Luis Carlos Ruiz Morales (born 8 January 1987) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

club

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Career

Ruiz was the joint top goal scorer during the 2013 Torneo Finalización with

Dayro Moreno Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo (born 16 September 1985) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Bucaramanga. Moreno began his career with Once Caldas, winning the 2004 Copa Libertado ...

, both scoring 16 goals. In December 2013, Ruiz claimed he had signed a Four-year contract with Neftchi Baku in the Azerbaijani Premier League, though this claim was denied by Neftchi. On 4 January 2014, Ruiz announced that he wouldn't be joining Neftchi after all and that the statement posted had been the result of hackers hacking his Twitter account. In February 2014, Ruiz joined

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in the

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. The transfer fee was about €3 million, and he linked up with fellow Colombian

Giovanni Moreno Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona (; born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian former footballer who used to play for club Atlético Nacional where he primarily operated as an attacking midfielder. Club career Moreno would start his career with top tier ...

. In June 2014, Ruiz returned to Colombia, signing for

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

Atlético Nacional *

(3): 2014–I, 2015–II, 2017–I *

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(1):

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club association football, football compe ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Junior *

(3): 2010–I, 2011–II, 2018–II *

(1):

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Luis 1987 births Living people Colombian footballers Barranquilla F.C. footballers Atlético Junior footballers Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Atlético Nacional footballers Sport Club do Recife players Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Chinese Super League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Brazil Colombian expatriate sportspeople in China Association football forwards People from Santa Marta Sportspeople from Magdalena Department