Miguel Ángel Ruiz

Miguel Ángel Ruiz (1 October 1934 – 21 February 2009) was an Argentine football inside forward and manager.

Playing career Born in La Banda, Argentina, Ruiz joined San Lorenzo de Almagro in 1956 until 1961. He was part of Los Cinco Pistoleros (The Five Gunmen), a remembered attacking quintet alongside Héctor Facundo, Omar Higinio García, José Sanfilippo and Norberto Boggio. They won the 1959 Argentine Primera División and took part in the first season of the Copa Libertadores. In 1962, Ruiz switched to Estudiantes de La Plata.

In 1964, Ruiz moved to Chile and joined Huachipato. They won the regional championship, and took part by first time at professional level in the Chilean Segunda División in 1965–66.

International career Ruiz represented the Argentina national team in the 1959 South American Championship in Ecuador and friendlies alogside his teammates in San Lorenzo: Facundo, García, Sanfilippo and Boggio.

In Chilean Primera División, Ruiz led Deportes Concepción in 1970 and Huachipato in 1975. During the 1975 Copa Libertadores, he also served as assistant coach of Pedro Morales.