Gabriel Osvaldo Ruiz (born January 23, 1980, in
Arrecifes) is a retired
Argentine
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football
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defender.
Ruiz started his playing career with
Newell's Old Boys in 1999. In 2005, he joined
Tiro Federal and helped the club to secure promotion to the
Argentine Primera
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.
After Tiro Federal were relegated in 2006, Ruiz had brief stints with
Libertad in
Paraguay and
2nd division Unión de Santa Fe before joining Gimnasia de Jujuy in 2007.
At the beginning of May 2009 Ruiz signed for the Finnish Veikkausliiga team
FC Haka. He failed to make debut for FC Haka and returned to
Gimnasia de Jujuy
Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy , (usually known as Gimnasia de Jujuy or just GEJ) is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its football team, whi ...
.
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1980 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
People from Arrecifes
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Men's association football defenders
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Tiro Federal footballers
Club Libertad footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers
FC Haka players
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Deportivo Maipú players
Argentino de Mendoza players
Unión de Sunchales footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
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