# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-ruiz-q475730
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:21:22.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-ruiz-q475730"
name: "Carlos Ruiz"
slug: "carlos-ruiz-q475730"
description: "Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez, initially nicknamed El Pescadito or \"The Little Fish\" but later became El Pescado or \"The Fish\", is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a striker. A product of CSD Municipal's youth academy, Ruiz played for five MLS clubs, scoring 88 goals in 182 MLS regular-season matches and 16 goals in the post-season, which is the second most post-season goals in MLS history. In 2002, he was named the MLS's Most Valuable Player of the season."
tagline: "Guatemalan footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos_Ruiz.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.63
  momentum:             12.53279527375913
  historical:           21.03432933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ካርሎስ ሩይዝ (የጓተማላን እግር ኳስ ተጫዋች)"
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    title: "Carlos Ruiz"
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    title: "Կառլոս Ռուիս"
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    title: "Carlos Ruiz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlos Ruiz"
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    title: "Carlos Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlos Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump