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coaching staff on two occasions under

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and Sven-Göran Eriksson. Ramírez later became manager of

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during the Clausura 2009, but was sacked after 7 matches into the Apertura 2009.

Playing career

Although Ramírez started off playing baseball in school, his talents in soccer led him to play in different teams at the state level, until he got the opportunity to represent Sonora in the National Junior Tournament "Benito Juárez", where he was discovered by Wasilevsky Waldemar. By playing in the Cannes and

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at the amateur level, he was signed by football club

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in 1984.

Management career

Paco Ramirez began his career as an assistant coach to

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, and since then has been an assistant coach to

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, Salvador Reyes, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Sergio Bueno. On April 16, 2009, Paco Ramírez was hired as the head coach of

to replace Omar Arellano who had been acting as an interim coach for the club. In 2002, Ramírez received his first call as an assistant to the Mexico national team by

where he participated in the

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. He was called up again for a second run with the national team, but this time by Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2008. This time it was much shorter with the sacking of Eriksson a year later. His most infamous contribution under Eriksson was his post-game slap of American Frankie Hejduk after another Dos A Cero loss in World Cup qualifying. In October 2010 Carlos Méndez, president of the

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(FESFUT), announced that Paco Ramírez is one option among the portfolio of candidates they have planned to become the next head coach of El Salvador since the departure of

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. In August 2020 Ramírez was elected to manage the

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, his appointment was made known by the

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before the agreement was formally finalized, this announcement ended up breaking the negotiations between both parties, As a consequence, Ramírez was not officially appointed as coach of the national team.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

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