Carlos ruiz guatemala biography
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Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)
Guatemalan footballer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez (born 15 September ), initially nicknamed El Pescadito or "The Little Fish" but later became El Pescado or "The Fish" (even by Spanish-speakers), is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a striker. A product of CSD Municipal's youth academy, Ruiz played for five MLS clubs (Los Angeles Galaxy, FC Dallas, Toronto FC, Philadelphia Union, and D.C. United), scoring 88 goals in MLS regular-season matches and 16 goals in the post-season,[3] which is the second most post-season goals in MLS history. In , he was named the MLS's Most Valuable Player of the season.
He was a member of the Guatemalan national team from to He is regarded to be the greatest Guatemalan footballer of all time. He served as captain, is the player with the most caps and is the all-time top scorer of the Guatemala national team. He played in five World Cup qualification phases and in September , he became the all-time top scorer in World Cup qualification with 39 goals, although his country never qualified for the tournament.
In , Ruiz worked for a televisi
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Feature: Carlos Ruiz
Had Carlos Ruiz’s mother gotten him a baseball bat for Christmas in , this would be a very different story.
Lucky for Guatemala and Major League Soccer, a five-year-old Carlos Ruiz was given a soccer ball, and the rest was history— literally.
Ruiz will go down in MLS history as one of the best forwards that ever played the game. The talented goalscorer won an MLS Cup with the LA Galaxy in , was named MLS Cup MVP as well as MLS MVP, netting 24 goals on the season. In , Ruiz was named MLS All-Star MVP and was also that year’s joint-leading scorer with 17 goals. The Guatemalan international is 9th all-time in goals scored and holds the record to date for most goals scored in MLS Playoffs with Carlos is also the all-time leading scorer for the Guatemalan National Team, with 55 goals in appearances.
This list of accolades is truly impressive. But, to understand how Carlos got to this point, one would have to go back to where it all started—Guatemala.
“It was amazing actually,” recalled Ruiz. “I started playing professionally when I was years-old. It was great, because I played for the best team in my country, and I was still having fun playing soccer.”
At age 16, Ruiz’s coach called him up from the r