page_title: Stéphane Ruffier
section_title: Saint-Étienne
hierarchical_section_title: Stéphane Ruffier / Club career / Saint-Étienne
caption_attribution_description: English: Stéphane Ruffier
context_page_description: Stéphane Ruffier is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne. He previously played for AS Monaco from 2005 to 2011, serving as the first-choice goalkeeper and captain of the club. Ruffier is also a French international, and made his senior debut on 11 August 2010 in a friendly match against Norway. He was also included in the France squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
context_section_description: Following AS Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Ruffier was linked with clubs like Manchester City and Saint Etienne but Ruffier rejected Manchester City because he did not feel City could offer him the same playing opportunities as Les Verts. On 7 August 2011, Ruffier made his debut for Saint-Étienne in a 2–1 away win over Bordeaux and received a yellow card during the match. In September 2014 Ruffier penned a new four-year deal with the club that would keep him at Saint-Étienne until 2018.
  On 24 November 2019, Ruffier played every minute of his 303rd Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne in the 0-0 home draw with Montpellier Hérault SC, equalling former Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Ivan Ćurković's nearly-four-decades-long record as the goalkeeper who made the most number of appearances for the club in Ligue 1.
caption: Ruffier playing for Saint-Étienne in 2011
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