Ruy Ramos
Encyclopedia
, formerly Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho (until he obtained Japanese citizenship), is a Brazil
ian-born football (soccer)
player, who became a naturalized
Japan
ese citizen in 1989. He was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional soccer, joining Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki, now Tokyo Verdy) 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 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 Ryūkyū
.
In March 2005, Ramos became coach of Japan 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. After a disappointing 2006 season in Division 2, Coach Ramos stated that if his team did not win the first game of the 2007 season, he would step down as head coach. The first game was on March 4 against Thespa Kusatsu
, one of the weakest teams in the league, and Tokyo won this match 5-0. His team managed to finish 2nd after all and Tokyo Verdy got promoted to division 1. After the season, Ramos resigned and became the executive director of the club.
|1977||rowspan="15"|Yomiuri||JSL Division 2
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|1978||rowspan="14"|JSL Division 1
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|1979||15||14||||||||||15||14
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|1980||15||7||||||||||15||7
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|1981||9||1||||||||||9||1
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|1982||13||1||||||||||13||1
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|1983||14||10||||||||||14||10
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|1984||16||9||||||||||16||9
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|1985/86||18||7||||||||||18||7
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|1986/87||15||4||||||||||15||4
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|1988/89||17||3||||||||||17||3
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|1989/90||22||5||||||3||3||25||8
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|1990/91||21||2||||||2||0||23||2
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|1991/92||18||2||||||5||0||23||2
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|1992||rowspan="5"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="5"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||8||1||8||1
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|1993
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|1994
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|1995
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|1996
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|1996
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|1997
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|1997
||rowspan="2"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||10||0||2||0||0||0||12||0
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|1998
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National Team
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian-born football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, who became a naturalized
Naturalization
Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth....
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese citizen in 1989. He was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional soccer, joining Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki, now Tokyo Verdy) in 1977 at the age of 20. He was an important member of the Japanese national team
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
during their unsuccessful 1994 World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
qualification, eventually retiring from the game in 1998 at the age of 41.
He briefly came out of his retirement for Okinawa Kariyushi 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 Ryūkyū
F.C. Ryukyu
are a football club from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the Japan Football League.The word Ryūkyū is Okinawa Prefecture's historical name. The club also has futsal and handball teams.-History:...
.
In March 2005, Ramos became coach of Japan national beach soccer team
Japan national beach soccer team
The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football of the country.-Current squad:Current as of August 2011.Head coach: Ruy Ramos...
and took them to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...
, where they finished fourth.
In January 2006, he was named coach of his former squad Tokyo Verdy 1969
Tokyo Verdy 1969
, is a Japanese professional football club, based in Tokyo, Japan, that plays in J. League Division 2.Founded as Yomiuri F.C. in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated teams in the J. League, with honours including 7 league titles , 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup / J...
, freshly relegated from J-League Division 1. After a disappointing 2006 season in Division 2, Coach Ramos stated that if his team did not win the first game of the 2007 season, he would step down as head coach. The first game was on March 4 against Thespa Kusatsu
Thespa Kusatsu
is a professional football club based in Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 2. J. League Division 2 is the second professional football league in Japan....
, one of the weakest teams in the league, and Tokyo won this match 5-0. His team managed to finish 2nd after all and Tokyo Verdy got promoted to division 1. After the season, Ramos resigned and became the executive director of the club.
Career statistics
|-|1977||rowspan="15"|Yomiuri||JSL Division 2
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
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|1978||rowspan="14"|JSL Division 1
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
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|1983||14||10||||||||||14||10
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|1984||16||9||||||||||16||9
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|1985/86||18||7||||||||||18||7
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|1986/87||15||4||||||||||15||4
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|1987/88||17||4||||||||||17||4
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|1988/89||17||3||||||||||17||3
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|1989/90||22||5||||||3||3||25||8
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|1990/91||21||2||||||2||0||23||2
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|1991/92||18||2||||||5||0||23||2
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|1992||rowspan="5"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="5"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||8||1||8||1
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|1993
J. League 1993
The J. League 1993 season was the inaugural season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixtures began on May 15, 1993 and ended on December 15, 1993. The first ever Suntory Championship took place in the following year, January 9 and January 16, 1994....
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|1994
J. League 1994
The J. League 1994 season is the second season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixture began on March 12, 1994 and ended on November 19, 1994. The Suntory Championship '94 took place on November 26 and December 2, 1994.-Honours:...
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|1995
J. League 1995
The J. League 1995 season is the third season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixture began on March 18, 1995 and ended on November , 1995. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6, 1995.-Honours:...
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|1996
J. League 1996
The 1996 J. League season was the fourth season since the establishment of the J. League Division 1. The season began on March 16, 1996 and ended on November 9, 1996.- Clubs :The following sixteen clubs participated in J. League during the 1996 season...
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|1996
J. League 1996
The 1996 J. League season was the fourth season since the establishment of the J. League Division 1. The season began on March 16, 1996 and ended on November 9, 1996.- Clubs :The following sixteen clubs participated in J. League during the 1996 season...
||rowspan="2"|Kyoto Purple Sanga||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||10||0||2||2||9||0||21||2
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|1997
J. League 1997
-First stage:-Second stage:- Suntory Championship :----- Golden Boots Ranking :-Individual Awards:-Best Eleven:...
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|1997
J. League 1997
-First stage:-Second stage:- Suntory Championship :----- Golden Boots Ranking :-Individual Awards:-Best Eleven:...
||rowspan="2"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||10||0||2||0||0||0||12||0
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|1998
J. League 1998
Statistics of J. League in the 1998 season.-First stage:-Second stage:- Suntory Championship :-----Relegation playoffs:On the aggregate table, JEF United Ichihara, Avispa Fukuoka, and Vissel Kobe had earned within the 15th-18th places in the tables for both 1997 and 1998, while Consadole Sapporo...
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|1991||2||0
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|1992||10||0
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|1993||14||1
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|1994||0||0
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|1995||3||0
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Personal honors
- Japan Soccer LeagueJapan Soccer League, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
First Division Top Scorer - 1979, 1983 - Japanese Footballer of the Year - 1990, 1991
- J. League Best Eleven - 1993, 1994
Team honors
Club- Asian Club ChampionshipAFC Champions LeagueThe AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
- 1987/88 - Japan Soccer LeagueJapan Soccer League, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
First Division - 1983, 1984, 1986/87, 1990/91, 1991/92 - Japan Soccer League CupJapan Soccer League CupThe Japan Soccer League Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976....
- 1979, 1985, 1991 - Konica Cup - 1990
- XEROX Champions Cup - 1992
- J. LeagueJ. LeagueThe or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
- 1993, 1994 - Emperor's CupEmperor's Cup, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
- 1984, 1986, 1987 - J. League CupJ. League CupJ. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...
- 1992, 1993, 1994 - Japanese Super CupJapanese Super CupThe Japanese Super Cup or is an annual one-match football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association . This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the J. League Champions and the Emperor's Cup Winners of the previous season...
- 1994, 1995
National Team
- AFC Asian CupAFC Asian CupThe AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation . It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and automatically qualifies for the FIFA...
- 1992
External links
- Official site (in Japanese)
- Career History (in English)