Ruy Ramos

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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 1969) 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.

1 Clubs
2 Honors and awards
- 2.1 Individual Honors
- 2.2 Team Honors
3 External link

[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)

[edit] External link

Official site (in Japanese)

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