Ruy Ramos

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Ruy Ramos
ラモス 瑠偉
Ramos in 2010
Personal information
Birth name Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho
Date of birth (1957-02-09) 9 February 1957 (age 68)
Place of birth Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1996 Yomiuri FC / Verdy Kawasaki 302 (83)
1996–1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga 20 (0)
1997–1998 Verdy Kawasaki 39 (0)
Total 361 (83)
International career
1990–1995 Japan 32 (1)
Managerial career
2005 Japan (beach)
2005 Kashiwa Reysol (assistant)
2006–2007 Tokyo Verdy
2009–2013 Japan (beach)
2014–2016 FC Gifu
2018–2019 Japan (beach)[1]
Medal record
Verdy Kawasaki
WinnerJapan Soccer League1983
WinnerJapan Soccer League1984
WinnerJapan Soccer League1986/87
WinnerJapan Soccer League1990/91
WinnerJapan Soccer League1991/92
Runner-upJapan Soccer League1979
Runner-upJapan Soccer League1981
Runner-upJapan Soccer League1989/90
WinnerJ1 League1993
WinnerJ1 League1994
Runner-upJ1 League1995
WinnerJSL Cup1979
WinnerJSL Cup1985
WinnerJSL Cup1991
WinnerJ.League Cup1992
WinnerJ.League Cup1993
WinnerJ.League Cup1994
Runner-upJ.League Cup1996
WinnerEmperor's Cup1984
WinnerEmperor's Cup1986
WinnerEmperor's Cup1987
WinnerEmperor's Cup1996
Runner-upEmperor's Cup1981
Runner-upEmperor's Cup1991
Runner-upEmperor's Cup1992
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place1992 Japan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruy Ramos (Japanese: ラモス 瑠偉, Hepburn: Ramosu Rui; born Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho (Portuguese: [ˈʁuj ɡõˈsawviz ˈʁɐ̃mus suˈbɾĩɲu]); 9 February 1957) is a Brazilian-born Japanese former football manager and player. He is currently active as a television personality and tarento, represented by Irving.

Club career

Ramos was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional football, joining Japan Soccer League club Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) in 1977 at the age of 20. The club were Japan Soccer League champions five times, won the JSL Cup three times and the Emperor's Cup three times. The club also won the 1987 Asian Club Championship. In 1992, the Japan Soccer League was folded and was succeeded by the J1 League. The club were the league champions in 1993 and 1994. The club also won the 1992, 1993 and 1994 J.League Cup. In the summer of 1996, Ramos moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga. In the summer of 1997, he returned to Verdy Kawasaki and he retired at the end of the 1998 season, when he was 41 years old. Throughout his career, Ramos was selected as Japanese Footballer of the Year twice and named to the Best XI eight times. He was one of the central players in the golden era in Yomiuri/Verdy history. In 2018, Ramos was inducted into the Japan Football Hall of Fame.

International career

In September 1990, when Ramos was 33 years old, he was called up to the Japan national team for the 1990 Asian Games. On 26 September, he made his debut against Bangladesh. Afterwards, he became a regular player for Japan. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup and he played four matches in the competition. He was an important member of the national team during their unsuccessful 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. Under manager Hans Ooft, Japan progressed to the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Ramos was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the "Agony of Doha". In 1995, Ramos also played in the King Fahd Cup. From 1990 to 1995, he played 32 matches and scored one goal.[2]

Managerial career

Ramos briefly came out of his retirement for Okinawa Kariyushi FC as player–technical adviser in 2002. However, he left the club after a row with the management at the end of the season. He then served as technical adviser for crosstown FC Ryukyu. In March 2005, Ramos became coach of the Japan national beach soccer team and took them to the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, where they finished fourth.

In January 2006, he was named coach of his former club Tokyo Verdy, freshly relegated from J1 League. After a disappointing 2006 season in the J2 League, 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 4 March against Thespa Kusatsu, one of the weakest teams in the league, and Tokyo won this match 5–0. His team managed to finish second after all and Tokyo Verdy returned to the J1 League. Following the season, Ramos became the executive director of the club.

In 2009, Ramos became the coach of the national beach soccer team again. He led the team at the 2009, 2011 and 2013 and 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

In 2014, Ramos signed with J2 League club FC Gifu. However, the results of the club were bad every season and he was sacked in July 2016.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yomiuri 1977 JSL Division 2 45210066
1978 JSL Division 1 00000000
1979 151400441918
1980 1572121199
1981 910010101
1982 1313110172
1983 141031001711
1984 16900221811
1985–86 1872140248
1986–87 1545100205
1987–88 1745100225
1988–89 1733132236
1989–90 2253033288
1990–91 2122020252
1991–92 1825050282
Verdy Kawasaki 1992 J1 League –4181122
1993 3041010324
1994 2630030293
1995 23200–232
1996 90000090
Kyoto Purple Sanga 1996 1002290212
1997 1000020120
Verdy Kawasaki 1997 1002000120
1998 2900010300
Career total 3618344115113456107

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 199030
199120
1992100
1993141
199400
199530
Total321

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Tokyo Verdy 2006 2007 96471930048.96
FC Gifu 2014 2016 108322056029.63
Total 204793986038.73

Honours

Club

International

Individual

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
1994 Shoot Himself
2007 Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust [5]

Television

Year Title Role Ref.
2002 Sakura Leonardo [6]
2003 Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsu Kei Christmas Special Priest
2023 Geeks: Keisatsusho no Henjintachi Himself
2025 Omusubi [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Message from Coach RAMOS Ruy who will retire as the coach of the Japan Beach Soccer National Team. Japan Football Association. 31 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 Japan National Football Team Database
  3. ↑ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  4. ↑ "RAMOS Ruy". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "バブルへGO!! タイムマシンはドラム式の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 "ラモス瑠偉氏"23年ぶり"朝ドラ出演 『おむすび』本人役でサプライズ登場「二つ返事でお受けしました」". Oricon (in Japanese). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.