
| totalgoals     = 119
| nationalyears1 = 1993–2001
| nationalteam1  = [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
| nationalcaps1  = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2015–2019
| managerclubs1 = [[Tecos F.C.|Tecos]]
| manageryears2 = 2020
| managerclubs2 = [[Lobos Zacatepec]]
| manageryears3 = 2020–2022
| managerclubs3 = Irritilas <!--F.C.-->
| manageryears4 = 2022–2024
| managerclubs4 = [[Los Cabos United]]
}}

'''Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri''' (born 10 May 1972) is a former [[Chile]]an professional [[football (soccer)|footballer]].<ref name="loscabos"/>

==Club career==
He played for [[Unión Española]], [[Regional Atacama]], [[Toros Neza]], [[Santos Laguna]], [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Se presentó Rodrigo 'Pony' Ruiz como refuerzo del Pachuca |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/copa-libertadores/presento-rodrigo-pony-ruiz-refuerzo-pachuca |website=Mediotiempo |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es |date=16 May 2005}}</ref> [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]], and last played for [[Estudiantes Tecos]] of the [[Ascenso MX]].<ref name="espn">{{cite web |title=El 'Pony' Ruiz, la figura olvidada por Santos Laguna |url=https://www.espn.cl/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/6902160/rodrigo-pony-ruiz-figura-olvidada-santos-liga-mx |website=ESPN.cl |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es |date=1 May 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
During the qualifiers to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], Ruiz played a match with the [[Chile national football team|Chile national team]] against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] at [[Centenario Stadium]], that Chile lost 1–0. In total, he made 7 appearances for Chile and scored one goal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodrigo Ruiz |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1993/09/rodrigo-ruiz.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
He began his career with [[Tecos F.C.|Tecos]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los chilenos que han dirigido en el extranjero |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2016/05/18/album/1463602195_928448.html |publisher=[[Diario AS|AS Chile]] |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es |date=24 May 2016}}</ref> After working in [[Lobos Zacatepec]] and Irritilas FC, he joined [[Los Cabos United]] in 2022.<ref name="loscabos">{{cite web |title=Primeras palabras del nuevo director técnico Rodrigo "El Pony" Ruiz Bienvenido | website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1321762118201947 |access-date=1 June 2021 |language=es |date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was nicknamed ''Pony'' by his former fellow footballer in Unión Española, [[Mario Lucca]], due to his strength and height.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mario Lucca recuerda por qué apodó 'Pony' a Rodrigo Ruiz |url=https://www.espn.cl/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/6908812/pony-ruiz-origen-apodo-mario-lucca-entrevista |website=ESPN.cl |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es |date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

He naturalized Mexican by residence.<ref name="espn"/>

One of the 33 miners rescued from the [[2010 Copiapó mining accident|2010 mining accident in Copiapó, Chile]], Mario Gómez, is related to him since Gómez is the cousin of his mother-in-law.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pariente de Rodrigo 'Pony' Ruiz fue rescatado en mina de Chile |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/pariente-rodrigo-pony-ruiz-rescatado-mina-chile |website=Mediotiempo |access-date=17 October 2022 |language=es |date=13 October 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|rodrigo-ruiz_2}}
* {{MedioTiempo|rodrigo-patricio-ruiz-de-barbieri-pony|Rodrigo Ruiz (Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz De Barbieri)}}

{{Chile Squad 1995 Copa América}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Rodrigo}}
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chilean men's footballers]]
[[Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Chile men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Chilean emigrants to Mexico]]
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[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
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[[Category:Tecos F.C. managers]]
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[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century Chilean sportsmen]]


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