Jonás Ramalho Chimeno (born 10 June 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Angola national team. In 2011, he was the first mixed-race player to appear for

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

– who only field Basque players – in an official competition. During his career, he represented mainly that club and

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. Born in Spain, Ramalho made his debut for

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in 2020.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Ramalho was born in

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, to a Basque mother and an Angolan father. A product of

's famed youth system at

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, he first appeared with the main squad at only 14, featuring as a substitute in a

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against

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to become its youngest player of all time. As a senior, he had only played once for the reserves when he received his first call-up for the first team, being named in the 18-man list for a

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match at home to

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, filling in for regular

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as the side was already qualified; however, he did not leave the bench in the 0–3 group stage home loss on 16 December 2009. Ramalho made his

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debut on 20 November 2011 at the age of 18 years and five months, sent on by coach

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to play the last five minutes in place of

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a 2–1 away win against

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. On 2 August of the following year he made his first appearance in

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, starting in a 3–1 home victory over

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in that season's

Girona

In 2013, Ramalho was loaned to

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, playing regularly in two

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seasons. In May 2015, shortly after suffering a serious knee injury away to

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, he signed a new contract to keep him at Athletic for the upcoming campaign. On 7 June 2016, after suffering relegation with the B side, Ramalho was released by Athletic Bilbao. He returned to Girona late in the month, now in a permanent deal. Ramalho left the

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club after its relegation in 2019, but returned to on 20 August of that year after agreeing to a three-year contract.

Osasuna

Ramalho returned to the top division on 1 February 2021, loaned to

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until 30 June with a buying option. He signed a permanent one-year contract with the club on 5 July.

Málaga

On 15 July 2022, Ramalho agreed to a two-year deal with second division side

International career

Ramalho was part of the Spanish under-19 squads which won the European Championship in

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and

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. With the team already qualified for the knockout stages as group winners, he was fielded by coach

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for the final group game in the former competition in

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, scoring an

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which opened a 3–0 victory for

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. Ramalho was called up by

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manager

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in a preliminary squad for the

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, but was one of three players cut before the final tournament in Egypt. He was again selected in September 2020, winning his first

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the following month in the 3–0 defeat of

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held in

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Spain U19 *

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramalho, Jonas 1993 births Living people Spanish people of Angolan descent Angolan people of Spanish descent Spanish sportspeople of African descent Spanish footballers Angolan footballers Footballers from Barakaldo Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Girona FC players CA Osasuna players Málaga CF players Spain youth international footballers Angola international footballers