Ruben Aguilar

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Ruben Aguilar
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Aguilar with Lens in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ruben Aguilar
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Grenoble, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Lens
Number 2
Youth career
1999–2005 Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux SP
2005–2011 Grenoble
2011–2013 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Saint-Étienne B 39 (1)
2013–2014 Grenoble 16 (0)
2014–2017 Auxerre 81 (0)
2015 Auxerre B 1 (0)
2017–2019 Montpellier 60 (1)
2019–2023 Monaco 100 (1)
2023– Lens 36 (2)
International career
2020 France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025

Ruben Aguilar (born 26 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Lens.

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Early life

Ruben Aguilar [3] was born on 26 April 1993 in Grenoble, Isère. [1]

Club career

Aguilar playing for Auxerre in 2015 Ruben Aguilar.jpg
Aguilar playing for Auxerre in 2015

Aguilar joined Auxerre in 2014 from Grenoble. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 1 August 2014 against Le Havre in a 2–0 home win. [4] In the 2016–17 season, he played 30 league matches for the club. [5]

In May 2017, Aguilar signed with Montpellier. [5] On 6 August 2019, he joined Monaco on a five-year deal. [6]

International career

On 9 November 2020, Aguilar was called-up to the France national team for the first time, having previously never played for France at any level. [7]

Personal life

Aguilar was born in Grenoble, Isère to a French mother and a Spanish father. [1] He was once called to the Bolivia national team even though he has no Bolivian descent, due to a Football Manager database mismatch. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 March 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saint-Étienne B 2011–12 CFA 151151
2012–13 CFA240240
Total391391
Grenoble 2013–14 CFA16000160
Auxerre 2014–15 Ligue 2 2906030380
2015–16 Ligue 22200000220
2016–17 Ligue 23004110351
Total81010140951
Auxerre B 2015–16 CFA1010
Montpellier 2017–18 Ligue 1 3103040380
2018–19 Ligue 12911000301
Total6014040681
Monaco 2019–20 Ligue 11902021231
2020–21 Ligue 133151382
2021–22 Ligue 1280308 [a] 0390
2022–23 Ligue 1200102 [b] 0230
Total1001111211001233
Lens 2023–24 Ligue 1251102 [c] 0281
2024–25 Ligue 11110000111
Total3621020392
Career total33352621011203818
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 November 2020 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202010
Total10

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ruben Aguilar". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. "Ruben Aguilar". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. "OLA KALA". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
    "Ruben Aguilar". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. "Auxerre vs. Le Havre – 1 August 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Ruben Aguilar (Auxerre) signe à Montpellier". L'Èquipe (in French). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. "Ruben Aguilar à l'AS Monaco" . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. "Ruben Aguilar, called up for the first time with France". sportsfinding.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. "A Football Manager mix-up turned this French defender into a Bolivian superstar". 9 October 2017.
  9. "France – R. Aguilar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. "Ruben Aguilar". European Football. Retrieved 26 April 2021.