Ramilton Jorge Santos do Rosário (born 4 October 1989), known as Rambé, is a Cape Verdean professional

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who plays for Académica do Mindelo as a

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Club career

Rambé was born in São Vicente. He started out in his native country with Batuque and Mindelense before moving to Portugal in 2010, where he played one season apiece in the

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with

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and

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. In the 2012 off-season, Rambé signed for

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in the second level. He missed the first three months of his first season, due to injury. In the following years, Rambé alternated between the Portuguese second tier and the

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, representing Belenenses,

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(two spells), Braga B and

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. He made his debut in the latter competition on 12 January 2014 whilst at the service of the first club, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 away loss against Arouca, and scored his first during his spell with the latter, contributing to a 1–0 win at Vitória de Guimarães on 14 March 2015. On 15 July 2016, Rambé moved to Romanian side Universitatea Craiova, joining compatriots

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and Nuno Rocha. He left in January 2017, signing with

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of the Angolan

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the following month. After two years without a club, Rambé returned to his homeland in September 2019 to sign a one-year contract with Académica do Mindelo.

International career

Rambé made his debut for

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in 2011. He was named for the squad that appeared at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rambe 1989 births Living people People from São Vicente, Cape Verde Cape Verdean footballers Association football forwards Batuque FC players CS Mindelense players Académica do Mindelo players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.D. Pinhalnovense players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Farense players S.C. Braga B players Vitória F.C. players Liga I players CS Universitatea Craiova players Girabola players C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players Cape Verde international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Cape Verdean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Angola Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Angola