Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri | ||
Date of birth | May 10, 1972 | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Los Cabos United (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1992–1994 | Unión Española | ||
1993 | → Regional Atacama (loan) | ||
1994–1996 | Puebla | 65 | (10) |
1996–1999 | Toros Neza | 132 | (32) |
1999–2006 | Santos Laguna | 269 | (59) |
2005 | → Pachuca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Tecos | 100 | (14) |
2008 | → Veracruz (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Santos Laguna | 25 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Tecos | 59 | (2) |
Total | 667 | (119) | |
International career | |||
1993–2001 | Chile | 7 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2019 | Tecos | ||
2020 | Lobos Zacatepec | ||
2020–2022 | Irritilas | ||
2022– | Los Cabos United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born 10 May 1972) is a former Chilean professional footballer and current manager of Los Cabos United. [1]
He played for Unión Española, Regional Atacama, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, Pachuca, [2] Veracruz, and last played for Estudiantes Tecos of the Ascenso MX. [3]
During the qualifiers to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ruiz played a match with the Chile national team against Uruguay at Centenario Stadium, that Chile lost 1–0. In total, he made 7 appearances for Chile and scored one goal. [4]
He began his career with Tecos in 2015. [5] After working in Lobos Zacatepec and Irritilas FC, he joined Los Cabos United in 2022. [1]
He was nicknamed Pony by his former fellow footballer in Unión Española, Mario Lucca, due to his strength and height. [6]
He naturalized Mexican by residence. [3]
One of the 33 miners rescued from the 2010 mining accident in Copiapó, Chile, Mario Gómez, is related to him since Gómez is the cousin of his mother-in-law. [7]