Cláudio Pires Morais Ramos (born 16 November 1991) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for FC Porto as a

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. He spent most of his career with

Tondela Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km². History Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the mun ...

, making 267 total appearances over nine seasons. In 2020, he signed with

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. Ramos won one

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for

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Club career

Tondela

Born in

Vila Nova de Paiva Vila Nova de Paiva () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,176, in an area of 175.53 km2. The present mayor is Manuel Marques Custódio, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holida ...

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, Ramos played for

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in his hometown as a youth before moving to

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal. Vitória de Guimarães have finished t ...

in 2007. He never played a senior game for the team from Guimarães and was loaned to Amarante F.C. and C.D. Tondela, who he joined permanently after winning promotion from the third division in the 2011–12 season. Tondela reached the Primeira Liga for the first time in 2014–15, and Ramos made his debut in the competition on 30 October 2015 in a 0–4 home loss against

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after Matt Jones suffered an injury at the 30-minute mark. He was voted by club fans as Player of the Year for the 2015–16 campaign. Ramos played all 34 matches in 2017–18, and the last one was his 200th for Tondela, making him the second-most used player in their history. He also led the league in saves (126) and

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saves (three) that year. From 9 April 2017 to 9 February 2020, Ramos started 94 consecutive league games, surpassing the previous record held by fellow goalkeeper

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. He extended that mark to 103 on 1 July. Ramos left Tondela at the end of the 2019–20 season, when his contract expired.

Porto

On 13 August 2020, Ramos signed a four-year deal with defending champions FC Porto. His first involvement for the club was on 21 December as the reserves drew 1–1 at G.D. Estoril Praia. Ramos earned a league medal for the first team in the 2021–22 campaign, starting in a 2–0 home win over Estoril in the last matchday.

International career

Ramos made his senior debut for

on 14 October 2018 in a 3–1 friendly win over

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at Hampden Park, playing the last four minutes as a substitute for Beto.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Tondela * Segunda Liga: 2014–15 Porto * Primeira Liga: 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Claudio 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Viseu District Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Vitória S.C. players Amarante F.C. players C.D. Tondela players FC Porto B players FC Porto players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal international footballers