Ramires

Ramires
Ramires playing for Chelsea in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ramires Santos do Nascimento[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3][4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2005 Royal Sport Club[5]
2005–2006 Joinville
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Joinville 14 (3)
2007–2009 Cruzeiro 86 (19)
2009–2010 Benfica 26 (4)
2010–2016 Chelsea 159 (17)
2016–2019 Jiangsu Suning 40 (11)
2019–2020 Palmeiras 33 (1)
Total 369 (55)
International career
2008 Brazil U23 9 (0)
2009–2014 Brazil 52 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2009 South Africa
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramires Santos do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁaˈmiɾes ˈsɐ̃tuz du nasiˈmẽtu]; born 24 March 1987), known as Ramires, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A midfielder, he was comfortable playing in either the centre or right midfielder position. He normally played as a box-to-box midfielder role because of his energy in supporting defensive and attacking play.

Ramires began his career playing for Royal Sport Club, at Barra do Piraí, 114 km north-west of Rio de Janeiro. In 2005, he signed for Joinville, before joining Cruzeiro, with whom he spent just over two seasons, appearing in 61 league matches and scoring 10 times. In 2009, Ramires moved to Portugal and signed for Benfica. He spent one season with Benfica in which he helped them to the Primeira Liga title and Taça da Liga. He then joined English club Chelsea in the summer of 2010 and won every major domestic and European competition with them. In January 2016, Ramires signed for Jiangsu Suning for £25 million.

Ramires is a former Brazilian international, making his debut on 6 June 2009 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Uruguay. He was in the teams which won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. As well being a member of the Brazil national team for the 2010 World Cup, 2011 Copa América and 2014 World Cup, he was capped 52 times.

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 September 2012. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Ramires 7". chelseafc.com. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Ramires". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Diário do Vale: Barra do Piraí presta homenagem ao craque Ramires". Diariodovale.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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