is a former

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player and manager, originally from Brazil, who spent his career in Japan and played for the Japan national team. Ramos is currently active as a television personality and '' tarento'', represented with

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Club career

Ramos was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional football, joining club Japan Soccer League club Yomiuri (later ''Verdy Kawasaki'') in 1977 at the age of 20. The club won the champions in Japan Soccer League 5 times, JSL Cup 3 times and

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3 times. In Asia, the club also won

1987 Asian Club Championship The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987. Yomiuri FC (Japan) became the second Jap ...

. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league

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. The club were the league champions in

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and

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. The club also won

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and

1994 J.League Cup The 1994 J. League Cup, officially the '94 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the 20th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the third edition under the current J. League Cup format. The championship started on July 27, and finished on ...

. In summer 1996, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga. In summer 1997, he returned to Verdy Kawasaki and he retired end of 1998 season. He was 41 years old. He was selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards 2 times and Best Eleven 8 times. He was the one of the most central players in the golden era in Yomiuri/Verdy history.

International career

Ramos was an important member of the Japanese national team during their unsuccessful

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. In September 1990, when Ramos was 33 years old, he was called up for the Japan national team for the

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. On 26 September, he debuted against Bangladesh. After his debut, he became a regular player for Japan. He was a member of the Japan team that won the

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and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under manager Hans Ooft, Japan progressed to the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the

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. Ruy Ramos was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha. In 1995, Ramos also played at

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. He played 32 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1995.Japan National Football Team Database
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Managerial career

Ramos briefly came out of his retirement for

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as player–technical adviser in 2002. However, he left the club after a row with the management at the end of the season. Then he served as technical adviser for crosstown

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. In March 2005, Ramos became coach of the Japan national beach soccer team and took them to the 2005 World Cup, where they finished fourth. In January 2006, he was named coach of his former squad Tokyo Verdy, freshly relegated from

. After a disappointing 2006 season in

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, Coach Ramos stated that if his team did not win the first game of the 2007 season, he would step down as head coach. The first game was on 4 March against

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, one of the weakest teams in the league, and Tokyo won this match 5-0. His team managed to finish 2nd after all and Tokyo Verdy returned to Division 1. After the season, Ramos became the executive director of the club. In 2009, Ramos became a manager for Japan national beach soccer team again. He managed at

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and

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. In 2014, Ramos signed with

club

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. However the results of the club were bad every season and he was sacked in July 2016. In 2018, Ramos was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

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Honours

Club

* Asian Club Championship:

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* Japan Soccer League Division 1:

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, 1986/87, 1990/91, 1991/92 * JSL Cup:

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*Konica Cup: 1990 *XEROX Champions Cup: 1992 *

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* J.League Cup:

* Japanese Super Cup:

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International

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Individual

* Japan Soccer League Division 1 top scorer:

*Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1990, 1991 * J.League Best XI:

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Ruy 1957 births Living people Brazilian emigrants to Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan Japanese footballers Brazilian footballers Japan international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Tokyo Verdy players Kyoto Sanga FC players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1995 King Fahd Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Japanese beach soccer players Japanese football managers J2 League managers Tokyo Verdy managers FC Gifu managers Expatriate footballers in Japan Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Japan

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