Carlos Ruíz

5'9", 157 lbs born Sept. 15, 1979 (age 47)

games
214
starts
181
minutes
16,562
goals
108
assists
19

first recorded game March 23, 2002 · last recorded game Nov. 6, 2016

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
LA Galaxy 93 83 7672 62 10 270
FC Dallas 77 67 5974 37 9 196
Philadelphia Union 14 13 1144 6 0 35
D.C. United 13 5 528 0 0 20
Guatemala 10 8 779 2 — —
Toronto FC 5 3 285 0 0 1
LA Galaxy Reserves 1 1 90 0 — —
FC Dallas Reserves 1 1 90 1 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 183 155 14031 89 17 489
MLSp 19 16 1572 16 2 33
MLSr 2 2 180 1 — —
IF 5 3 331 1 — —
WCq 4 4 358 1 — —
GC 1 1 90 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 10 20 30 40 2002, top flight: 32 goals 32 2002 2003, top flight: 17 goals 17 2003 2004, top flight: 12 goals 12 2004 2005, top flight: 13 goals 13 2005 2006, top flight: 15 goals 15 2006 2007, top flight: 8 goals 8 2007 2008, top flight: 1 goal 1 2008 0 2010 2011, top flight: 6 goals 6 2011 0 2013 2014, international: 1 goal 1 2014 2015, international: 1 goal 1 2015 2016, top flight: 1 goal 1 2016

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
LA Galaxy MLS 2002 26 26 2376 24 1 100
LA Galaxy MLSp 2002 6 6 538 8 2 —
LA Galaxy MLS 2003 26 25 2330 15 5 84
LA Galaxy MLSp 2003 2 2 186 2 0 6
LA Galaxy MLS 2004 20 18 1586 11 2 63
LA Galaxy MLSp 2004 3 3 270 1 0 8
FC Dallas MLS 2005 19 18 1549 11 2 63
FC Dallas MLSp 2005 2 1 145 2 0 11
FC Dallas MLS 2006 27 25 2113 13 5 54
FC Dallas MLSp 2006 2 2 210 2 0 4
FC Dallas MLS 2007 22 19 1721 7 2 59
FC Dallas MLSp 2007 2 2 185 1 0 2
FC Dallas Reserves MLSr 2007 1 1 90 1 — —
Toronto FC MLS 2008 5 3 285 0 0 1
LA Galaxy MLS 2008 10 3 386 1 0 9
LA Galaxy Reserves MLSr 2008 1 1 90 0 — —
Philadelphia Union MLS 2011 14 13 1144 6 0 35
D.C. United MLS 2013 13 5 528 0 0 20
FC Dallas MLS 2016 1 0 13 1 0 1
FC Dallas MLSp 2016 2 0 38 0 0 2

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
Guatemala WCq 2006 1 1 90 0
Guatemala IF 2006 1 1 63 0
Guatemala GC 2007 1 1 90 0
Guatemala IF 2007 1 1 91 0
Guatemala WCq 2010 1 1 90 0
Guatemala WCq 2014 2 2 178 1
Guatemala IF 2014 1 — 44 0
Guatemala IF 2015 2 1 133 1

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLSp Nov. 6, 2016 FC Dallas   2 - 1 Seattle Sounders 0 — 28 Toyota Stadium (Frisco)
MLSp Oct. 30, 2016 FC Dallas   0 - 3 Seattle Sounders 0 — 10 CenturyLink Field
MLS Oct. 16, 2016 FC Dallas   2 - 1 Seattle Sounders 1 — 13 Toyota Stadium
IF March 29, 2016 Guatemala   0 - 4 United States 0 — 44 MAPFRE Stadium
IF March 25, 2016 Guatemala   2 - 0 United States 1 — 89 Estadío Mateo Flores
IF July 4, 2015 Guatemala   0 - 4 United States 0 — 44 Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
WCq Oct. 16, 2012 Guatemala   1 - 3 United States 1 — 88 Children's Mercy Park
WCq June 12, 2012 Guatemala   1 - 1 United States 0 — 90 Estadío Mateo Flores
MLS July 17, 2011 Philadelphia Union   0 - 3 New England Revolution 1 — 74 Gillette Stadium
MLS July 2, 2011 Philadelphia Union   2 - 2 D.C. United 1 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
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Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Carlos Ruíz
player together share
Tyrone Marshall 80 40%
Kevin Hartman 79 40%
Dan Califf 77 38%
Cobi Jones 75 38%
Bobby Rhine 71 36%
Sasha Victorine 67 34%
Chris Albright 66 33%
Peter Vagenas 63 32%
Drew Moor 60 30%
Alejandro Moreno 57 28%
Chris Gbandi 57 28%
Simon Elliott 54 27%

The 12 most frequent, of the 200 games Carlos Ruíz has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

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season salary
2004 $30000.00
2005 $40000.00
2006 $250000.00
2007 $325000.00
2008 $350000.00
2013 $75000.00
2016 $72000.00