Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born May 10, 1972) is a former

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

an professional

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and current manager of

Los Cabos United Los Cabos United is a Mexican professional football team based in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur that will play in the Liga Premier de México starting in the 2022–23 season. History The team was officially presented on January 25, 2022, and i ...

Club career

He played for

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and compete ...

Regional Atacama Regional Atacama was a Chilean football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the top level of Chilean football during its 18-year existence. In 1998, the club was ...

Toros Neza Neza Fútbol Club, also known as ''Toros Neza'' is a Mexican football team based in the city of Nezahualcóyotl. They play in the Liga de Balompié Mexicano. The club returned for the Clausura 2011 Liga de Ascenso tournament, taking the place ...

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made u ...

Pachuca Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whi ...

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, and last played for

Estudiantes Tecos Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the '' Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March 3 Stadium, named f ...

of the

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier) ...

International career

During the qualifiers to the

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, Ruiz played a match with the Chilean national team against

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, that Chile lost 1–0. In total, he made 7 appearances for Chile and scored one goal.

Coaching career

He began his career with

Tecos Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the '' Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March 3 Stadium, named f ...

in 2015. After working in

Lobos Zacatepec Club Deportivo Lobos Zacatepec was a Mexican professional football team based in Zacatepec, Morelos, Mexico that played in Liga de Balompié Mexicano. History On June 26, 2020, the end of professional football was announced in Zacatepec, after ...

and Irritilas FC, he joined

in 2022.

Personal life

He was nicknamed ''Pony'' by his former fellow footballer in Unión Española, Mario Lucca, due to his strength and height. He naturalized Mexican by residence. One of the 33 miners rescued from the 2010 mining accident in Copiapó, Chile, Mario Gómez, is related to him since Gómez is the cousin of his mother-in-law.

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* * 1972 births Living people Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Chilean emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Mexican footballers Unión Española footballers Regional Atacama footballers Club Puebla players Toros Neza footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.F. Pachuca players Tecos F.C. footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Mexico Association football midfielders Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Tecos F.C. managers Expatriate football managers in Mexico {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub