Football always offers new opportunities for those who refuse to stop fighting. That is the case of the Guatemalan midfielder Andy Ruizwho at 30 years old is once again taking an important step in his career after joining the Kaohsiung Attackers FCa team that will compete in the highest category of the Taiwan football.
After several seasons defending the colors of different clubs in the Guatemala National Leaguethe midfielder who was recently in the ranks of Deportivo Marquenseonce again undertakes the challenge of playing abroad, once again taking the name of the country to an international league.
After being presented by his new club, Ruiz immediately joined training and is already working under the orders of the coaching staff during the preseason. The objective is to arrive in the best conditions at the start of the championship, scheduled for September 2026.
A new challenge in Asia
For the national footballer, this signing represents much more than a change of shirt. It is the opportunity to write a new chapter in a career marked by perseverance and the constant desire to grow as a professional.
In Guatemalan soccer, Andy Ruiz defended the shirts of Deportivo Marquense, Guastatoya, Xinabajul, Municipal, Cobán Imperial, Antigua GFC and Comunicaciones Baccumulating experience and consolidating himself as a midfielder with balance and good ball handling.
Its international history is not new either. During his first years he had a training process in the FC Dallas academy, in the United States, and later He played in Germany with Viktoria Köln II and SV Elversberg, experiences that now add to this new challenge on the Asian continent.
Ruiz arrives at a club with a recent history, but full of ambition. Kaohsiung Attackers FC was born in 2025 With his men’s team, he achieved promotion in record time and will now face his first season in the highest division of Taiwanese soccer, where he hopes to consolidate with the contribution of the Guatemalan.
With this signing, Andy Ruiz becomes a new Guatemalan legionnairereaffirming that national soccer continues to export talent. His return abroad, together with the recent signing of Oscar Santisrepresents one of the great novelties for Guatemalan football ahead of the 2026-2027 season. Curiously, both will coincide in Asiawhere they will search raise the name of Guatemala and consolidate the growth of national footballers in the international arena.
Legionnaires
- Nicholas Hagen Columbus Crew (MLS)
- Mathew Evans – LAFC (MLS)
- Nathaniel Méndez-Laing – Milton Keynes Dons (England)
- Óscar Santis – Brunei BPMM (Malaysia)
- Rubio Méndez Rubín – El Paso Locomotiv (USA)
- Arquímides Ordóñez – Loudoun United FC (USA)
- Damian Rivera – Phoenix Rising FC (USA)
- Darwin Lom – The Strongest (Bolivia)
- Aarón Herrera – Without equipment