Yendrick Ruiz

{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yendrick Ruiz

| fullname = Yendrick Alberto Ruiz González

| image = Yendrick Ruiz.jpg

| caption = Ruiz with Herediano in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = San José, Costa Rica

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yendrick-ruiz/42737/ | title=Y. Ruiz | publisher=Soccerway | access-date=24 January 2019}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Herediano

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 2006–2008

| youthclubs1 = Alajuelense

| years1 = 2008–2009

| years2 = 2010

| years3 = 2010

| years4 = 2011

| years5 = 2012–2019

| years6 = 2015

| years7 = 2017

| years8 = 2019

| years9 = 2020–

| clubs1 = Alajuelense

| clubs2 = Brujas

| clubs3 = Alajuela Junior

| clubs4 = Puntarenas

| clubs5 = Herediano

| clubs6 = → Pune City (loan)

| clubs7 = → Chiangmai (loan)

| clubs8 = Oriente Petrolero

| clubs9 = Herediano

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 3

| caps3 =

| caps4 = 36

| caps5 = 165

| caps6 = 9

| caps7 = 21

| caps8 = 15

| caps9 = 81

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 =

| goals4 = 13

| goals5 = 71

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 7

| goals8 = 3

| goals9 = 26

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalyears1 = 2013–

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 19:21, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 23 March 2018

}}

Yendrick Alberto Ruiz González (San José, Costa Rica, 12 April 1987) is a Costa Rican professional football player who plays as a forward for Liga FPD club Herediano. He is the younger brother of footballer Bryan Ruiz.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/concacafchampionsleague/news/newsid/258/342/7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182841/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/concacafchampionsleague/news/newsid/258/342/7/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2017|title=Yendrick Ruiz blazing his own trail|publisher=FIFA|date=8 April 2015}}

He made his international debut for Costa Rica on May 28, 2013, in a friendly against Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.wakingthered.com/game-threads/2013/5/28/4371798/canada-vs-costa-rica-edmonton-may-28-friendly-preview|title=Canada vs. Costa Rica: Game Thread|date=2013-05-18|access-date=2015-03-21|last=Leung|first=John}}