Person in history
Abel Ruiz
Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2000 · January 28
- Age this year
- 26No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 26th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Abel Ruiz Ortega is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda División club Girona.
Path and career
Career statistics Club As of match played 29 August 2026 [ 1 ] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Europe Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División B 2 0 — — — — 2 0 2017–18 Segunda División 26 3 — — — — 26 3 2018–19 Segunda División B 21 3 — — — — 21 3 2019–20 Segunda División B 19 3 — — — — 19 3 Total 68 9 — — — — 68 9 Barcelona 2018–19…
Honours Barcelona Youth UEFA Youth League : 2017–18 [ 1 ] Barcelona La Liga : 2018–19 Braga Taça de Portugal : 2020–21 [ 2 ] Taça da Liga : 2023–24 [ 3 ] Spain U17 UEFA European Under-17 Championship : 2017 ; [ 4 ] runner-up: 2016 FIFA Under-17 World Cup runner-up: 2017 Spain U18 Mediterranean Games : 2018 Spain U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship : 2019 Spain U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2023 [ 5 ] Spain U23 Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024 [
Why this date
Abel Ruiz appears on our January 28 calendar for 2000 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2000.
- October 6Fernando de la Rúa
- January 31Alaska Airlines Flight 261
- October 7Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- May 4Ken Livingstone
- September 14Microsoft
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2000Giselle (singer)October 30
- 2000Zay FlowersSeptember 11
- 2000JihoonMarch 14
- 2000Jonathan DavidJanuary 14
- 2000Wang ChuqinMay 11
- 2000Oliver SkippSeptember 16
- 2000Sam HowellSeptember 16
- 2000Leandro BolmaroSeptember 11
Sources
Cite this page
“Abel Ruiz”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/abel-ruiz, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Abel Ruiz
When was Abel Ruiz born?
January 28 2000.
How old would Abel Ruiz be today?
26 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on January 28?
Emoni Bates, Dušan Vlahović, Carl Klingberg and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.