Raúl Ruiz Matarín (born 25 March 1990) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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club Torrellano.

Club career

Ruiz was born in

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. After reaching the club's youth system at the age of 10 he was promoted to hometown

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

's first team for the 2008–09 season, appearing sparingly – but scoring once – as they fell short of a

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promotion. Ruiz signed with

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in summer 2009, being immediately relocated to its reserve side. On 1 February 2011, he was loaned out to

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club

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along with Castilla teammates Javi Hernández and José Zamora. In late January 2012, Ruiz terminated his contract with Real Madrid and signed until June 2013 with

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in the third division. After a loan stint at

UD San Sebastián de los Reyes Unión Deportiva San Sebastián de los Reyes, also known as Sanse is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Nuevo Mat ...

of the same level, he featured more regularly during the 2013–14 campaign, which ended in promotion. On 1 August 2014, Ruiz joined

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at the 1,500-seat '' Estadio Municipal de Guijuelo''. ...

also in the third tier.

International career

In November 2008, Ruiz was summoned by the Spain under-21 team, appearing in a friendly with

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. He came on as a substitute for

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in the 80th minute of a 4–1 loss. On 10 February 2009, also from the bench and in a friendly (he took the place of

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), Ruiz scored the third and final goal for the under-19s in a 3–0 win over

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, in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Raul 1990 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Alicante Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players Hércules CF B players Hércules CF players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Albacete Balompié players UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players CD Guijuelo footballers Torrent CF players Allsvenskan players Halmstads BK players Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-century Spanish sportsmen