Ramón Patricio Ávila Castro (born February 20, 1982) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an former

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Club career

Born in

Villa Alegre, Chile Villa Alegre (Spanish for "joyous town") a commune and city located in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. With , Villa Alegre is the smallest commune by area in the Maule Region. It sits above sea level. Demographics According to the 2002 ...

, Ávila played in the

Colo Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has playe ...

youth teams before joining

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second level of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which ha ...

in 2001. He spent the most part of his career with Rangers, with a stint in El Salvador, where he played for

Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. Boxing career In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hag ...

and won the league title in 2008. He retired in 2010 while he played for Rangers in the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

Personal life

In December 2021, he had a heart attack when he was a player of the amateur club 8 1/2 from

Talca Talca () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the ...

Honours

Luis Ángel Firpo *

Salvadoran Primera División Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvad ...

: 2008 Clausura

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Ramón Ávila
at PlaymakerStats.com 1982 births Living people People from Linares Province Footballers from Maule Region Men's association football forwards Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Rangers de Talca footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Salvadoran Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador {{Chile-footy-forward-stub