Ruth Álvarez Bela (born 5 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primera Federación club Atlético Baleares.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruth Álvarez Bela | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Palma de Mallorca, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Baleares | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Ferriolense | ||
| 2012–2013 | Collerense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Collerense[3] | 18 | (10[4]) |
| 2014–2015 | Collerense C | 2 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Collerense B | ||
| 2015–2019 | Collerense | 28+ | (1+[5]) |
| 2019–2022 | Eibar | 67 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Madrid CFF | 21 | (0) |
| 2024– | Atlético Baleares | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2022 | |||
Early life
editÁlvarez was born in Palma de Mallorca to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean Bubi mother.
Club career
editÁlvarez is the youngest player to appear in Primera División, when she debuted for Collerense aged 15 years and 100 days at the 2015–16 Primera División.[6]
International career
editÁlvarez is not capped for Spain, but has represented the Balearic Islands women's autonomous football team at under-12, under-16 and under-18 levels. She has also appeared with the Majorca women's local football team at under-13, under-16 and under-18 levels.[6]
In January 2016, Álvarez has had a met with members of the then technical staff of the Equatorial Guinea national football team.[6]
On 29 November 2021, Álvarez played for Spain at under-23 level. She remains eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.
Personal life
editÁlvarez has been in a relationship with Japanese footballer Tomo Matsukawa, who was her teammate at Eibar.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ruth Álvarez". La Liga. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Ruth Alvarez". SD Eibar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Convocatoria Preselección Femenina sub-16; miércoles 04/12/2013" (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Estadística de Jugador" (in Spanish). FFIB. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "U.D. Collerense Femenino" (in Spanish). lapreferente.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Legionarias: Ruth" (in Spanish). Fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
External links
edit- Profile at BDFutbol
- Ruth Álvarez on Instagram
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