Viçens Ruiz

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Viçens Ruiz

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| full_name = Viçens Ruiz Torruela

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Terrassa, Spain

| height = 1.81 m

| weight = 70 kg

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Real Club de Polo

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2016

| clubs1 = Club Egara

| years2 = 2016–2017

| clubs2 = HGC

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = Club Egara

| years4 = 2019–present

| clubs4 = Real Club de Polo

| nationalyears1 = 2013–present

| nationalteam1 = Spain

| nationalcaps1 = 169

| nationalgoals1 = 12

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| updated = 24 July 2021

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Viçens Ruiz Torruela (born 31 October 1991) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Real Club de Polo and the Spanish national team.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814003910/https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/vicenc-ruiz |url=https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/vicenc-ruiz |title=Viçens Ruiz |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Club career

Ruiz played for Club Egara until 2016 when he moved to the Netherlands to play for HGC.{{cite web |title=Hockey: HGC haalt drie internationals uit Spanje HGC |url=https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/3152958/Hockey-HGC-haalt-drie-internationals-uit-Spanje |website=www.omroepwest.nl |publisher=Omroep West |access-date=9 June 2019 |language=nl |date=15 May 2016}} He only played there for one season and returned to Club Egara.{{cite web |title=VICENÇ RUÍZ VUELVE AL EGARA |url=https://www.rfeh.es/vicenc-ruiz-vuelve-al-egara/ |website=rfeh.es |access-date=10 December 2018 |language=es |date=27 May 2017}} In 2019, after he won the Spanish national title with Club Egara he left them for Real Club de Polo.{{cite web |title=Vicenç Ruiz fitxa pel RC Polo en la recerca de nous reptes professionals |url=https://terrassadigital.cat/vicenc-ruiz-fitxa-pel-rc-polo-en-la-recerca-de-nous-reptes-professionals/ |website=terrassadigital.cat |publisher=Terrassa Digital |access-date=9 June 2019 |language=ca |date=7 June 2019}}

International career

Ruiz has been playing for the national team since 2013 when he made his debut in 2013 EuroHockey Championships. He was part of the Spain squad that finished thirteenth at the 2018 World Cup.{{cite web |title=LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO! |url=https://www.rfeh.es/los-redsticks-ya-tienen-lista-para-el-campeonato-del-mundo/ |website=rfeh.es |publisher=Real Federación Española de Hockey |access-date=10 December 2018 |language=es |date=4 November 2018}} He scored one goal in three games in that tournament.{{cite web |title=Spain |url=https://tms.fih.ch/teams/4227#players |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=10 December 2018}} At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.{{cite web |last1=Gilmour |first1=Rod |title=EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain |url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2019/08/24/eurohockey-2019-final-peerless-belgium-men-storm-to-first-title-5-0-over-spain |website=www.thehockeypaper.co.uk |publisher=The Hockey Paper |access-date=27 August 2019 |date=24 August 2019}} On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.{{cite web |title=Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa |url=https://www.rfeh.es/los-redsticks-ya-tienen-lista-para-el-campeonato-de-europa-2/ |website=rfeh.es |publisher=Real Federación Española de Hockey |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=es |date=25 May 2021}}