J. Ruiz

Ruiz's current-season form is up 14% on last season (Season 28→32), while his Rating eased 54→46. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 40).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	PAU · 9th	27	1	1	6.97	46	32
2024/25	PAU · 13th	30	1	2	6.87	54	28
2023/24	PAU · 10th	35	3	3	6.94	61	29
2022/23	PAU · 13th	37	0	0	6.83	62	40
2021/22	BoulogneLoan · 17th	17	0	0	—	34	7
2021/22	FC Sion	1	0	0	5.2	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 6 youth-team spells in the full career.

France · international

Side	Apps	G
France U19	3	0
France U17	10	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

J. Ruiz is a 28-year-old central defender at PAU, rated 45.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 213th of 313 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (76.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ruiz.

Judged on this season alone, Ruiz graded 32 — a strong campaign that ranks top 20% of the 66 centre-backs in the Ligue 2, on 8 clean sheets and 2.489 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 28 → 32). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 46, 40th of 66 of the 66 centre-backs in the Ligue 2. At 28 Ruiz is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2022/23

Current potential40th of 66 centre-backs · Ligue 2 Current seasonTop 20% centre-backs · Ligue 213th-best centre-back in the Ligue 2213th in the Ligue 2 · potential40th-highest potential centre-back in the Ligue 2

45.9

Ratingi

40th of 66 centre-backs

32.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

76.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.49

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · PAU finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

2.49

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 76.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 45.9, Ruiz carries the 40th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Ligue 2 of 66. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %76.8%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.038

Assists / 900.038

Goal contribution / 900.077

Defensive actions / 902.489

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %33.3

Shot accuracy %60

Pass accuracy %89

Dribble success %75

Cards / 900.153

Foul involvement / 901.111

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~20), then tapers with age. At 28, Ruiz sits on 12.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ruiz's projected Rating — 45.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.