Jesús Rueda (footballer)

Jesús Rueda
Rueda lining up for Beitar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jesús Rueda Ambrosio
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
Place of birth Corte de Peleas, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 5
Youth career
2002–2005 Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Valladolid B 114 (11)
2008–2015 Valladolid 148 (3)
2009–2010 → Córdoba (loan) 30 (2)
2015–2017 Beitar Jerusalem 62 (7)
2017– APOEL 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2017

Jesús Rueda Ambrosio (born 19 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club APOEL FC as a central defender or defensive midfielder.

He spent most of his career with Valladolid, playing 163 competitive games mostly in Segunda División.

Football career

Born in Corte de Peleas, Badajoz, Extremadura, Rueda played youth football with Real Valladolid. He made his senior debuts with the reserve team, spending four full seasons with the side in Segunda División B; on 12 November 2008 he made his first official with the main squad, against Hércules CF for the Copa del Rey (34 minutes played, 2–2 home draw),[1] and his La Liga maiden appearance was on 26 April of the following year also at the Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, a 0–0 draw with CA Osasuna where he came on as a late substitute.[2]

After spending the 2009–10 campaign on loan to Córdoba CF, in Segunda División,[3] Rueda returned to Valladolid which were now in the same level. He totalled 3,867 minutes of action in his second year in his second spell – playoffs included – scoring in a 1–1 draw at Recreativo de Huelva on 15 October 2011 as the Castile and León side went on to return to the top flight.[4]

On 13 August 2015, after appearing regularly as the club fluctuated between the first and second levels, Rueda terminated his contract with the Blanquivioletas.[5] He subsequently moved abroad for the first time, receiving offers from teams in Bulgaria and Israel,[6] eventually signing for Beitar Jerusalem F.C. and becoming a regular in the Holy Land team alongside compatriot Pablo de Lucas;[7] manager Slobodan Drapić stated "I wish I had eleven like Rueda", and he was among a growing contingent of Spaniards playing in the relatively obscure Israeli Premier League, gaining media attention back home.[6][8][9]

Club statistics

As of match played on 11 December 2017
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valladolid B 2005–06[10] Segunda División B 210——102
2006–07[10] Segunda División B 365—2[lower-alpha 1]0385
2007–08[10] Segunda División B 304——304
2008–09[10] Segunda División B 182——182
Total 11411—2011611
Valladolid 2006–07[10] Segunda División 0000—00
2008–09[10] La Liga 3020—50
2010–11[10] Segunda División 110201[lower-alpha 2]0140
2011–12[10] Segunda División 391104[lower-alpha 2]0441
2012–13[10] La Liga 28020—300
2013–14[10] La Liga 35110—361
2014–15[10] Segunda División 321002[lower-alpha 2]0341
Total 148380701633
Córdoba (loan) 2009–10[10] Segunda División 30220—322
Beitar Jerusalem 2015–16[11] Israeli Premier League 29140—331
2016–17[11] Israeli Premier League 336707[lower-alpha 3]0476
Total 62711070807
APOEL 2017–18[11] Cypriot First Division 1101011[lower-alpha 4]0230
Career total 3652322027041423
  1. ↑ Appearances in Relegation Play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ↑ El Valladolid cumple el trámite ante el Hércules (Valladolid go with the flow against Hércules); Marca, 12 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Valladolid 0–0 Osasuna Archived 28 February 2014 at Archive.is; ESPN FC, 26 April 2009
  3. ↑ Jesús Rueda llega cedido al Córdoba (Jesús Rueda arrives on loan at Córdoba); ABC, 16 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Valladolid rescata un valioso punto en Huelva (Valladolid rescue a valuable point in Huesca); Marca, 15 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Jesús Rueda y el Pucela separan sus caminos (Jesús Rueda and Pucela split ways); Real Valladolid, 13 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. 1 2 Baeza, Lourdes (1 February 2016). "Futbolistas en zona de conflicto" [Footballers in conflict zone] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Prada, Jon (13 October 2015). "Jesús Rueda: "Los aficionados son muy apasionados en Israel"" [Jesús Rueda: "The fans are very passionate in Israel"] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Emergui, Sal (18 February 2016). "El central español triunfa en Israel" [The Spanish stopper makes it in Israel] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Benarroch, Elías L. (6 January 2016). "La casi desconocida Liga israelí atrae cada vez más a jugadores españoles" [The almost unknown Israeli league keeps attracting Spanish players] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Jesús Rueda: Jesús Rueda Ambrosio". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "Jesús Rueda". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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