In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Abel Ruiz
Ruiz with Spain U19 in 2019
Personal information
Full name
Abel Ruiz Ortega[1]
Date of birth
(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth
Almussafes, Spain
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)
Forward
Team information
Current team
Braga
Number
9
Youth career
2008–2012
Valencia
2012–2017
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2017–2020
Barcelona B
68
(9)
2019–2020
Barcelona
1
(0)
2020
→ Braga (loan)
6
(1)
2020–
Braga
116
(19)
International career‡
2015–2017
Spain U17
38
(25)
2017–2018
Spain U18
4
(7)
2017–2019
Spain U19
18
(7)
2019–2023
Spain U21
27
(13)
2021–
Spain
2
(0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up
2023 Georgia–Romania
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner
2019 Armenia
Mediterranean Games
Winner
2018 Spain
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Runner-up
2017 India
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner
2017 Croatia
Runner-up
2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023
Abel Ruiz Ortega (Spanish pronunciation:[aˈβelˈrwiθ]; born 28 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Braga and the Spain national team.
Formed at Barcelona, where he made one first-team appearance, he moved to Braga in January 2020, where he won the Taça de Portugal in 2021.
Ruiz set the record for caps and goals for Spain's under-17 team, winning the European Championship in 2017 and finishing runners-up in 2016 and at the 2017 World Cup. He made his senior international debut in 2021.
^"Acta del Partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 12 May 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^"ABEL RUIZ" (in Portuguese). SC Braga. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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