Francisco Manel Ruano Bausán (born 16 July 1974) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right winger, and currently assistant coach at OH Leuven.
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Ruano started playing football with UDA Gramenet in 1993, in Segunda División B.
The following year, he joined Atlético Madrid; initially assigned to the reserves also in the third division, he made his first-team debut on 4 January 1995 by starting in a 0–0 away draw against CD Mensajero in the Copa del Rey.
[1] Ruano first appeared in La Liga on 15 January 1995, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against SD Compostela.
[6] He cut ties with his parent club in August 2003,[7] and subsequently represented amateurs UE Castelldefels and CF Balaguer, retiring with the latter in 2006 at the age of 31.