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This article is about the Spanish association football player. For the Portuguese basketball player, see Sérgio Ramos.
Sergio Ramos
Ramos in action for Real Madrid
Personal information
Full name Sergio Ramos García
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 4
Youth career
1996–2003 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sevilla B 26 (2)
2004–2005 Sevilla 39 (2)
2005– Real Madrid 222 (28)
International career‡
2002 Spain U17 1 (0)
2004 Spain U19 6 (0)
2004 Spain U21 6 (0)
2005– Spain 83 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012

Template:Spanish name Sergio Ramos García (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈseɾxjo ˈramoz ɡaɾˈθi.a]; born 30 March 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.

Mainly a right back, he can perform equally as a central defender and as a defensive midfielder. After emerging through Sevilla's youth system, he went on to be a defensive mainstay for both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, gaining his first cap at the age of 18.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in Camas, Seville, Andalusia, Ramos began his career at local side Sevilla FC, emerging through the club's youth system alongside Jesús Navas and Antonio Puerta. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 1 February 2004, coming on as a second half substitute in a 0–1 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña.

In the 2004–05 season, Ramos appeared in 31 games as Sevilla finished sixth and qualified to the UEFA Cup, netting in home fixtures against Real Sociedad (2–1) and Real Madrid (2–2).

Real Madrid

Ramos (in white) against Valencia.
Ramos celebrates with his teammates.

In the summer of 2005, 19-year old Ramos was purchased by Real Madrid for €27 million, a record for a Spanish teenager.[1] He was the only Spanish player brought in during Florentino Pérez first stint as Real Madrid president.

At the club, Ramos was awarded the number 4 shirt, previously worn by Fernando Hierro. On 6 December 2005, he scored his first goal for the Merengues, in a 2–3 UEFA Champions League group stage loss at Olympiacos FC.[2]

During his first seasons, Ramos played as centre back, being also used as an emergency defensive midfielder on occasion. However, with the arrival of Christoph Metzelder and Pepe in the 2007–08 season, he was again relocated to right back, whilst displaying a goalscoring instinct unusual to many defenders, netting more than 20 overall goals in Real Madrid's shirt during his first four seasons combined. On 4 May 2008, Ramos assisted Gonzalo Higuaín in the 89th minute against CA Osasuna in an eventual 2–1 away win, the match that sealed Real Madrid's 31st league championship. On the final day of the season, he scored twice in a 5–2 home win against already relegated Levante UD, one through a header and another after an individual effort, taking his league tally to five.

Ramos scored a vital goal in the Spanish Supercup contest against Valencia CF, making it 2–1 to and 4–4 on aggregate, in an eventual 4–2 win (6–5), despite the fact Real Madrid playing with only nine men for a long period of time. Although he experienced a slight dip in form, he returned to his best and on 11 January 2009, scored on an acrobatic volley against RCD Mallorca (3–0 away triumph), continuing his scoring run in the following week, in a 3–1 home win against Osasuna.

Ramos(Jude) was named in both FIFA and UEFA's 1754 Team of the Year, adding the FIFPro Team of the Year 2007–08 accolade. He also finished 21st in the European Player of the Year nomination for 2008.[3]

Just at the start of the 2009–10 season, Ramos was appointed as one of Real Madrid's four captains of Real Madrid. As Pepe suffered a serious knee injury during the campaign, he was often deployed as central defender, and scored four goals in 33 league contests, but the team eventually came out empty in silverware. On 21 February 2010, he played his 200th official match for the capital team against Villarreal CF (150 in the first division).

In Real Madrid's 5–0 loss to FC Barcelona on 29 November 2010, Ramos was sent off after kicking Lionel Messi from behind, then pushing Carles Puyol in the ensuing melée.[4] After this ejection, he equalled Fernando Hierro's previous record for red cards at the club, having played in 264 fewer games.[5]

On 20 April 2011, Ramos started in the season's Copa del Rey final, a 1–0 win against Barcelona in Valencia. In the subsequent victory procession, while celebrating on the top of the club's bus, he accidentally lost hold of the cup, which fell under the wheels of the vehicle; the trophy was dented as a result.[6]

On 12 July 2011, Ramos extended his contract with Real Madrid until 2017.[7]

International career

Ramos (#15) in Spain against Sweden in Euro 2008.

In 2004, Ramos became an instant hit for Spain's under-21, for whom he played six international matches. On 26 March 2005, in a 3–0 friendly win over China, in Salamanca, he first appeared for the senior side at only 18 years and 361 days of age, making him the youngest player to play for the national team in the last 55 years (he held this record until it was broken by Barcelona's Cesc Fàbregas).

Just seven months later, Ramos scored his first two international goals in a 6–0 away thrashing of San Marino for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He was selected for the final stages in Germany and, after the international retirement of Real Madrid teammate Míchel Salgado, became the undisputed first-choice right back.

Throughout Spain's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Ramos was a regular member of the starting eleven as the national side finished first in its group, above Sweden. He scored two goals, including one in a 3–1 away win over Denmark, in 11 appearances.

In the tournament's final stages, Ramos played in all matches and minutes, except the 2–1 group stage win against Greece. In the final, his pass nearly set up Marcos Senna's first international goal, but the latter barely missed it by inches. During the celebrations after the 1–0 defeat of Germany, Ramos wore a T-shirt in honor of close friend and former Sevilla teammate Puerta, who died in August 2007.[8][9]

Ramos was selected in the squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, as Spain finished in third position. At the 2010 World Cup, held in the same country, he started every game, helping the team keep five clean sheets and reach the final, which they won 1–0 against the Netherlands. Ramos topped the tournament's Castrol Performance Index with a score of 9.79.[10]

International goals

Statistics

Club

As of 27 March 2012

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Sevilla 2003–04 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
2004–05 31 2 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 41 3 0
2005–06 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 39 2 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 49 3 0
Real Madrid 2005–06 33 4 0 6 1 0 7 1 0 46 6 0
2006–07 33 5 2 3 0 0 6 1 0 42 6 2
2007–08 33 5 4 5 1 0 7 0 1 45 6 5
2008–09 32 4 3 2 1 0 8 1 0 42 6 3
2009–10 33 4 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 40 4 5
2010–11 31 3 2 7 1 1 8 0 0 46 4 3
2011–12 26 3 4 6 0 1 8 1 1 40 4 6
Total 222 28 19 29 4 2 51 4 2 302 36 23
Career Total 261 30 19 34 4 2 56 5 2 351 39 23

Honours

Club

Real Madrid

Country

Spain U–19
Spain

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Sergio Ramos joins Real Madrid for €27 million". Think Spain. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Olympiakos 2–1 Real Madrid: Second-string". ESPN Soccernet. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ Chelsea readying mammoth €40 million swoop for Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos; Goal.com, 23 August 2010
  4. ^ "Exquisite Barca crush Real". ESPN Soccernet. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  5. ^ Sergio Ramos ya ha igualado las diez tarjetas rojas de Fernando Hierro (Sergio Ramos equals Fernando Hierro's record of ten red cards); Resultados-Futbol Template:Es icon
  6. ^ "Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos drops Copa del Rey trophy off bus". The Daily Telegraph. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Official announcement". Real Madrid's official website. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Sevilla's Puerta dies in hospital". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007.
  9. ^ Ramos pays tribute to Antonio Puerta; Real Madrid's website, 30 June 2008
  10. ^ Spain's |Sergio Ramos tops 2010 World Cup Castrol Index; Goal.com, 12 July 2010
  11. ^ Ramos crowned as La Roja conquer; FIFA.com, 12 July 2010
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