| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guillermo Ramírez Ortega | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Municipal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–2001 | Municipal | 172 | (52) |
| 2001 | PAS Giannina | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Atlante | 10 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Jaguares de Chiapas | 14 | (2) |
| 2003–2009 | Municipal | 140 | (42) |
| 2005 | → Los Angeles Galaxy (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Marathón | 28 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Municipal | 20 | (15) |
| 2011 | Motagua | 24 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997– | Guatemala | 102 | (15[1]) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez Ortega (born March 26, 1978 in Livingston, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He most recently played for C.D. Motagua in the Honduran top division.
Ramírez is also currently a member of the Guatemala national team and as of August 2008, he is Guatemala's most capped player of all time.[2]
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Having been a part of Municipal since 1995, Ramírez also had spells in 2001 with PAS Giannina in Greece making him the first ever Guatemalan player to play in Europe, and in 2003 with Jaguares in the Mexican First Division.
He played the 2005 season on loan for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He struggled, scoring a lone goal during the regular season, but in the playoffs, in his only appearance, as a substitute in the MLS Cup Final, he scored the game-winner in extra time to give Galaxy its second MLS title. This feat was in high contrast with his poor scoring percentage in the MLS regular season, with 62 shots and 1 goal, which incidentally came from a penalty.[3]
After the 2005 MLS season, Ramírez went back to Municipal, where he remained until 2009, helping the team win four league championships during that period. He then joined C.D. Marathón in the Honduran 2009-2010 league season and had a respectable tournament; he scored in the final to earn the league championship. The following year, he rejoined Municipal, but then in January 2011 he signed a 6 month contract with C.D. Motagua where head coach Ramón Maradiaga wanted him because of the type of player he was under his tenure managing the Guatemala national team. He appeared in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round, scoring the last goal of a 4-0 win for Motagua against his former club Municipal.
Ramírez made his debut for Guatemala in an April 1997 UNCAF Cup match against Costa Rica and has earned over 100 caps since, being the most capped player in the history of the Guatemala national team. He has been part of the qualification processes for the World Cups of 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. He captained the squad that reached the final stage of the 2006 World Cup qualification.
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