Ruben Aguilar

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Ruben Aguilar
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Aguilar with Lens in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ruben Aguilar
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth Grenoble, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position 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 57 (2)
International career
2020 France 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 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 11 January 2026 [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 151–––151
2012–13 CFA240–––240
Total391–––391
Grenoble 2013–14 CFA16000––160
Auxerre 2014–15 Ligue 2 2906030–380
2015–16 Ligue 22200000–220
2016–17 Ligue 23004110–351
Total81010140–951
Auxerre B 2015–16 CFA10–––10
Montpellier 2017–18 Ligue 1 3103040–380
2018–19 Ligue 12911000–301
Total6014040–681
Monaco 2019–20 Ligue 11902021—231
2020–21 Ligue 133151——382
2021–22 Ligue 128030–8 [a] 0390
2022–23 Ligue 120010–2 [b] 0230
Total1001111211001233
Lens 2023–24 Ligue 125110—2 [c] 0281
2024–25 Ligue 116100—00161
2025–26 Ligue 1 16010——170
Total57220—20612
Career total35452721011204038
  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.
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