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Bryan Ruiz
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Costa Rica · 2004–14

Bryan Ruiz

Icon LM, also LB, CAM Right-footed dribblercreator
Rating
85
Caps
147
Goals
29
Life
1985
Clubs
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Fulham, Sporting CP
#2
Editorial rank of 33 for Costa Rica
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

A header on 44 minutes in Recife, 20 June 2014, beat Italy 1-0 and left Costa Rica top of a group that also held Uruguay and England. Ruiz captained that side to the quarter-finals, where the Netherlands needed penalties to stop them, and retired after three World Cups with 147 caps and 29 goals; Twente gave him the Eredivisie in 2010 and the KNVB Cup in 2011, Sporting the Taça da Liga, Alajuelense the 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Career record: 147 caps and 29 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Fulham, Sporting CP.

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Career record

2003–2006Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
2006–2009KAA Gent
2009–2011FC Twente
2011–2014Fulham
2014–2014PSV Eindhoven
2014–2015Fulham
2015–2018Sporting CP
2018–2020Santos
2020–2022Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
Costa Rica147 caps, 29 goals

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One rank above: Keylor Navas at #1.

One rank below: Celso Borges at #3.

Costa Rica's editorial top five: Keylor Navas · Bryan Ruiz · Celso Borges · Paulo Wanchope · Alejandro Morera Soto.