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Jesús Rueda (footballer)

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Jesús Rueda
Rueda lining up for Beitar Jerusalem in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jesús Rueda Ambrosio[1]
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Corte de Peleas, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
San Roque
Youth career
2002–2005 Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Valladolid B 114 (11)
2008–2015 Valladolid 148 (3)
2009–2010Córdoba (loan) 30 (2)
2015–2017 Beitar Jerusalem 62 (7)
2017–2019 APOEL 12 (0)
2019–2020 Extremadura 4 (0)
2020–2021 Gimnàstic 19 (1)
2021–2022 Logroñés 33 (0)
2022–2023 Zamora 10 (0)
2023– San Roque 44 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Jesús Rueda Ambrosio (born 19 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder for CD San Roque de Lepe.

He spent most of his career with Valladolid, playing 163 competitive matches mostly in the Segunda División.

Club career

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Valladolid

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Born in Corte de Peleas, Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Rueda played youth football with Real Valladolid.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserve team, spending four full seasons with the side in the Segunda División B; on 12 November 2008 he made his first official appearance with the main squad, featuring 34 minutes in a 2–2 draw against Hércules CF in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey,[3] and his first La Liga match was on the following 26 April, also at the Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, a 0–0 draw with CA Osasuna in which he came on as a late substitute.[4]

After spending the 2009–10 campaign on loan to Córdoba CF of Segunda División,[5] Rueda returned to Valladolid which were now in the same level. He totalled 3,867 minutes of action in the second year in his second spellplayoffs included – scoring in the 1–1 draw at Recreativo de Huelva on 15 October 2011 as the Castile and León side went on to return to the top flight.[6]

Later career

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On 13 August 2015, after appearing regularly as the club fluctuated between the first and second tiers, Rueda terminated his contract with the Blanquivioletas.[7] He subsequently moved abroad for the first time, receiving offers from teams in Bulgaria and Israel,[8] eventually signing for Beitar Jerusalem F.C. and becoming a regular in the Holy Land team alongside compatriot Pablo de Lucas;[9] manager Slobodan Drapić stated "I wish I had eleven like Rueda", and he was among a growing contingent of Spaniards playing in the relatively obscure Israeli Premier League, gaining media attention back home.[8][10][11]

Rueda moved countries again in June 2017, when he signed a two-year deal for APOEL FC of the Cypriot First Division, a club whose director Juanjo Lorenzo was from Valladolid.[12] His debut season in Nicosia ended at the halfway point when he suffered a knee injury in training, ruling him out for six months.[13]

On 21 July 2019, free agent Rueda returned to Spain and joined second division team Extremadura UD.[14] The following 25 January, after only five official games, he cut ties with the club[15] and signed a 18-month contract with third-tier Gimnàstic de Tarragona four days later.[16]

On 5 August 2021, Rueda signed a one-year deal with UD Logroñés, recently relegated to the Primera División RFEF.[17]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 9 May 2021
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valladolid B 2005–06[18] Segunda División B 21 0 10 2
2006–07[18] Segunda División B 36 5 2[a] 0 38 5
2007–08[18] Segunda División B 30 4 30 4
2008–09[18] Segunda División B 18 2 18 2
Total 114 11 2 0 116 11
Valladolid 2006–07[18] Segunda División 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09[18] La Liga 3 0 2 0 5 0
2010–11[18] Segunda División 11 0 2 0 1[b] 0 14 0
2011–12[18] Segunda División 39 1 1 0 4[b] 0 44 1
2012–13[18] La Liga 28 0 2 0 30 0
2013–14[18] La Liga 35 1 1 0 36 1
2014–15[18] Segunda División 32 1 0 0 2[b] 0 34 1
Total 148 3 8 0 7 0 163 3
Córdoba (loan) 2009–10[18] Segunda División 30 2 2 0 32 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2015–16[19] Israeli Premier League 29 1 4 0 33 1
2016–17[19] Israeli Premier League 33 6 7 0 7[c] 0 47 6
Total 62 7 11 0 7 0 80 7
APOEL 2017–18[19] Cypriot First Division 11 0 1 0 11[d] 0 23 0
2018–19[19] Cypriot First Division 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Total 12 0 3 0 11 0 26 0
Extremadura 2019–20[18] Segunda División 4 0 1 0 5 0
Gimnàstic 2019–20[18] Segunda División B 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2020–21[18] Segunda División B 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1
Career total 389 24 25 0 27 0 441 24
  1. ^ Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in La Liga play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jesús Rueda". Diario AS. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Marco A. (15 July 2012). "Una familia de primera" [A primera family] (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ El Valladolid cumple el trámite ante el Hércules (Valladolid go with the flow against Hércules); Marca, 12 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Valladolid 0–0 Osasuna Archived 28 February 2014 at archive.today; ESPN FC, 26 April 2009
  5. ^ Jesús Rueda llega cedido al Córdoba (Jesús Rueda arrives on loan at Córdoba); ABC, 16 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Valladolid rescata un valioso punto en Huelva (Valladolid rescue a valuable point in Huesca); Marca, 15 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Jesús Rueda y el Pucela separan sus caminos (Jesús Rueda and Pucela split ways); Real Valladolid, 13 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ a b Baeza, Lourdes (1 February 2016). "Futbolistas en zona de conflicto" [Footballers in conflict zone] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ^ Prada, Jon (13 October 2015). "Jesús Rueda: "Los aficionados son muy apasionados en Israel"" [Jesús Rueda: "The fans are very passionate in Israel"] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  10. ^ Emergui, Sal (18 February 2016). "El central español triunfa en Israel" [The Spanish stopper makes it in Israel] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  11. ^ Benarroch, Elías L. (6 January 2016). "La casi desconocida Liga israelí atrae cada vez más a jugadores españoles" [The almost unknown Israeli league keeps attracting Spanish players] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Un vallisoletano lleva a Jesús Rueda a Chipre" [A man from Valladolid brings Jesús Rueda to Cyprus] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  13. ^ Morán, Rodrigo (29 December 2017). "Jesús Rueda se lesiona el cruzado de la rodilla y despide la temporada" [Jesús Rueda injures knee cruciate and is out for the season] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Jesús Rueda es azulgrana" [Jesús Rueda is blue-and-red] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. ^ "¡Gracias, Jesús!" [Thank you, Jesús!] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Jesús Rueda se incorpora al Nàstic" [Jesús Rueda joins Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Jesús Rueda, experiencia para el centro de la defensa" [Jesús Rueda, experience for the centre of the defense] (in Spanish). UD Logroñés. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Jesús Rueda: Jesús Rueda Ambrosio". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  19. ^ a b c d "Jesús Rueda". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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