Emanuel Diego Salvador Ruiz (born 7 July 1978)[1] is a former Argentine professional footballer, who played as a striker.
In 2000 Ruiz was transferred to the Greek club AEK Athens as a choice of the team's coach, Giannis Pathiakakis.
There after spending a mediocre season in Greece failing to satisfy the clubs management, he was loaned to Union Santa Fe.
[3] In January 2010, he joined everything was on track to become player San José however, a problem in his right knee prevented him from successfully pass medical exams and he did not sign for Bolivian club.
In 2014 Ruiz created football academies in Argentina giving them the name of the club that gave him the chance to play in Europe, "AEK FC".