The soccer player Rubén Hugo Ayala was born on January 8, 1950, in Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His demarcation was the center forward.
Ayala began his career at the Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, where he served in the various lower categories of the club.
The forward, with a great career, with short but very fast steps, makes other teams interested in hiring his services. This race earns him the nickname “Mouse.”
One of these teams is Atlético de Madrid, from Spain, which signed Ayala in 1973.
With the “colchonero” club he plays seven seasons, being a key pillar in it, and plays alongside other stars such as Gárate, Reina, Eusebio or Heredia, the latter childhood friend.
In 1974, he also became part of the selection of his country, Argentina, where he played 25 times, scoring 11 goals.
The forward manages to play 169 games, scoring a total of 45 goals in the Spanish league.
In 1980, Ayala was signed by the Jalisco club in Mexico, where he played for a season, to be later signed by Potros de Atlante, where he spent three seasons before retiring from active football, at the age of 34.
Subsequently, the player begins to train various teams in Mexico.
As a curiosity, it must be said that Ayala has triple nationality, Argentine, Spanish and Mexican.
Within the record of Ayala, it should be noted that he has 1 Metropolitan Championship, Argentina National Championship, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Spanish League, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 European Cup Runner-up and, as coach, 1 Winter Tournament and 1 Opening Tournament, achieved by training the Mexican Pachuca team.