Carlos Ruiz (footballer, born 1983)

{{short description|Spanish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Ruiz|Aranega|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carlos Ruiz

| image =

| fullname = Carlos Ruiz Aranega{{cite web|url=http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpActa1?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=28839|title=CD Tenerife SAD – Real Oviedo SAD|publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation|language=es|date=13 September 2015|access-date=15 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212195536/http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpActa1?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=28839|archive-date=12 December 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|7|20|df=y}}{{cite news|url=https://en.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/carlos_ruiz/19626/|title=Carlos Ruiz|newspaper=Diario AS|access-date=4 September 2023}}

| birth_place = Baza, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Baza

| years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Baza | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = Imperio Albolote | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = Arenas Armilla | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = Baza | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2007–2009 | clubs5 = Granada | caps5 = 44 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2009–2011 | clubs6 = Melilla | caps6 = 71 | goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2011–2013 | clubs7 = Ponferradina | caps7 = 67 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2013–2023 | clubs8 = Tenerife | caps8 = 274 | goals8 = 13

| totalcaps = 526 | totalgoals = 36

| club-update =

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Carlos Ruiz Aranega (born 20 July 1983 in Baza, Granada, Andalusia) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.{{cite web|url=https://www.clubdeportivotenerife.es/noticia/carlos-ruiz-nueva-incorporacin-del-cd-tenerife|title=Carlos Ruiz, nueva incorporación del CD Tenerife|trans-title=Carlos Ruiz, new addition of CD Tenerife|publisher=CD Tenerife|language=es|date=27 June 2013|access-date=3 April 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/tenerife/2023/08/10/64d53005ca4741b0478b4587.html|title=Carlos Ruiz anuncia su retirada a los 40 años|trans-title=Carlos Ruiz announces his retirement at age 40|newspaper=Marca|first=Manuel Ángel|last=Segovia|language=es|date=10 August 2023|access-date=10 August 2023}}