Álex Ruiz

Álex Ruiz
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Henri Joaquim Ruiz Campagne
Date of birth (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991
Place of birth Pau, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Casa de Portugal
Youth career
Lyon
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Real Sociedad B 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Elgoibar (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2012 Portugalete
2012–2014 Burgos 15 (0)
2014–2015 Castellón 13 (0)
2015–2016 Villarrobledo 36 (0)
2016–2017 Conquense 47 (0)
2017–2019 Gimnástica Torrelavega 57 (0)
2019–2020 Izarra 18 (0)
2020–2022 Atlètic d'Escaldes 51 (0)
2023 Sant Julià 10 (0)
2023–2025 UE Santa Coloma 39 (0)
2025–2026 FC Santa Coloma 19 (0)
2026– Casa de Portugal 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– Andorra 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 May 2026

Alexandre Henri Joaquim Ruiz Campagne (born 3 September 1991) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for CE Casa de Portugal of the Andorran Primera Divisió. Born in France, he made his international debut for Andorra in 2025.

Club career

Born in Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France, Ruiz was a youth player for Olympique Lyonnais. At 14, he moved to Real Sociedad, having been scouted by Éric Olhats, who had also taken 13-year-old Antoine Griezmann from UF Mâconnais; the teenage pair lived together until Griezmann made his first-team debut.[1][2]

After a season-long loan to CD Elgoibar,[3] Ruiz left for Club Portugalete, also in the Tercera División. In August 2012 he signed for another fourth-tier club, Burgos CF,[4] and at the end of January 2014, he transferred to CD Castellón.[5]

Ruiz remained in the same division for the following seasons, with CP Villarrobledo, UB Conquense and Gimnástica de Torrelavega, joining the latter for family reasons in October 2017.[6] He won promotion to the Segunda División B in his first season in Cantabria, and signed for CD Izarra in that league in June 2019.[7]

In 2020, Ruiz moved to Andorra, where he represented Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, UE Sant Julià, UE Santa Coloma, FC Santa Coloma and CE Casa de Portugal in the Primera Divisió.[1]

International career

Ruiz was naturalised as an Andorran citizen by marrying a woman from that country.[1] In September 2025, he was called up to the Andorra national team by manager Koldo Álvarez, for a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier away to England.[8] His debut at age 34 was on 13 November in another qualifier, losing 1–0 at home to Albania.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Duaso, Víctor (4 September 2025). "Amb Griezmann va començar tot" [It all started with Griezmann]. Bondia (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  2. ↑ García, Luisja (25 November 2016). "Alex Ruiz, de compartir piso con Griezmann a sensación en el Conquense" [Álex Ruiz, from sharing a flat with Griezmann to becoming a sensation for Conquense] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Zabala, Aitor (10 July 2010). "El CD Elgoibar confirma la llegada de seis nuevos jugadores" [CD Elgoibar confirm the arrival of six new players]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "El club burgalés incorpora al portero Álex Ruiz" [Burgos's club brings in goalkeeper Álex Ruiz]. Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Mena, R. (31 January 2014). "Álex Ruiz deja el Burgos y ficha por el Castellón" [Álex Ruiz leaves Burgos and signs for Castellón]. El Correo de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "El portero Alex Ruiz ficha por la Gimnástica Torrelavega tras dejar el Conquense" [Goalkeeper Álex Ruiz signs for Gimnástica Torrelavega after leaving Conquense]. Las Noticias de Cuenca (in Spanish). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Fichaje internacional: el Izarra contrata a un portero francés para cubrir el hueco dejado por Julio Iricíbar" [International signing: Izarra sign a French goalkeeper to fill the gap left by Julio Iricíbar] (in Spanish). Navarra.com. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Álvarez, Ivan (5 September 2025). "El porter Álex Ruiz, la gran novetat de la llista" [Goalkeeper Álex Ruiz, big new name on the list]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Basco, Marc (13 November 2025). "Derrota mínima de la selecció (0-1)" [Narrowest defeat for the national team (0-1)]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
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