Protagonist also in the European Under-21 final, with a splendid goal that led Spain to win the title, Fabian Ruiz told the Spanish newspaper "El Mundo", before facing and defeating Germany 2-1, telling his childhood. “After school I came home and ate quickly. I couldn't wait to finish as soon as possible to go out and play soccer in the park near my home. We played on the street, putting stones to make doors. We played among the machines. My brother, six years older than me, took me with his friends to play. I was always with older people. And so my life went on to Seville. Today my brother is 29 years old. My sister will be 21 years old ".

THE FAMILY - "I thank them for every positive thing that happens to me, they have always been close to me even in the worst moments. Without them I would never have arrived here ". My mother is everything to me. It was her who raised her three children despite the difficulties. And it was she who made sure I could play soccer every afternoon. It was fundamental. Two or three years after I arrived at Betis, the club offered him a cleaning job. I stayed there for about 10 years. At home they tried to make me see that things were going well, they tried hard and got rid of so many things. Only when I got older did I understand it. But my brother knew it. He has made".

As a kid he scored 107 goals in one season. "That happened in second-year chicks with Betis. I left the midfield in every game and I went to play in front, from outside ... I did a little bit of everything. I've always been one of the youngest on the team. The coaches joked with my mother and told her if I had grown up a little, I would have been perfect. But when I was 14, back from vacation, I had grown a lot. They were all surprised! Only in three or four months. I don't remember if it was 30 centimeters that I grew up, but a lot. Suddenly, I became one of the tallest. This penalized me a lot. It was the year I had the worst time. I was still a child and I lacked a lot of coordination. You should have seen me in the field. I played very few games that season. And what I wanted was to play. It was a bad time. " Then at 18 he made his debut in the first team with Betis. "I will always remember it. How they called me two days before the game to say that I was traveling with the first team. I did not believe it. I didn't even expect you to make the debut. It was very nice. I remember all those who supported me after all that had happened. I was fulfilling a dream. At Betis I learned that, despite the difficulties, I had to want the ball at any time. The most important thing was that I felt satisfied with what I was doing. That I didn't care about the result. He taught me to love the ball, to keep trying when even when it failed. The main thing for a soccer player is trust. I needed them to trust me. Give me opportunities. They gave it to me ".