Ruy Ramos

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Ruy Ramos
Personal information
Full name	Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho
Date of birth	February 9, 1957 (1957-02-09) (age 51)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 2002	Yomiuri FC/Verdy Kawasaki Kyoto Purple Sanga Verdy Kawasaki Okinawa Kariyushi F.C.	302 0(83) 020 00(0) 039 00(0)
National team
1989-1995	Japan	032 00(1)
Teams managed
2006-2007	Tokyo Verdy 1969
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ruy Ramos (ラモス瑠偉, Ramosu Rui^?, born Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho on February 9, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-born football (soccer) player, who became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 1989. He was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional soccer, joining Yomiuri FC (later Verdy Kawasaki, now Tokyo Verdy) in 1977 at the age of 20. He was an important member of the Japanese national team during their unsuccessful 1994 World Cup qualification, eventually retiring from the game in 1998 at the age of 41.

He briefly came out of his retirement for Okinawa Kariyushi F.C. as player-cum-technical advisor in 2002. However, he left the club after a row with the management at the end of the season. Then he served as technical adviser for crosstown F.C. Ryūkyū.

In March 2005, Ramos became coach of the Japanese national beach soccer team and took them to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, where they finished fourth.

In January 2006, he was named coach of his former squad Tokyo Verdy 1969, freshly relegated from J-League Division 1. After a disappointing 2006 season in Division 2, Coach Ramos stated that if his team did not win the first game of the 2007 season, he would step down as head coach. The first game was on March 4 against Thespa Kusatsu, one of the weakest teams in the league, and Tokyo won this match 5-0. His team managed to finish 2nd after all and Tokyo Verdy got promoted to division 1. After the season, Ramos resigned and became the executive director of the club.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 Honors and awards 2.1 Individual Honors 2.2 Team Honors 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Clubs

• 1977 - 1996: Yomiuri Club/Verdy Kawasaki
• 1996 - 1997: Kyoto Purple Sanga
• 1997 - 1998: Verdy Kawasaki
• 2002: Okinawa Kariyushi F.C.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

• J-League Best Eleven: 1993, 1994

[edit] Team Honors

• 1992 Asian Cup (Champions)
• J. League Champions: 1993, 1994
• J. League Cup Champions: 1992, 1993, 1994
• Japanese Super Cup Champions: 1994, 1995

[edit] See also

• List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage

[edit] External links

• Official site (in Japanese)
• Career History (in English)

v • d • e Tokyo Verdy – Managers Matsuki (1993–94) • Nelsinho (1995–96) • Kishino (1996) • Leão (1996) • Kato (1997) • Espinosa (1997) • Kawakatsu (1997) • Nicanor (1998) • Kawakatsu (1998) • Matsunaga (1999) • Chang (2000) • Matsuki (2001) • Omi (2001–02) • Lori (2002–03) • Leandro (2003) • Ardiles (2003–05) • Ishizaki (2005) • Vadão (2005) • Ramos (2006–07) • Hashiratani (2008–)

Persondata
NAME	Ramos, Ruy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ramos Sobrinho, Ruy Goncalves (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH