Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez (born 26 October 2000) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a midfielder for

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club Toluca.

Club career

Queretaro

A product of the youth

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team, Ruiz would make his senior debut in

on 21 July 2018 against Atlas, coming in at the 86th minute for Erbín Trejo, finishing the game in a 0–0 tie. On 22 August 2018, he would score his first goal for the team, winning the game against

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1–0, becoming the youngest scorer of the season at the age of 17. On 31 August 2018, he contributed two assists for Camilo Sanvezzo to score the first two goals against Morelia, winning 4–1.

International career

Youth

Ruiz was called up by Diego Ramírez to the

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team to participate in a training camp ahead of the

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and matches against Brazil and

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. Ruiz was called up by

Jaime Lozano Jaime Arturo "Jimmy" Lozano Espín (born 29 September 1978) is a Mexican professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Lozano spent the majority of his playing career with Club Universidad Nacional, playing in ov ...

to participate with the under-22 team at the

2019 Toulon Tournament The 2019 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 47ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 47th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 1 to 15 June 2019. England w ...

, where Mexico finished in third. He was called up by Lozano again to participate at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

, with Mexico winning the third-place match.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Mexico U23 * Pan American Bronze Medal:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Marcel 2000 births Living people Association football midfielders Mexican footballers Footballers from Yucatán Querétaro F.C. footballers Sportspeople from Mérida, Yucatán Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games