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Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz
Fulham info
Full name Bryan Jafet Ruiz González
Date of birth 18 Aug 1985
Place of birth    Alajuela, San Jose, Costa Rica
Height 6ft 2in (1.88m)
Playing position Attacking midfielder, Winger, Support striker
Current player? No
Number(s) worn 11 (2011-2013)
10 (2013-2014) & (2014-2015)
Debut Blackburn (h) (11 Sept 2011)
Last Appearance Norwich (a) (2 May 2015)
First goal Everton (h) (23 Oct 2011)
Last goal Reading (h) (17 Jan 2015)
Joined from Twente, £10.6 million - 31 Aug 2011
Left for Sporting Lisbon, £2 million - 7 Jul 2015
League apps (gls) 97 (12)
All apps (gls) 107 (13)
Other clubs Alajuelense (2003-2006 & 2020-present)
Gent (2006-2009)
Twente (2009-2011)
→ PSV (loan) (from Fulham) (2014)
Sporting (2015-2018)
Santos (2018-2020)
International Costa Rica (2005-present)
Apps (gls) 143 (29)

Bryan Ruiz played at Fulham from 2011 until 2015. An attacking midfielder, he has represented Costa Rica on over 130 occasions to date. A flamboyant and skilful player, Bryan was one of Fulham's most expensive signings in history after costing £10.6 million from FC Twente in 2011. His time at the club was largely unsuccessful however, and despite some good displays, he was too often criticised for not having the strength or fight required to play at the highest level.

Career[]

Before Fulham[]

Fulham (2011-2015)[]

Bryan signed for Fulham on deadline day 31 August 2011 for £10.6 million. This was generally a high fee for a player who was yet unproven in a major European league such as the Premier League, but fans were optimistic for the club of his capture. He made his debut on 11 September 2014 as he played against Blackburn Rovers but didn't have the greatest of matches and was substituted at half time. He opened his scoring account at the club with a delightful chip over Tim Howard against Everton, and another followed lter in the 2011-12 season with a skillfully lofted finish against Bolton Wanderers.

In 2012-13, Bryan perhaps played some of his better football in his time at the club. Another great goal at Reading and a free-kick the following week against Everton meant he was looking to show he was worth the money the club had invested in him. A fantastic performance shortly followed as Fulham gained a magnificent point in a 3-3 draw away to Arsenal which improved his status among the fans who were previously on the fence over him. Unfortunately for Bryan, he was injured the following week against Sunderland and did not reach match fitness until December 2012.

Throughout the tailend of 2012-13 and 2013-14, he struggled to regain any consistent form and ultimately fans were on his back again, culminating in him getting jeered by his own supporters as he was substituted off during a 3-1 loss to Man Utd at Craven Cottage in November 2013

After Martin Jol was sacked as manager of the club a few weeks later, Rene Meulensteen only gave him a few minutes playing time and was deemed surplus to requirements and he was shipped out to PSV Eindhoven in January 2014 as he spent the rest of the season there to recapture some form. He performed well in Holland, and this lead onto the World Cup in Brazil where he had a largely successful campaign including a winning goal against Italy in a surprising 1-0 win for Costa Rica.

Bryan rejoined his Fulham teammates during pre-season of 2014-15, but with Felix Magath now in charge of the first team, he did not see Ruiz in his plans and never picked him for a single match. It was only after Kit Symons replaced Magath that he featured for Fulham again. A goal against Doncaster in the League Cup and a sensational performance in a 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers helped to rekindle a flame between himself and the Fulham faithful, though performances were far too inconsistent.

On deadline day in the January transfer window of 2015, Bryan was believed to have been loaned out to Spanish La Liga side Levante for the duration of the season, which would also see him reach the end of his contract with Fulham. However, the deal fell through when it had emerged that the paperwork had not been submitted in time. Kit Symons had to reaffirm that the paperwork on Fulham's side of the fence was dealt with in time. He returned to playing with Fulham on 14 February against Ipswich Town.

The club had decided to extend the one year extension option on Bryan's contract shortly after the 2014-15 season had ended - it was well known that he was to leave the club during the close season and Fulham did not want one of their most expensive signings at the time leave on a free transfer. Not long afterwards, he left for Sporting Lisbon on 7 July 2015 in a deal thought to be in the region of £2 million.

