Juan "John" or "Johnny" Ramos is a retired American
soccer
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defender who spent played professionally in Germany and the United States.
Ramos graduated from
J. P. Taravella High School
J. P. Taravella High School is a secondary school located in Coral Springs, Florida which teaches grades 9–12. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district. The school was named after Joseph Phillip Taravella (1919–1978), ...
. He attended
Nova Southeastern University, playing on the men's soccer team in 1992 and 1993. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
In 1996, Ramos signed with
Spandauer BC
FC Spandau 06 is a German football club based in the Spandau district of Berlin. The club was formed out of the 2003 merger of the traditional side ''Spandauer Ballclub 1906'' and newcomer ''1. FC Spandau'' which was established in 1997.
Histo ...
. He also played for
Spandauer SV
Spandauer SV was a German football club from Berlin.
History
Early years
The capital city was one of the earliest centres of German football and was home to 1. Spandauer Fußballklub Triton, formed on 24 May 1894, and Sportclub Germania S ...
. In 1997, he returned to the United States where he played for the
Florida Strikers of the
USISL D-3 Pro League. In 1998, he played for the
Jacksonville Cyclones
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. In February 1999, the
Miami Fusion selected Ramos in the second round (seventeenth overall) of the
1999 MLS Supplemental Draft The 1999 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft took place in Fort Lauderdale on the afternoon of Sunday, February 7. The second and third rounds of the 1999 MLS College Draft had taken place earlier that morning. In this supplemental draft, a nu ...
. The Fusion waived him on February 26, 1999. He then played two games for the
Boston Bulldogs in 1999. Ramos played for
Raleigh Capital Express
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. In February 2006, he was signed by
Miami FC of the
USL First Division after attending an open tryout.
Ramos has coached extensively including
Cypress Bay High School,
American Heritage School and Plantation FC.
In 2016 Ramos was arrested on charges that he sexually abused a former player starting when she was 13 years old.
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Living people
1971 births
Nova Southeastern Sharks men's soccer players
American soccer coaches
American men's soccer players
American expatriate men's soccer players
Boston Bulldogs (soccer) players
Florida Strikers players
Jacksonville Cyclones players
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players
Raleigh Express players
USL First Division players
USL Second Division players
A-League (1995–2004) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Miami Fusion draft picks
Men's association football defenders