Sergio Ramos

Personal information
Full name	Sergio Ramos García
Date of birth	30 March 1986 (1986-03-30) (age 24)
Place of birth	Camas, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	4
Youth career
1996–2004	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Sevilla	37	(2)
2005–	Real Madrid	164	(22)
National team‡
2002	Spain U17	1	(0)
2004	Spain U19	6	(0)
2004	Spain U21	6	(0)
2005–	Spain	67	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2010

Sergio Ramos García (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈserxjo ˈramos]) (born 30 March 1986 in Camas, Andalusia) is a World Cup winning Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He usually plays as right or centre back.

Contents [hide] 1 Club career 1.1 Sevilla 1.2 Real Madrid 2 International career 2.1 International goals 3 Club statistics 4 Honours 4.1 Real Madrid 4.2 Spain 4.3 Spain (youth level) 4.4 Individual 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Sevilla

Ramos began his career at local La Liga giants Sevilla, where he played alongside Jesús Navas and the late Antonio Puerta. He made his debut in February 2004, coming on as a substitute away at Deportivo de La Coruña and scored his debut goal in September. After only two seasons in the Sevilla first team, he was transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 2005 for €27 million, a record for a Spanish teenager. He was the only Spanish player brought in during Florentino Pérez first stint as Real Madrid president.

[edit] Real Madrid

At Real Madrid, Ramos was awarded the number 4 shirt, previously occupied by team captain Fernando Hierro. He scored his first goal for the Madrid side on 6 December 2005 in a Champions League defeat at Olympiacos, a game which Real Madrid eventually lost 3–2.
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. He also can play as left back if necessary. Ramos displayed a goal-scoring instinct unusual to many defenders, netting more than 20 overall goals in Los Blancos shirt during his first four seasons. In an interview with Grada Blanca, he revealed that he used to play as a striker when he was younger, eventually switching to the back four.
On 4 May 2008, Ramos assisted Gonzalo Higuaín in the 89th minute against 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, Ramos scored twice in a 5–2 home win against already relegated Levante, one in a header and another after a brave effort, taking his league tally to five.
In the start of the following season, he scored the vital goal in the Spanish Supercup contest against Valencia, to make it 2–1 to and 4–4 on aggregate, in an eventual 4–2 win (6–5), despite playing largely with only nine men. Although he experienced a slight dip in form, he returned to his best and on 11 January 2009, Ramos scored on an acrobatic volley against Mallorca (3–0 away triumph), continuing his scoring run in the following week, in a 3–1 home win against Osasuna.
Ramos was named in both FIFA and UEFA's 2008 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.
Just at the start of the 2009–10 season Sergio Ramos was appointed as one of the 4 captains of Real Madrid, in a press conference Ramos said he was honored to be amongst the captains and hopes to wear the armband sometime soon. Sergio Ramos was injured during pre-season and once he regained full fitness showed the form which he once displayed in 2006–07 season which caught everyone's attention. He played many games at center back due to Pepe's injury and filled in brilliantly. He scored 2 headers and had become one of the most potent players aerially. On 21 February 2010, he played his 200th match for Real Madrid against Villarreal in all competitions and also his 150th league game for Real Madrid. Real Madrid won 6–2 and after the match he spoke about his recent landmarks, which he was very proud of.

[edit] International career

In 2005, Ramos became an instant hit for Spain's under-21, for whom he played six international matches. On March 26, in a friendly 3–0 win over China, in Salamanca, he played for the senior side at only 18 years of age, making him the youngest player to play for the national team in the last 55 years. Ramos held this record until it was broken by Arsenal's Cesc Fàbregas. Just seven months later, he scored his first two international goals in a 6-0 thrashing away to San Marino.
After an impressive debut, Ramos was awarded a place in the team which would challenge Serbia and Montenegro in an important 2006 World Cup qualifier, mainly due to the absence of club teammate Míchel Salgado. He was announced as part of the Spain World Cup squad on 15 May 2006, and eventually replaced Salgado as Spain's first-choice right-back.
Throughout Spain's Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Ramos was a regular member of the starting eleven, as they finished at the top of Group D, 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 kept his place at right-back throughout the competition. He played a crucial part in the tournament for Spain. His marauding runs helped the team's attack and solid defending helped keep vital clean sheets. 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 defeating Germany in the final, Ramos wore a T-shirt in honor of good friend and former Sevilla teammate Antonio Puerta, deceased in August 2007.
He continued in the Spanish national team and was selected in the squad for the Confederations Cup in South Africa where Spain lost to USA in the semi-finals.
He captained Spain for the first time against South Korea (Spain won 1-0).
In 2010, he won the FIFA World Cup with the Spanish national team, starting in every game, and helping to keep 4 clean sheets. He topped the Castrol Performance Index with a score of 9.79.^[1]

[edit] International goals

Sergio Ramos: International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2005-10-13	Stadio Olimpico, San Marino, San Marino	San Marino	0 – 3	0 – 6	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2005-10-13	Stadio Olimpico, San Marino, San Marino	San Marino	0 – 4	0 – 6	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	2007-10-13	Atletion, Aarhus, Denmark	Denmark	0 – 2	1 – 3	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4	2007-11-17	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Sweden	3 – 0	3 – 0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5	2010-03-03	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	2 – 0	2 – 0	Friendly

[edit] Club statistics

(correct as of 16 May 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Sevilla	2003–04	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	2004–05	30	2	0	5	0	0	5	1	0	28	2	0
	2005–06	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Total	37	2	0	5	0	0	5	1	0	35	2	0
Real Madrid	2005–06	33	4	0	6	1	0	7	1	0	46	6	0
	2006–07	33	5	2	2	0	0	6	1	0	41	6	2
	2007–08	33	5	4	3	1	0	7	0	1	43	6	5
	2008–09	32	4	3	1	1	0	8	1	0	41	6	3
	2009–10	33	4	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	40	4	5
	Total	164	22	14	12	3	0	35	3	1	211	28	15
Career Total		189	23	14	17	3	0	40	4	1	246	30	15

[edit] Honours

[edit] Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supercopa de España: 2008

[edit] Spain

• UEFA European Championship: 2008
• FIFA World Cup: 2010

[edit] Spain (youth level)

• UEFA U-19 Championship: 2004

[edit] Individual

• UEFA's Best new player of 2004–05
• UEFA's 2005–06 All-World Defensive Player of the Year
• Don Balón Award for Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2005
• ESM Team of the year: 2007–08
• FIFPro World XI: 2007–08
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2008^[2]
• FIFA.com Team of the Year: 2008 ^[3]
• Antonio Puerta Award.^[4]
• Móstoles Sports Elite Award^[5]
• Castrol Index - Best Player in the World Cup 2010^[6]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sergio Ramos

• Real Madrid profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Profile and Stats of Sergio Ramos at Footbalistic
• National team data (Spanish)
• Sergio Ramos FIFA competition record
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile

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