| Jake Ruby | |
| Birth Date: | June 4, 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height: | 1.78m |
| Position: | Full-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Lynn Valley SA |
| Youthclubs2: | Mountain United FC |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Collegeyears1: | 2019 |
| College1: | Trinity Western Spartans |
| Collegecaps1: | 17 |
| Collegegoals1: | 3 |
| Years1: | 2019 |
| Clubs1: | Victoria Highlanders |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs2: | HFX Wanderers |
| Caps2: | 42 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Canada U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | October 6, 2023 |
| Ntupdate: | August 15, 2020 |
Jake Ruby (born June 4, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back.
Ruby began playing youth soccer at age seven with Lynn Valley SA. Afterwards, he played for Mountain United FC, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy in 2016.[1] In 2018, he participated in the first team's 2018 pre-season, as well as other first team training sessions.[2] He departed the Whitecaps Academy in 2018, heading to Germany, where he had a month-long trial with 1. FC Nürnberg.[3] He then began playing at the senior amateur level with NVFC Norvan in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League.[4]
In 2019, he began attending Trinity Western University, where he played for the men's soccer team.[5] He scored his first goal on October 11, 2019 against the UFV Cascades.[6] In his rookie season, he was named the TWU's Male Rookie of the Year, across all sports.[7] He was also named a Canada West Second Team All-Star, as well as being named to the Canada West All-Rookie Team and the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team.[8] [9]
In April 2019, he signed with the Victoria Highlanders in USL League Two.[10]
In November 2019, Ruby was selected 14th overall by HFX Wanderers in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft.[11] [12] In July 2020, he signed a U Sports contract with the Wanderers, which would allow him to maintain his university eligibility.[13] In his debut season, he helped the Wanderers reach the CPL finals, where they were defeated by Forge FC.[14] In February 2021, he returned to the Wanderers on a fully professional contract for 2021, with club options for an additional two seasons,[15] [16] planning to finish his post-secondary education in Halifax.[17] He scored his first goal on August 7, 2021 against York United.[18] In January 2022, the Wanderers picked up his option for the 2022 season.[19] In January 2023, after having previously exercised his contract option for 2023, the club signed him to a new extension for the 2023 season, with options for 2024 and 2025.[20] [21] In December 2023, the Wanderers declined his option for 2024.[22]
In October 2016, Ruby made his debut in the Canadian national program, participating in a Canadian under-17 team camp and a month later played in a friendly series with the team in Jamaica.[23] [24] He made his international debut on November 27, 2016 against Jamaica U17, earning man of the match honours.[25] [26] In May 2017, he was named to the roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he started all three of the team's matches.[27] In 2018, he was named to the Canada U21 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury.[28]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Victoria Highlanders FC | 2019[29] | USL League Two | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| HFX Wanderers FC | 2020 | Canadian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | |||