Viçens Ruiz
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| Full name | Viçens Ruiz Torruela | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
31 October 1991 Terrassa, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Real Club de Polo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Club Egara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | HGC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Club Egara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Real Club de Polo | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Spain | 169 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Viçens Ruiz Torruela (born 31 October 1991) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Real Club de Polo and the Spanish national team.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[1]
Club career
[edit]Ruiz played for Club Egara until 2016 when he moved to the Netherlands to play for HGC.[2] He only played there for one season and returned to Club Egara.[3] In 2019, after he won the Spanish national title with Club Egara he left them for Real Club de Polo.[4]
International career
[edit]Ruiz has been playing for the national team since 2013 when he made his debut in 2013 EuroHockey Championships. He was part of the Spain squad that finished thirteenth at the 2018 World Cup.[5] He scored one goal in three games in that tournament.[6] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Viçens Ruiz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey: HGC haalt drie internationals uit Spanje HGC". www.omroepwest.nl (in Dutch). Omroep West. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "VICENÇ RUÍZ VUELVE AL EGARA". rfeh.es (in Spanish). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Vicenç Ruiz fitxa pel RC Polo en la recerca de nous reptes professionals". terrassadigital.cat (in Catalan). Terrassa Digital. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO!". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Spain". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Terrassa
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Club Egara players
- HGC (field hockey) players
- Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Spanish expatriate field hockey players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands