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Introduction

Bryan Jafet Ruiz Gonzalez is a professional football player from Costa Rican. Bryan Ruiz is born in San Jose, Costa Rica on August 18th 1985. He plays as an attacking midfielder and he is 38 years old.

Quick Facts

Early Life

Bryan Ruiz was born and grew up in San Jose, Costa Rica. There is not much information about his parents but according to the news, his mother is Rosita Gonzalez. Bryan has 4 siblings, 3 brothers named Yendrick Ruiz, Anthony Ruiz Gonzalez and Robin Ruiz Gonzalez and one sister named Maria Ruiz Gonzalez.

Personal Life

Bryan Ruiz married his beautiful fiancée Carolina Jaikel on March 24th 2014. They had their wedding ceremony in the company of their close friends and relatives. The couple has 2 kids a boy named Benjamin and a girl named Mathias Ruiz.

Club Career

Alajuelense

Bryan started his professional career by the age of 18 making his debut by playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on November 30th 2003 against Municipal Pérez Zeledón in the top division of Costa Rica. With 2 strikers Rolando Fonseca and Froylan Ledezma, he formed a trio where he built a reputation as a goal scorer and playmaker. On December 23rd 2003 against Ramonense Bryan scored his first goal. He was given the nickname La Comadreja (The Weasle) for his facial profile in Alajuelense. The team won regional titles like the UNCAF Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup when he was part of the team.

Gent

Bryan was signed by Gent in a 4 years deal along with Randall Azofeifa from Deportivo Saprissa and Roy Myrie from Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. In a match against Lokeren on December 8th 2007 Bryan scored his first hat trick. In the same season in the Belgian League, he was the top scorer and captain of the team.

Twente

The Dutch FC Twente announced that they had signed Bryan for a fee of around 5 million €. He signed a four-year deal with the Eredivisie. For the New club, Bryan made his debut by scoring the second goal of the match against Sparta Rotterdam with an assistance of a newcomer. On December 12th his goal against NAC Breda marked the 10th consecutive match in which he had scored. Bryan made the quickest hat-tricks ever against Sparta with goals in the 46th, 49th and 50th minutes on March 27th 2010.

For the first time FC Twente was crowned champions of Eredivisie in their history on May 2nd 2010 with a 2-0 at NAC Breda, on the 23rd minute of the play Bryan scored his first goal of the match. With 24 goals in Eredivisie’s play for Twente, he was a top scorer. In August 2011 Bryan was being watched by scouts from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, on August 18th 2011 Bryan claimed that Fulham was in talks with him and that Fulham is a serious option for him.

Fulham

On the last day of the Premier League summer transfer window on August 31st 2011, Fulham announced that they signed Bryan. On September 11th did his debut at home to Blackburn Rovers and scored his first goal for Fulham in a 3-1 defeat against Everton on October 23rd 2011.

In the Reebok Stadium in a fixture against Bolton on April 7th 2012 Bryan broke a foot bone and needing him an operation for which he was on 10 weeks off. Bryan started Fulham’s first premier league game of the season with q win against Norwich with a score of 5-0. Making 31 first-team appearances and scoring 5 goals Bryan finished the 2012-2013 season

PVS Eindhoven (Loan)

On January 15th 2014 Bryan joined Eredivisie club PVS Eindhoven on loan until the end of the season.
On January 19th 2014 in a 1-0 loss against Ajax, Bryan made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on February 14th with a 63rd-minute winner against Heracles Aledo.

Sporting CP

Bryan signed a 3 years contract with Sporting CP on July 7th 2015. In the 2015 Supertaca match against Lisbon rivals S.L. Benfica he made his debut which Sporting CP won 1-0. Bryan scored his first goal for Sporting CP against Besiktas in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League on October 1st 2015. On October 25th his first goal in the Primeira Liga came in a 3-0 Lisbon derby defeat of Benfica at the Estadio da Luz. In another derby on March 5th 2016, Bryan missed an open goal and Benfica won the match 1-0 at Estadio Jose Alvalade came in first place by knocking out Sporting CP in Second place in the league.

Santos

As a free agent, Bryan signed a two and half years contract with FC Santos on July 11th 2018. On August 8th he made his debut for the club replacing Diego Pituca at halftime in a score of 1-1 draw against Ceara. In his first season just after 12 league matches, Bryan failed to appear a single minute during his second, under Jorge Sampaoli. After again failing to play under Jesualdo Ferreira he terminated the contract with the club. Bryan announced his return to Alajuelense on July 23rd 2020.

International Career

Bryan, on June 19th 2005 made his international debut for Costa Rica against China. Bryan has represented the Ticos at 2005, 2011 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold cups leading the team at the latter tournament. Against Honduras, in the 2005 tournament, Bryan scored his first international goal.

During the 2010 FIFA world cup qualification campaign Bryan scored 6 times as Costa Rica was knocked out by Uruguay in the intercontinental playoff. Bryan scored 3 goals to lead the team to the tournament finals in Brazil in the 2014 qualifiers.
Bryan was named in Costa Rica’s squad for the 2014 FIFA world cup in June 2014. In the opening match of the team, he captained Los Ticos to a 3-1 loss to Uruguay in Fortaleza. On June 20th, Bryan scored the only goal as Costa Rica to upset four-time champion Italy 1-0 to qualify for the round of 16, where he scored again and drew 1-1 against Greece.

Later Bryan successfully converted his kick as Costa Rica prevailed 5-3 in the penalty shootout. At the quarter-final stage, Bryan was one of the two Costa Rican to have their kicks saved by Tim Krul in a 4-3 penalty shoot loss to the Netherlands. Bryan was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA world cup in Russia in May 2018. In the last match of the group stage against Switzerland Bryan scored a last-minute equalizing goal from a penalty spot which led the scorecard to a 2-2 draw but the goal was credited as an own goal by Switzerland‘s goalkeeper Yann Sommers.

Achievements

For Alajuelense he earned CONCACAF Champions Cup 2014, Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2005, Primera Division Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2020 and CONCACAF League 2020.

For Twente he earned Eredivisie 2009-10, KNVB Cup 2010-11 and Johan Cruffy Shield 2010, 2011. For Sporting CP he earned Taca da Liga 2017-18 and Supertaca Candido de Oliveira 2015.

For Costa Rica he earned Copa Centroamericana 2014.

For himself Bryan won:

CONCACAF Men’s player of the year 2016.

CONCACAF goal of the year 2014.

CONCACAF Best XI 2015, 2016, 2017.

Jean-Claude Bouvy Trophy 2008, 2009.

Player of the season at Twente 2010.

BBC goal of the month October 2011.

Stats

Facts

In 2011 he was the Highest paid athlete in his country.

Bryan’s net worth is around 13 million.

His jersey number is 10.

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