César Augusto Ramírez

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Caje.

César Ramírez
Personal information
Full name	César Augusto Ramírez Caje
Date of birth	(1977-03-24) 24 March 1977
Place of birth	Curuguaty, Paraguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1993–1994	Dock Sud
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995–1996	Cerro Corá	17	(0)
1997–1998	Sporting CP	29	(2)
1999	Vélez Sarsfield	16	(1)
1999–2005	Cerro Porteño	79	(26)
2005–2006	Flamengo	16	(5)
2007–2010	Cerro Porteño	76	(16)
Total		233	(50)
National team
1997–2006	Paraguay	17	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

César Augusto Ramírez Caje (born 24 March 1977), nicknamed El Tigre (Tiger), is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as a forward.

He spent most of his 15-year professional career with Cerro Porteño (two spells, nine seasons in total), but also competed in Argentina and Portugal.

A Paraguayan international for nine years, Ramírez represented the nation at the 1998 World Cup.

Club career

Born in in Curuguaty, Ramírez made his Paraguayan Primera División on 24 June 1995 at the age of 18, featuring for Club Cerro Corá in a 0–0 draw against Club Olimpia. In January 1997 he moved abroad for the first time, going on to spend two 1/2-seasons with Sporting Clube de Portugal, for whom he rarely played.

In 1999, following a spell in Argentina with Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, Ramírez signed with Cerro Porteño back in his homeland, scoring seven goals in 22 games in the 2001 national championship to help his team lift the trophy. He bettered that to a career-high 13 goals three years later, with the tournament also ending in conquest.

Ramírez joined Brazil's Clube de Regatas do Flamengo in 2005, netting 11 times in 32 matches all competitions comprised during his one-year spell and ranking tenth-alltime foreign top scorer at the time of his retirement. Subsequently he returned to Cerro for a further four top level campaigns, calling it quits at 33.^[1]

International career

Ramírez made his debut for the Paraguayan national team in 1997. He was selected by manager Paulo César Carpegiani for his 1998 FIFA World Cup squad, and appeared in two group stage contests in France, against Bulgaria and Spain (both 0–0 draws).

Additionally, Ramírez played six World Cup qualifiers during his international tenure.^[2]

Honours

Club

Flamengo

Brazilian Cup: 2006

Cerro Porteño

Paraguayan League: 2001, 2004, Apertura 2009

References

↑ "La despedida de un ídolo: Dejá un mensaje para el Tigre" [Farewell of an idol: Leave a message to the Tiger] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "César Ramírez". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

External links

Profile at Zerozero
Stats at ForaDeJogo
César Ramírez at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Paraguay squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Chilavert (c) 2 Arce 3 Rivarola 4 Gamarra 5 Ayala 6 Aguilera 7 Yegros 8 A. Rojas 9 Cardozo 10 Acuña 11 Sarabia 12 Aceval 13 Paredes 14 R. Rojas 15 Benítez 16 Enciso 17 Brizuela 18 Ramírez 19 Morales Santos 20 Caniza 21 Campos 22 Ruiz Díaz Coach: Carpegiani

Persondata
Name	Ramírez, César Augusto
Alternative names	Ramírez, César
Short description	Paraguayan footballer
Date of birth	24 March 1977
Place of birth	Curuguaty, Paraguay
Date of death
Place of death

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