John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican

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who plays for

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

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. During the absence of

Jairo Arrieta Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward for A.D.R. Jicaral. Club career Costa Rica Arrieta was born in Nicoya, Costa Rica. Before moving to Deportivo Saprissa, he played fo ...

, Ruiz emerged as Saprissa's top striker in December 2011.

Lille OSC

In January 2012, Ruiz signed a four-year contract with French side

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, and was playing with the reserve team until he was sidelined by injuries. In July 2012, Lille agreed a deal to send Ruiz to Belgian newly promoted

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team

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

on loan. After the 2013–14 season he spent playing with the first team and

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II equally, Ruiz moved on new loan to Oostende, where he spent the whole 2014–15 season. On 25 August 2015, Ruiz was loaned to Ukrainian club

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced ...

Red Star Belgrade

On June 28, 2016, Ruiz signed a three-year contract with

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Be ...

. 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

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in a game Red Star was playing against

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away. Red Star won 1–2, and Ruiz entered as a substitute of

Aleksandar Katai Aleksandar Katai ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Катаи; born 6 February 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national team. Club career Vojvodina Katai started playing foot ...

in 83rd minute.

Al-Fayha

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

Return to Saprissa

In 2019, Ruiz returned to his boyhood club, Saprissa.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

On 3 July 2019 Ruiz signed the

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club Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

C.S. Herediano

In January 2020 signed to

International career

Ruiz was selected in Costa Rica national team for the

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and he was named in the

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. He participated in the

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finals in Colombia, where he scored Costa Rica's first goal of the tournament. Ruiz earned his inaugural senior cap on 6 March 2014 in the 2:1 win over

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in a

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after coming on as a second-half substitute for

Bryan Ruiz Bryan Jafet Ruiz González (; born 18 August 1985) is a Costa Rican former footballer. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he also played as a second striker. Ruiz is the only Central American footballer to have played in the UEFA Champions L ...

. After a solid start at the 2016–17 season with Red Star, Ruiz was one of the six legionnaires selected for the Costa Rica national team for the

2017 Copa Centroamericana The 2017 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2017 Central American Cup) was the 14th and last edition of the Copa Centroamericana, the biennial international men's football championship of the Central American region organized by the Central American Foo ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Young international goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

International goals

:''Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

References

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