After Fulham[]

Fulham Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Season League League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2011-12 Premier League 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 2
2012-13 Premier League 29 5 2 0 0 0 - - 31 5
2013-14 Premier League 12 1 0 0 2 0 - - 14 1
2014-15 Championship 29 4 1 0 2 1 - - 32 5
Total 97 12 5 0 5 1 0 0 107 13

Disciplinary[]

Season Booked Red card
2011-12 0 0
2012-13 2 0
2013-14 0 0
2014-15 0 0
Total 2 0

Fulham Matches[]

# Season Date Comp Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 2011-12 11 Sept 2011 PREM Blackburn Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 45'
2 2011-12 18 Sept 2011 PREM Man City Home Drew 2-2 Substituted on in the 87'
3 2011-12 21 Sept 2011 LC Chelsea Away Drew 0-0 Penmiss - (in shootout)
4 2011-12 24 Sept 2011 PREM West Brom Away Drew 0-0 Substituted on in the 74'
5 2011-12 2 Oct 2011 PREM Q.P.R. Home Won 6-0 Substituted on in the 75'
6 2011-12 23 Oct 2011 PREM Everton Home Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 65', Goal 67'
7 2011-12 29 Oct 2011 PREM Wigan Away Won 2-0 Substituted on in the 81'
8 2011-12 6 Nov 2011 PREM Tottenham Home Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 71'
9 2011-12 19 Nov 2011 PREM Sunderland Away Drew 0-0 Substituted on in the 87'
10 2011-12 26 Nov 2011 PREM Arsenal Away Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 75'
11 2011-12 5 Dec 2011 PREM Liverpool Home Won 1-0
12 2011-12 10 Dec 2011 PREM Swansea Away Lost 0-2
13 2011-12 17 Dec 2011 PREM Bolton Home Won 2-0 Goal 34'
14 2011-12 21 Dec 2011 PREM Man Utd Home Lost 0-5
15 2011-12 26 Dec 2011 PREM Chelsea Away Drew 1-1
16 2011-12 31 Dec 2011 PREM Norwich Away Drew 1-1
17 2011-12 2 Jan 2012 PREM Arsenal Home Won 2-1
18 2011-12 7 Jan 2012 FAC Charlton Home Won 4-0
19 2011-12 14 Jan 2012 PREM Blackburn Away Lost 1-3
20 2011-12 21 Jan 2012 PREM Newcastle Home Won 5-2
21 2011-12 27 Jan 2012 FAC Everton Away Lost 1-2
22 2011-12 1 Feb 2012 PREM West Brom Home Drew 1-1
23 2011-12 4 Feb 2012 PREM Man City Away Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 68'
24 2011-12 11 Feb 2012 PREM Stoke Home Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 89'
25 2011-12 25 Feb 2012 PREM Q.P.R. Away Won 1-0 Substituted off in the 78'
26 2011-12 10 Mar 2012 PREM Aston Villa Away Lost 0-1 Substituted on in the 67'
27 2011-12 17 Mar 2012 PREM Swansea Home Lost 0-3 Substituted off in the 54'
28 2011-12 26 Mar 2012 PREM Man Utd Away Lost 0-1 Substituted on in the 67'
29 2011-12 31 Mar 2012 PREM Norwich Home Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 82'
30 2011-12 7 Apr 2012 PREM Bolton Away Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 73'
31 2012-13 18 Aug 2012 PREM Norwich Home Won 5-0 Substituted off in the 81'
32 2012-13 25 Aug 2012 PREM Man Utd Away Lost 2-3
33 2012-13 22 Sept 2012 PREM Wigan Away Won 2-1 Substituted on in the 60'
34 2012-13 29 Sept 2012 PREM Man City Home Lost 1-2
35 2012-13 7 Oct 2012 PREM Southampton Away Drew 2-2
36 2012-13 27 Oct 2012 PREM Reading Away Drew 3-3 Substituted on in the 58', Goal 61'
37 2012-13 3 Nov 2012 PREM Everton Home Drew 2-2 Goal 7'
38 2012-13 10 Nov 2012 PREM Arsenal Away Drew 3-3
39 2012-13 18 Nov 2012 PREM Sunderland Home Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 60'
40 2012-13 26 Dec 2012 PREM Southampton Home Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 46'
41 2012-13 29 Dec 2012 PREM Swansea Home Lost 1-2 Goal 56'
42 2012-13 1 Jan 2013 PREM West Brom Away Won 2-1
43 2012-13 5 Jan 2013 FAC Blackpool Home Drew 1-1
44 2012-13 12 Jan 2013 PREM Wigan Home Drew 1-1
45 2012-13 19 Jan 2013 PREM Man City Away Lost 0-2
46 2012-13 26 Jan 2013 FAC Man Utd Away Lost 1-4 Substituted off in the 70'
47 2012-13 30 Jan 2013 PREM West Ham Home Won 3-1 Substituted off in the 66'
48 2012-13 2 Feb 2013 PREM Man Utd Home Lost 0-1
49 2012-13 9 Feb 2013 PREM Norwich Away Drew 0-0 Substituted off in the 90+1'
50 2012-13 23 Feb 2013 PREM Stoke Home Won 1-0 Booked in the 11'
51 2012-13 2 Mar 2013 PREM Sunderland Away Drew 2-2
52 2012-13 17 Mar 2013 PREM Tottenham Away Won 1-0 Substituted off in the 90+2'
