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{{short description|Uruguayan basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Wilfredo "Fefo" Ruiz
 | image             = Fefo ruiz estudiantes.jpg
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 | caption           = Ruiz (#14 in white with the ball), playing with the [[Argentine Basketball League|Argentine League]] club [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca|Estudiantes BB]].
 | height_ft         = 6
 | height_in         = 4
 | weight_lb         = 185
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 | birth_date        = {{Birth date|1962|6|1}}
 | birth_place       = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
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 | career_position   = [[Shooting guard]] / [[Small forward]]
 | career_start      = 1976
 | career_end        = 2002
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 | years1            = 1976–1979 
 | team1             = [[Club Atlético Welcome|Atlético Welcome]]
 | years2            = 1980–1982 
 | team2             = [[Club Atlético Aguada|Atlético Aguada]]
 | years3            = 1982 
 | team3             = [[Club Atlético Peñarol (basketball)|Atlético Peñarol]]
 | years4            = 1982 
 | team4             = Club Atlético Bohemios
 | years5            = 1983–1985 
 | team5             = Club Neptuno
 | years6            = 1985–1987 
 | team6             = [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca]]
 | years7            = 1987 
 | team7             = [[Club Nacional de Football (basketball)|Nacional]]
 | years8            = 1987–1989
 | team8             = [[Club Olimpo (basketball)|Olimpo de Bahía Blanca]]
 | years9            = 1989 
 | team9             = [[Clube Atlético Monte Líbano (basketball)|Monte Líbano]]
 | years10           = 1989 
 | team10            = Mérida
 | years11           = 1990
 | team11            = [[Club Atlético Welcome|Atlético Welcome]]
 | years12           = 1990
 | team12            = Club Neptuno
 | years13           = 1991 
 | team13            = [[Club Atlético Peñarol (basketball)|Atlético Peñarol]]
 | years14           = 1992–1997
 | team14            = [[Club Atlético Welcome|Atlético Welcome]]
 | years15           = 1997 
 | team15            = [[Club Nacional de Football (basketball)|Nacional]]
 | years16           = 1998 
 | team16            = Club Neptuno
 | years17           = 2001 
 | team17            = Club Ferro Carril de Salto
 | years18           = 2002 
 | team18            = Club Universitario de Salto
 | highlights        = 
*[[FIBA South American Championship]] Top Scorer (1981)
*3× [[Argentine National Basketball League Top Scorer|Argentine National League Top Scorer]] (1985–1987)
*4× [[Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship|Uruguayan Federal Championship]] Top Scorer (1981–1984)
*[[Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol#All-time leading scorers|Uruguayan Federal Championship All-Time Top Scorer]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|URU}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA AmeriCup]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 FIBA AmeriCup|1984 Brazil]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[FIBA South American Championship|1981 Uruguay]] | }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIBA South American Championship|1983 Brazil]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[FIBA South American Championship|1985 Colombia]] | }}
}}

'''Wilfredo Eduardo "Fefo" Ruiz Bruno''' (born June 1, 1962) is a retired [[Uruguay]]an professional [[basketball]] player.<ref>[http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/271486-fefo-ruiz-lo-mejor-en-aquel-momento-fue-el-grupo-humano-que-teniamos Fefo Ruiz: "Lo mejor en aquel momento fue el grupo humano que teníamos" {{in lang|es}}.]</ref> At a height of {{convert|1.93|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, and a weight of {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, he played at the [[shooting guard]] and [[small forward]] positions. He holds the all-time career record for the most [[Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol#All-time leading scorers|total points scored]] in the [[Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship|Uruguayan Federal Championship]] (CFB). He also holds the all-time career record for the [[Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders#All-Time top scorers by points per game|highest points per game scoring average]] in the history of the [[Argentine Basketball League|Argentine National League]] (LNB).

==Professional career==
During his [[sports club|club]] basketball career, Ruiz played in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In 1979, when he played with [[Club Atlético Welcome|Atlético Welcome]], Ruiz had a 70-point game in the Uruguayan Second Division. On 12 November 1983, while playing with Club Neptuno, he set the [[Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship|Uruguayan Federal Championship]] (Uruguayan First Division)'s all-time single game scoring record, when he scored 84 points in a league game against Colón.<ref>[https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Las-40-de-Fefo-Ruiz--Tato-Lopez-fue-el-mejor-basquetbolista-de-America-Latina--uc668243 Las 40 de "Fefo" Ruiz: "Tato López fue el mejor basquetbolista de América Latina" {{in lang|es}}.]</ref><ref>[https://diariocambio.com.uy/2018/11/12/un-ano-mas-de-los-84-puntos-del-fefo-ruiz/ Un año más de los 84 puntos del “Fefo” Ruiz {{in lang|es}}.]</ref>

In that same Uruguayan Federal Championship 1983 season, he also had a 70-point game against Bohemios, on 7 November 1983, and a 72-point game against [[Hebraica Macabi]]. His scoring average during the Uruguayan Federal Championship 1984 season was 50.8 [[points per game]]. He finished his career in Uruguay as the Uruguayan Federal Championship (CFB)'s [[Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol#All-time leading scorers|all-time leader]] in career [[point (basketball)|points]] scored, having scored a total of 18,512 points in the league.<ref>[https://www.tenfield.com.uy/homenaje-wilfredo-fefo-ruiz-en-welcome9/ Emotivo homenaje a Wilfredo “Fefo” Ruiz en Welcome {{in lang|es}}.]</ref>

As a member of [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca]], of the top-tier level [[Argentine Basketball League|Argentine National League]] (LNB), he was [[Argentine Basketball League Statistical Leaders|the league's best scorer]], during its first three years of existence (1985–1987). He averaged 32.9 points per in the Argentine LNB League's 1985 season, 31.5 points per game in the Argentine LNB League's 1986 season, and 30.4 points per game in the Argentine LNB League's 1987 season. The most points he ever scored in a single game, in the top-tier level Argentine League, was 60 points, in a game during the 1985 season.<ref>[https://www.basquetplus.com/articulo/fefo-ruiz-en-argentina-nunca-entendieron-que-lo-mejor-era-dejarme-solo Fefo Ruiz: "En Argentina nunca entendieron que lo mejor era dejarme solo".]</ref> He is the [[Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders#All-Time top scorers by points per game|all-time leader in scoring average]], in the history of the Argentine National League, with a career scoring average of 28.8 points per game.<ref>[https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Una-vuelta-por-el-pasado-A-35-anos-de-los-84-del-Fefo--uc735470 Una vuelta por el pasado: A 35 años de los 84 del “Fefo”.]</ref>

==National team career==
In the [[FIBA World Cup]] of [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982]], while playing with the senior men's [[Uruguayan national basketball team|Uruguayan national team]], Ruiz averaged 23.4 points per game. At the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|FIBA Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles, in 1984]], Ruiz was one of the leaders of the Uruguayan national team, along with [[Carlos Peinado]] and [[Horacio López|Horacio “Tato” López]]. The team finished the tournament in sixth place, and Ruiz averaged 19.5 points per game during the tournament.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191214072123/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/83539/_//players.html FIBA Profile 1]
*[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/90945/_//players.html FIBA Profile 2]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/wilfredo-ruiz-1.html Sports-Reference.com Profile]
*{{Basketball-Reference.com international player|wilfredo-ruiz-1}}
*[http://www.larepublica.com.uy/deportes/271486-fefo-ruiz-lo-mejor-en-aquel-momento-fue-el-grupo-humano-que-teniamos Fefo Ruiz: "Lo mejor en aquel momento fue el grupo humano que teníamos"] {{in lang|es}}

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