Ramón Ramírez (footballer)
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| Full name | Jesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 5, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Tepic | 97 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Santos Laguna | 99 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Guadalajara | 151 | (21) | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 | América | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | UANL | 56 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Guadalajara | 82 | (6) | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Chivas USA | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 431 | (44) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1991–2000 | Mexico | 121 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña (born 5 December 1969 in Tepic, Nayarit) is a retired Mexican footballer. He is one of the all-time most capped players for the Mexico national team, and last played as a midfielder for Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer (USA).
Ramirez was meant to be one of the best Mexican players since Hugo Sánchez, but various injuries threatened and stopped his career several times. He was one of the top Mexican footballers in the 1990s, but despite the speculations surrounding his talents, he never moved to Europe to play for a much more competitive club.
Ramirez started his career in Santos Laguna in 1990, and since the beginning, he showed his skills in the midfield. His talent made him one of the most promising players of the time, and was rewarded with a call for the Mexico national football team in 1991.
In the 1991–1992 season, in a match against America, Carlos Alberto "El Escorpión" Carrillo, a defender of that team fractured his tibia and fibula. This caused him to miss the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games with the Mexico team, and a lack of form after the physical recovery. He managed come back after several months, to continue with brilliant displays with Santos Laguna, and in 1993, he recovered his spot in the national team. He played with Santos Laguna until 1994, year in which he played the final of the Mexican tournament, which he lost against Tecos UAG.
His performance in the international tournaments in which Mexico national team participated, attracted the attention of several teams, and in 1994 (after he played in the final with Santos Laguna) he was transferred to Guadalajara, one of the biggest clubs in Mexico. With this team, he lived his best displays on the field. This culminated in 1997, when he got the championship of the Mexican tournament. In 1998 he played another final with Guadalajara against Necaxa, but this time he lost. In 1999, after a lot of speculation and rumors, he was transferred against his will to America, the biggest rival of Guadalajara, a team where he was an idol to the fans. This caused a lot of controversy, since he was an emblematic player of his team.
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