53 2012-13 1 Apr 2013 PREM QPR Home Won 3-2
54 2012-13 7 Apr 2013 PREM Newcastle Away Lost 0-1
55 2012-13 13 Apr 2013 PREM Aston Villa Away Drew 1-1
56 2012-13 17 Apr 2013 PREM Chelsea Home Lost 0-3 Booked in the 44'
57 2012-13 20 Apr 2013 PREM Arsenal Home Lost 0-1
58 2012-13 27 Apr 2013 PREM Everton Away Lost 0-1
59 2012-13 4 May 2013 PREM Reading Home Lost 2-4 Goal 70', Goal 77'
60 2012-13 12 May 2013 PREM Liverpool Home Lost 1-3
61 2012-13 19 May 2013 PREM Swansea Away Won 3-0
62 2013-14 27 Aug 2013 LC Burton Away Drew 2-2*
63 2013-14 31 Aug 2013 PREM Newcastle Away Lost 0-1
64 2013-14 14 Sept 2013 PREM West Brom Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 90+1'
65 2013-14 28 Sept 2013 PREM Cardiff Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 41', Goal 45'
66 2013-14 5 Oct 2013 PREM Stoke Home Won 1-0
67 2013-14 21 Oct 2013 PREM Crystal Palace Away Won 4-1
68 2013-14 26 Oct 2013 PREM Southampton Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 81'
69 2013-14 29 Oct 2013 LC Leicester Away Lost 3-4 Substituted on in the 56'
70 2013-14 2 Nov 2013 PREM Man Utd Home Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 74'
71 2013-14 9 Nov 2013 PREM Liverpool Away Lost 0-4 Substituted on in the 46'
72 2013-14 23 Nov 2013 PREM Swansea Home Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 77'
73 2013-14 30 Nov 2013 PREM West Ham Away Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 65'
74 2013-14 4 Dec 2013 PREM Tottenham Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 87'
75 2013-14 28 Dec 2013 PREM Hull Away Lost 0-6 Substituted off in the 60'
76 2014-15 20 Sept 2014 CHMP Blackburn Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 73'
77 2014-15 23 Sept 2014 LC Doncaster Home Won 2-1 Goal 16', Substituted off in the 81'
78 2014-15 27 Sept 2014 CHMP Birmingham Away Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 66'
79 2014-15 1 Oct 2014 CHMP Bolton Home Won 4-0
80 2014-15 4 Oct 2014 CHMP Middlesbrough Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 70'
81 2014-15 18 Oct 2014 CHMP Norwich Home Won 1-0 Substituted off in the 71'
82 2014-15 24 Oct 2014 CHMP Charlton Home Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 76'
83 2014-15 28 Oct 2014 LC Derby Home Lost 2-5 Substituted off in the 86'
84 2014-15 1 Nov 2014 CHMP Wigan Away Drew 3-3 Goal 36', Goal 88' (pen)
85 2014-15 5 Nov 2014 CHMP Blackpool Home Drew 2-2 Goal 73'
86 2014-15 8 Nov 2014 CHMP Huddersfield Home Won 3-1 Substituted off in the 85'
87 2014-15 21 Nov 2014 CHMP Brentford Away Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 74'
88 2014-15 29 Nov 2014 CHMP Brighton Away Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 80'
89 2014-15 5 Dec 2014 CHMP Watford Home Lost 0-5 Substituted off in the 19'
90 2014-15 13 Dec 2014 CHMP Leeds Away Won 1-0
91 2014-15 20 Dec 2014 CHMP Sheff Wed Home Won 4-0 Substituted off in the 87'
92 2014-15 26 Dec 2014 CHMP Bournemouth Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 80'
93 2014-15 17 Jan 2015 CHMP Reading Home Won 2-1 Substituted on in the 78', Goal 90+3'
94 2014-15 21 Jan 2015 CHMP Nottm Forest Home Won 3-2 Substituted on in the 57'
95 2014-15 24 Jan 2015 FAC Sunderland Away Drew 0-0
96 2014-15 14 Feb 2015 CHMP Ipswich Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 68'
97 2014-15 21 Feb 2015 CHMP Millwall Away Drew 0-0 Substituted on in the 57'
98 2014-15 24 Feb 2015 CHMP Wolves Away Lost 0-3
99 2014-15 28 Feb 2015 CHMP Derby Home Won 2-0
100 2014-15 3 Mar 2015 CHMP Watford Away Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 76'
101 2014-15 6 Mar 2015 CHMP Bournemouth Home Lost 1-5 Substituted off in the 72'
102 2014-15 18 Mar 2015 CHMP Leeds Home Lost 0-3 Substituted off in the 63'
103 2014-15 7 Apr 2015 CHMP Charlton Away Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 68'
104 2014-15 10 Apr 2015 CHMP Wigan Home Drew 2-2 Substituted on in the 73'
105 2014-15 15 Apr 2015 CHMP Rotherham Home Drew 1-1
106 2014-15 25 Apr 2015 CHMP Middlesbrough Home Won 4-3 Substituted off in the 81'
107 2014-15 2 May 2015 CHMP Norwich Away Lost 2-4

