Julio César Ramírez (born 30 April 1974) is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an former footballer who played the majority of his career in Uruguay for

Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the cl ...

Miramar Misiones Club Sportivo Miramar Misiones, usually known simply as Miramar Misiones is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was formed from the merger of two clubs: Miramar (founded on October 17, 1915) and Misiones (founded on March 26 ...

and Progreso. He also had a short stint in Chile for

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

. Ramírez joined

in 1988 at the age of 13. Despite playing as a defender for the Wanderers, Ramírez became known as the "Prado Sniper" (Spanish: ''El francotirador del Prado'') for his goalscoring - he often took penalties and free kicks for the team. Ramírez left Montevideo Wanderers to join

ahead of the 2005 Chilean Torneo Apertura. In mid-2005, Ramírez returned to Uruguay to join

. After joining Progreso in 2006, he was part of the team that won the 2006

Uruguayan Segunda División Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football in Uruguay, established in 1942. The league is sometimes referred to as ''Primera B''. Segunda División was first held in 1942 to replace amateur Divisional Intermedi ...

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Julio Ramírez
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
Profile at Tenfield Digital
1974 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan men's footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Miramar Misiones players C.A. Progreso players Audax Italiano footballers Chilean Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Men's association football defenders {{Uruguay-footy-defender-1970s-stub