Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez (born 26 October 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Toluca.
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| Full name | Marcel Alejandro Ruiz Suárez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Toluca | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Querétaro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Querétaro | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Tijuana | 49 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Toluca | 66 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mexico U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Mexico U23 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Mexico | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Queretaro edit
A product of the youth Querétaro team, Ruiz would make his senior debut in Liga MX 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 Club Universidad Nacional 1–0, becoming the youngest scorer of the season at the age of 17.[1] On 31 August 2018, he contributed two assists for Camilo Sanvezzo to score the first two goals against Morelia, winning 4–1.[2]
International career edit
Youth edit
Ruiz was called up by Diego Ramírez to the under-20 team to participate in a training camp ahead of the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and matches against Brazil and Japan.
Ruiz was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-22 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament,[3] where Mexico finished in third.[4] He was called up by Lozano again to participate at the 2019 Pan American Games,[5] with Mexico winning the third-place match.[6]
Senior edit
In March 2023, Ruiz was called up by manager Diego Cocca for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League,[7] and made his senior national team debut on 23 March 2023, in a 2–0 victory against Suriname.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 8 March 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Querétaro | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 6 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 60 | 6 | ||||
| Tijuana | 2019–20 | Liga MX | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 2 | ||||
| Toluca | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 40 | 5 | — | — | — | 40 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 2 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | 32 | 4 | |||
| Total | 66 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 164 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 182 | 17 | ||
- ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
International edit
- As of match played 23 March 2023[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Mexico U23
References edit
- ^ "Queretaro's Marcel Ruiz, 17, becomes youngest scorer of Liga MX season". ESPN. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "El yucateco Marcel Ruiz, a la selección nacional Sub 20". Arrobadeportes.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Mexico clinch third place in 2019 Toulon Tournament after win on penalty kicks". Fmfstateofmind.com. 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
- ^ "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
- ^ "Diego Cocca's first NT roster announced". fmfstateofmind.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Marcel Ruiz at Soccerway
- ^ Marcel Ruiz at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
- Marcel Ruiz at Soccerway
- Marcel Ruiz at Flashscore.com
- Marcel Ruiz at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)