External links and references[]

Fulham FC
2011-12 squad
1. Schwarzer 2. Kelly 3. JA Riise 4. Sidwell 5. Hangeland 6. Baird 7. Pogrebnyak 8. Johnson 9.  10. Kasami 11. Ruiz 12. Stockdale 13. Murphy 14. Senderos 15. Gecov 16. Duff 17. BH Riise 18. Hughes 19. Diarra 20. Etuhu 21. Frei 22. Somogyi 23. Dempsey 24. Dalla Valle 25. Zamora 26. Salcido / Grygera 28. Briggs 29. Davies 30. Dembélé 31. Kačaniklić 32. Halliche 33. Hoesen 34. Donegan 35. Peniket 36. Marsh-Brown / Mesca 37. Harris 38. Etheridge 39. Arthurworrey 40. Smith 41. Bettinelli 42. Trotta 43. Pritchard 44. Joronen
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol
Fulham FC
2012-13 squad
1. Schwarzer 2. Kelly 3. Riise 4. Senderos 5. Hangeland 6. Baird 7. Sidwell 8. Kasami 9. Berbatov 10. Petrić 11. Ruiz 12. Frimpong 13. Stockdale 14. Karagounis 15. Richardson 16. Duff 17. Briggs 18. Hughes 19. Diarra 20. Rodallega 21. Frei 22. Somogyi 24. Dejagah 25. Tavares / Manolev 27. Riether 28. Emanuelson 29. Davies 30. Dembélé 31. Kačaniklić 32. Halliche / David 33. Enoh 35. Bettinelli 36. Mesca 37. Burn 38. Etheridge 39. Trotta 40. Smith 41. Donegan 42. Banya 43. Tankovic 44. Grimmer
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol
Fulham FC
2013-14 squad
1. Stekelenburg 3. Riise 4. Senderos / Heitinga 5. Hangeland 6. Kvist 7. Sidwell 8. Kasami 9. Berbatov / Diarra 10. Ruiz / Holtby 11. Kačaniklić 13. Stockdale 14. Karagounis 15. Richardson 16. Duff 17. Briggs 18. Hughes / Mitroglou 19. Taarabt / Tunnicliffe 20. Rodallega 21. Frei / Cole 22. Zverotić 23. Boateng 24. Dejagah 25. Woodrow 26. Roberts 27. Riether 28. Parker 29. Trotta 30. David 32. Dempsey 33. Burn 34. Plumain 35. Amorebieta 36. Mesca 37. Christensen 38. Etheridge 39. Bent 40. Bettinelli 41. Joronen 42. Banya 43. Tanković 44. Grimmer 45. Dembélé 46. Passley 47. Rodák 48. Norman 49. Pritchard 52. G Williams
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol / Flag of Netherlands René Meulensteen / Flag of Germany Felix Magath
Fulham FC
2014-15 squad
1. Király 2. Hoogland 3. Stafylidis 4. Hutchinson 5. Amorebieta 6. Bodurov 7. Eisfeld 8. Parker 9. Smith 10. Ruiz 11. Kačaniklić 12. Fofana 13. Zverotić / Guthrie 14. Roberts 15. Voser 16. Woodrow 17. Taggart 18. Mitroglou / Turner 19. Tunnicliffe 20. Rodallega 21. Christensen 22. Fazlić 23. Casasola 24. Husband 25. Dembélé 26. Fotheringham / Lee 27. G Williams 28. Hyndman 29. Trotta / Richards 30. David 31. Arthurworrey 32. Kavanagh 33. Burn 34. Chihi 36. Mesca 37. Grimmer 38. Burgess 39. R Williams 40. Bettinelli 41. Joronen 42. Rodák 43. Donnelly 44. McCormack 45. Evans --. Stekelenburg
Manager
Flag of Germany Felix Magath / Flag of Wales Kit Symons
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