Ramon Vega

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Ramon Vega
Date of birth	June 14, 1971 (1971-06-14) (age 36)
Place of birth	Olten, Switzerland
Playing position	Centre Back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1996 1996-1997 1997-2001 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003	Grasshopper Cagliari Tottenham Hotspur → Celtic (Loan) Watford Créteil	- (-) - (-) 64 (7) 18 (2) 27 (1)
National team²
1993-1996	Switzerland	028 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 11, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 11, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ramon Vega (born 14 June 1971 in Olten, Switzerland) is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent.

Vega was one of five children to be born in Switzerland, with his siblings born in his parents' native city of Madrid.

He captained Switzerland at international level and played for Grasshoppers of Zurich, Cagliari in Serie A, Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiership, Celtic in the SPL and ended his career with Watford in Division One of the English league.

Vega won the Worthington Cup with Spurs in 1999. In 2000/2001 he won three trophies with Celtic in six months with the Glasgow club.

After his retirement Vega opened a soccer school, calling it "Ramon Vega's Soccer School". The first was opened up in Marbella, Spain. This was followed by another, "Total Soccer" based in West Yorkshire, England.

Vega claims to be a partner in financial group Duet, working in asset management, private equity and hedge funds.

[edit] Career honours

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Winner

1998–99 League Cup

Glasgow Celtic F.C.

Winner

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 1996

1 Pascolo • 2 Hottiger • 3 Quentin • 4 Henchoz • 5 Geiger • 6 Wicky • 7 Fournier • 8 Sylvestre • 9 Grassi • 10 Sforza • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Lehmann • 13 Jeanneret • 14 Türkyilmaz • 15 Vega • 16 Koller • 17 Vogel • 18 Rothenbühler • 19 Sesa • 20 Comisetti • 21 Bonvin • 22 Corminboeuf • Coach: Artur Jorge