John Jairo Ruiz

John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Herediano.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ruíz and the second or maternal family name is Barrantes.
John Jairo Ruíz
Personal information
Full name John Jairo Ruíz Barrantes
Date of birth (1994-01-10) January 10, 1994
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Herediano
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Saprissa 11 (1)
2012–2016 Lille 8 (0)
2012–2014 Lille B 20 (8)
2012–2013 → Mouscron-Péruwelz 24 (14)
2014–2015 → Oostende 30 (6)
2015–2016 → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14 (6)
2016–2017 Red Star Belgrade 26 (6)
2017–2019 Al-Fayha 22 (2)
2019 Saprissa 14 (1)
2019–2020 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 6 (1)
2020– Herediano 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Costa Rica U17 5 (5)
2011–2013 Costa Rica U20 12 (4)
2015 Costa Rica U22 4 (0)
2011–2015 Costa Rica U23 4 (0)
2014– Costa Rica 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:09, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2017

Club career

C.D. Saprissa

John Jairo began his career with C.D. Saprissa in 2011, scoring one goal against San Carlos on 11 September 2011.[1] During the absence of Jairo Arrieta, Ruiz emerged as Saprissa's top striker in December 2011.[2]

Lille OSC

In January 2012, Ruiz signed a four-year contract with French side Lille OSC,[3] and was playing with the reserve team until he was sidelined by injuries.[4] In July 2012, Lille agreed a deal to send Ruiz to Belgian newly promoted Belgian Second Division team Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz on loan. After the 2013–14 season he spent playing with the first team and Lille II equally, Ruiz moved on new loan to Oostende, where he spent the whole 2014–15 season.[5] On 25 August 2015, Ruiz was loaned to Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[6]

Red Star Belgrade

On June 28, 2016, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[7] He made his debut in an official match for Red Star on July 12, in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in a game Red Star was playing against Valletta F.C. away. Red Star won 1–2, and Ruiz entered as a substitute of Aleksandar Katai in 83rd minute.[8]

Al-Fayha

On August 9, 2017, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with Al-Fayha.[9]

Return to Saprissa

In 2019, Ruiz returned to his boyhood club, Saprissa.[10]

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

On 3 July 2019 Ruiz signed the Israeli Premier League club Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[11]

C.S. Herediano

On January 2020 signed to Herediano.

International career

Ruiz was selected in Costa Rica's squad for the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and he was named in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He participated in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Colombia, where he scored Costa Rica's first goal of the tournament.[12] Ruiz earned his first senior cap on 6 March 2014 in the 2:1 win over Paraguay in a friendly match after coming on as a second-half substitute for Bryan Ruiz.[13]

After a solid start at the 2016–17 season with Red Star, Ruiz was one of six legionnaires selected for Costa Rica squad for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 January 2019[5]
Club Season League Cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saprissa 2011–12 Primera División 111————111
Lille 2011–12 Ligue 1 0000———00
2012–13 ——————
2013–14 802010——110
2014–15 ——————
2015–16 00————00
Total 802010——110
Lille B 2011–12 CFA Group A 133————133
2013–14 75————75
Total 208————208
Mouscron (loan) 2012–13 Second Division 241411——5[lower-alpha 1]43019
Oostende (loan) 2014–15 Pro League 30620———326
Dnipro (loan) 2015–16 Premier League 14660—20—226
Red Star 2016–17 SuperLiga 26610—60—336
2017–18 00——20—20
Total 26610—80—356
Al-Fayha 2017–18 Professional League 1520000——152
2018–19 7011———81
Total 2221100——233
Saprissa 2018–19 Liga FPD 141000010—151
Total 141000010—151
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 71003000—101
Total 71003000—101
Herediano 2019–20 Liga FPD 00000000—00
Total 00000000—00
Career total 16644132101105419650
  1. Appearances in league play-offs

International
As of 24 January 2017[15]
Costa Rica
YearAppsGoals
201431
201510
201600
201740
Total81

Young international goals
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 October 2010Limón, Costa Rica Nicaragua6–08–02011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2.14 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica Haiti3–13–12011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
3.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador1–03–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
4.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador2–13–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
5.18 February 2011Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica El Salvador3–23–22011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
6.31 July 2011Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia Spain1–21-42011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
7.3 August 2011Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia Australia3–23–22011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
8.6 August 2011Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Colombia1–12–32011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
9.21 February 2013Estadio Universitario BUAP, Puebla City, Mexico Haiti1–01–02013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

International goals
Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 October 2014Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman Oman2 – 14–3Friendly

References
  1. Quesada C., Eliseo (11 September 2011). "Saprissa golea y sube al cuarto lugar" [Saprissa's goals lead up to fourth]. La Nación (in Spanish).
  2. Calderón Suárez, Miguel (3 December 2012). "John Jairo, el "as" de Guimaraes" [John Jairo, the "Ace" of Guimaraes] (in Spanish). Al Día.
  3. Herrera Ch., Juan José (10 January 2012). "Antes del jueves Ruiz será del Lille" [Ruiz will sign with Lille by Thursday]. La Nación (in Spanish).
  4. Agüero, Juan Carlos (27 February 2012). "Tico John Jairo Ruiz de 4 a 6 semanas fuera por lesión muscular" [Tico John Jairo Ruiz out 4 to 6 weeks with injured muscle] (in Spanish). Al Día.
  5. John Jairo Ruiz at Soccerway
  6. "John Jaïro Ruiz transféré au FK Dnipro". LOSC.fr (in French). Lille OSC. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. Mondo: Ruiz na Marakani: Drugi nudili pare, Zvezda fudbal. (in Serbian) June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016
  8. John Jairo Ruiz profile at Soccerway
  10. https://us.soccerway.com/teams/costa-rica/deportivo-saprissa/3862/
  11. Rahmani, Maor; Elbaz, Shalom (3 July 2019). "ג'ון רואיז חתם לשנתיים בעירוני קריית שמונה" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. Loría Ortega, Alexánder (1 August 2011). "El "cumiche" entró en la historia" ["Cumiche" entered history] (in Spanish). Diario Extra. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
  13. "Costa Rica vs. Paraguay 2:1". flashscore.com. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  14. Costa Rica con solo seis legionarios en Copa Centroamericana at elgrafico.com, 3-1-2017, retrieved 8-1-2017 (in Spanish)
  15. "John Jairo Ruiz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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