Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay (born 4 November 1988), known as Christian Ramos, is a Peruvian

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who plays for

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and the Peru national team as a

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. In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24 man

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for the

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Club career

Sporting Cristal

He joined

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...

at the age of 13 but only made his debut for the reserve team in 2007 season. The 2008 season witnessed the rise of Ramos himself, where he played 47 games and was instrumental in guiding Sporting Cristal to the

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. However, he left the club in 2009 after seeing himself being sidelined.

Universidad de San Martín

Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres, commonly known as USMP, is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. In just their first season, the club beg ...

was his second club in his career, and also where he achieved his height, with USMP won the 2010 season and qualified for the

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. His performance impressed then-

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manager

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, allowing him to be summoned to the national team for the first time.

Alianza Lima

The 2011 season saw Ramos signing for his favorite childhood club

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, where Ramos was instrumental in helping Alianza Lima to come close for the title, scoring three after 17 games, but his dream crashed when Alianza Lima fell to

Juan Aurich Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentral ...

in the decisive final series. His performance impressed Argentine and Portuguese clubs, with Ramos almost got the chance, but he lacked necessary documents and thus failed to move abroad.

Juan Aurich

After spending two seasons with Alianza Lima, he moved to the once rival and winner of 2011 final

. As fate would have it, he would again find himself in the decisive finals of the 2014 season, where he again ended up in tear after Juan Aurich fell to his first club

when Juan Aurich lost 2–3 in the third final. He scored one goal in the first final. He later participated in the

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, where he demonstrated his performance, notable against Argentine giant and later champions River Plate where he provided a good pass for teammate Marcos Delgado to score in an eventual 1–1 draw in

El Monumental Estadio Monumental (), officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons,Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasi ...

became the first foreign club Christian Ramos played, signing in 2016. He left after just a season in charge.

Emelec

With little opportunity in Argentina, he signed for Ecuadorian giant Emelec as a loan, to replace for

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who left for Mexico. However, he regained his position and became a frequent starter for the Ecuadorian side, helping the club to reach the round of sixteen in

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before losing to

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on penalty. Despite this impressive performance, he left the club by the end of the season.

Veracruz

He joined

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for the

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, where he joined compatriots

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, Carlos Cáceda and Wilder Cartagena. But with the club suffering financial turmoil, he left the club by mutual consent.

Al-Nassr

In July 2018, he left Mexico for Saudi Arabia where he signed for

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in the

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for the next two seasons with an option to a third year, the transfer was given for 5 million in exchange. However, his performance wasn't impressive, being used only in ten games.

Melgar

He returned to Peru to play for

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as a loan from the Saudi club.

Universitario

In summer 2019, he came to play for

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

, where he arrived as a free player. He made his debut for the club facing

Los Caimanes Los Caimanes is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Puerto Etén, Chiclayo, Lambayeque. History The club was founded on the May 22, 1957 under the name of Club Cultural y Deportivo Los Caimanes de Puerto Etén in the city of Puer ...

in the

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, but was given a red card in just 34 minutes in the field. After an unimpressive demonstration in the club, even though the club still wanted him to stay playing, he left by mutual consent after just a season.

Universidad César Vallejo

He signed for

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in late 2019, where he was instrumental, once again, in helping the club to qualify for the

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International career

Before he came to pro in 2008, his talent allowed him to captain the

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when the country first hosted the

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, also the first youth World Cup Peru participated. He later participated in the

2007 South American U-20 Championship The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was th ...

with the

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, but not successful. With these experiences and good performance in club level, he was called up into the national team of Peru, first for the failed 2010 World Cup qualifiers where he debuted against

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in a 1–3 away defeat. He was included in

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, where he played well and helped Peru to obtain third place, even though he only played in three matches. He became a regular member in the country's yet another failed

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. He presided over ongoing turmoil of the national team and appeared in a string of friendlies in 2014, where he would score his first international goal against

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on 6 August, which Peru won 3–0. He returned to the national team for the

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, where he only appeared in two games as Peru repeated its 2011 performance to win bronze. He also got into the national team in

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and appeared in all four games. He also got more permanent matches during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, where he also scored his first goal in an official game, against

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in a 4–1 away victory. His ongoing good form continued throughout the qualification and in the decisive home game

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against

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, he scored his third and the most important goal in his career, to give Peru a 2–0 win and the country's return to

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after 36 years. He made into the final 23 in the

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, appeared in all three group stage games as Peru exited with one win and two defeats.

Honours

Club

;Universidad San Martín * Torneo Descentralizado:

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Peru

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: Bronze medal

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Career statistics

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Christian 1988 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Club Alianza Lima footballers Juan Aurich footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers C.S. Emelec footballers Al Nassr FC players FBC Melgar footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo footballers Peruvian Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Ecuadorian Serie A players Liga MX players Saudi Pro League players 2011 Copa América players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2021 Copa América players Men's association football central defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia