Gastón 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 Pereyra.

Gastón Ramírez
Personal information
Ramírez lining up for Uruguay in 2011
Full name	Gastón Ezequiel Ramírez Pereyra
Date of birth	(1990-12-02) 2 December 1990
Place of birth	Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	10
Youth career
2005–2008	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2010	Peñarol	30	(6)
2010–2012	Bologna	58	(12)
2012–	Southampton	38	(6)
National team^‡
2009	Uruguay U-20	3	(0)
2010–	Uruguay	26	(0)
2012	Uruguay Olympic	5	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:29, 18 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 November 2013

Gastón Ezequiel Ramírez Pereyra (locally: [ɡaʰˈton raˈmiɾeʰ]; born 2 December 1990) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Southampton and the Uruguay national football team as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Fray Bentos, Ramírez started his senior career in Uruguay with Peñarol, making his professional debut for the club in March 2009. In his second year at Peñarol, Ramírez scored 6 goals in 20 games, helping the club win the 2009–10 Primera División.

In August 2010, Ramírez was sold to Bologna for a fee of €2.5 million.^[1] He made his Bologna debut in a 1–1 draw away to Catania on 26 September 2010.^[2] Ramírez finished his first season at Bologna with four goals and two assists in 25 league appearances, and scored an additional three goals in two Coppa Italia games.^[1]^[3]

Southampton

On 31 August 2012, he joined Southampton for a reported £12m, signing a four-year contract.^[4]^[5] He made his debut on 15 September in a 6–1 defeat against Arsenal, coming on as a half-time substitute for Steven Davis.^[6] He scored his first goal on 29 September 2012, opening the scoring in a 3–1 defeat against Everton.^[7] His first home goal came in a 2–0 victory against Newcastle United on 25 November.^[8] On 1 January 2013, he scored in a 1–1 draw at home to Arsenal.^[9]

On 27 April, Ramírez was sent off for an incident involving West Bromwich Albion's Marc-Antoine Fortuné following an elbow on Shane Long. As a result, he was suspended for the last three matches of the season.^[10]^[11] On 23 January 2014, it was announced that along with Dejan Lovren, Ramirez would be out for six to eight weeks with ankle ligament damage.^[12]

International career

In 2009, he played in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 8 October 2010, he received his first full cap for Uruguay in a friendly match against Indonesia.

In July 2012, he was named as a member of the Uruguay squad for the football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics. On 15 July, he scored during a warm-up match against Panama. On 26 July, he scored from a free-kick in the game against the United Arab Emirates.

International goals

Uruguay Olympic

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 July 2012	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Panama	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	26 July 2012	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	United Arab Emirates	1–1	2–1	2012 Summer Olympics

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 January 2014.^[13]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Peñarol	2009–10	30	6	0	0	4	1	34	7
Peñarol	Total	30	6	0	0	4	1	34	7
Bologna	2010–11	25	4	2	3	0	0	27	7
	2011–12	33	8	0	0	0	0	33	8
	Total	58	12	2	3	0	0	60	15
Southampton	2012–13	26	5	0	0	0	0	26	5
	2013–14	12	1	4	2	0	0	16	3
	Total	38	6	4	2	0	0	42	8
Career Total		126	24	6	5	4	1	136	30

Honours

Club

Peñarol

Primera División Uruguaya: 2009–10

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ramirez, Gaston". transfer markt. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
↑ "Ramirez, Gaston" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
↑ "Bologna Squad Archive". Who Scored. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
↑ "Ramírez Completes Saints Switch". Southampton FC. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
↑ "Gaston Ramirez completes move to Southampton". BBC Sport. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
↑ "Arsenal 6–1 Southampton" BBC Sport. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
↑ "Everton 3–1 Southampton" BBC Sport. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
↑ "Southampton 2–0 Newcastle" BBC Sport. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
↑ "Southampton 1–1 Arsenal" BBC Sport. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
↑ "Saints 0 – 3 West Brom: Report". Southampton F.C. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
↑ "Southampton 0 – 3 West Brom". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
↑ "Gaston Ramirez and Dejan Lovren out for up to eight weeks" BBC Sport. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
↑ Gaston Ramirez career stats at Soccerbase

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gastón Ramírez.

Gastón Ramírez profile at Southampton F.C.
Gastón Ramírez career stats at Soccerbase
Player Profile from bolognafc.it (Italian)
Player Profile from legaseriea.it (Italian)

v t e Uruguay men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Campaña 2 Arias 3 Polenta 4 Coates 5 Albín 6 Rolín 7 Cavani 8 Calzada 9 Suárez 10 Ramírez 11 Hernández 12 Urreta 13 Aguirregaray 14 Lodeiro 15 Rodríguez 16 Viúdez 17 Arévalo Ríos (c) 18 Gelpi Coach: Tabárez

v t e Uruguay squad – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup – fourth place

1 Muslera 2 Lugano (c) 3 Godín 4 Coates 5 Gargano 6 Á. Pereira 7 Rodríguez 8 Eguren 9 Suárez 10 Forlán 11 Hernández 12 Castillo 13 Aguirregaray 14 Lodeiro 15 Pérez 16 M. Pereira 17 Arévalo 18 Ramírez 19 Scotti 20 González 21 Cavani 22 Cáceres 23 Silva Coach: Tabárez

v t e Southampton F.C. – current squad

1 K. Davis 2 Clyne 3 Yoshida 4 Schneiderlin 5 Lovren 6 Fonte 7 Lambert 8 S. Davis 9 Rodriguez 10 Ramírez 12 Wanyama 16 Ward-Prowse 18 Cork 20 Lallana 21 Do Prado 22 Chambers 23 Shaw 25 Gazzaniga 26 Hooiveld 27 Isgrove 31 Boruc 32 McCarthy 33 Targett 35 Stephens 36 Turnbull 37 Rowe 38 Reed 39 Sinclair 40 Gallagher 41 Cropper 44 Johns Manager: Pochettino

Persondata
Name	Ramirez, Gaston
Alternative names	Gastón Ramírez
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	2 December 1990
Place of birth	Fray Bentos, Bandung
Date of death
Place of death

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