Ruth Álvarez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruth Álvarez Bela | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Palma de Mallorca, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Ferriolense | ||
| 2012–2013 | Collerense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Collerense[3] | 18 | (10[4]) |
| 2014–2015 | Collerense C | 2 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Collerense B | ||
| 2015–2019 | Collerense | 28+ | (1+[5]) |
| 2019–2022 | Eibar | 67 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Madrid CFF | 21 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Atlético Baleares | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2022 | |||
Ruth Álvarez Bela (born 5 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Early life
[edit]Álvarez was born in Palma de Mallorca to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean Bubi mother.
Club career
[edit]Álvarez is the youngest player to appear in Primera División, when she debuted for Collerense aged 15 years and 100 days at the 2015–16 Primera División.[6]
International career
[edit]Álvarez is not capped for Spain, but has represented the Balearic Islands women's autonomous football team at under-12, under-16 and under-18 levels. She has also appeared with the Majorca women's local football team at under-13, under-16 and under-18 levels.[6]
In January 2016, Álvarez has had a met with members of the then technical staff of the Equatorial Guinea national football team.[6]
On 29 November 2021, Álvarez played for Spain at under-23 level. She remains eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea.
Personal life
[edit]Álvarez has been in a relationship with Japanese footballer Tomo Matsukawa, who was her teammate at Eibar.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ruth Álvarez". La Liga. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ "Ruth Alvarez". SD Eibar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ "Convocatoria Preselección Femenina sub-16; miércoles 04/12/2013" (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Estadística de Jugador" (in Spanish). FFIB. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "U.D. Collerense Femenino" (in Spanish). lapreferente.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Legionarias: Ruth" (in Spanish). Fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Profile at BDFutbol
- Ruth Álvarez on Instagram
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Palma de Mallorca
- Spanish women's footballers
- Women's association football full-backs
- UD Collerense (women) players
- SD Eibar Femenino players
- Madrid CFF players
- Liga F players
- Segunda Federación (women) players
- Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
- Sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent
- Spanish people of Bubi descent
- Spanish LGBTQ footballers
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen
