Ulrich Jean Eugène Ramé (born 19 September 1972) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. In a professional career which spanned two decades, he played mainly for

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

(14 seasons), appearing in more than 500 official matches and winning six major titles. A French international during four years, Ramé represented the nation at

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Club career

Born in

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, Loire-Atlantique, Ramé started playing professionally with

SCO Angers Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO (), is a French professional association football, football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the f ...

, making his

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debut in 1993–94 but being immediately relegated. Two years later the

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...

club dropped down another division, but the player returned to the top flight the following season, signing for

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux () or simply Bordeaux, is a French Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (department), Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitain ...

. After 23 appearances in his debut campaign, helping his team finish fifth and reach the domestic League Cup final the following year, Ramé became Bordeaux's undisputed first-choice. He helped the side win two national championships – separated by ten years – and three more league cups. In the 2009–10 campaign, after Cédric Carrasso's signing, 37-year-old Ramé became the backup. In June 2011, after 520 matches played with the ''Girondins'' all competitions comprised, he returned to

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

and joined

CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as CS Sedan or simply Sedan (), is a football club based in Sedan, France. The club was formed in 1919 and plays its home matches at the Stade Louis Dugauguez located within the city. Despite ...

International career

Ramé made his debut for

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on 9 June 1999, in a

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1–0 win in

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. He was subsequently picked for the final stages' squad, with the national team winning the tournament; after Bernard Lama's international retirement, he became second-choice. Ramé played three matches at the

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, with France again emerging victorious. Again as a backup, he represented the nation in the

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, also in

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; after making a blunder against

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on 12 February 2003, however, he fell out of favor with manager

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and was not recalled again.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Bordeaux * Division/Ligue 1: 1998–99, 2008–09 *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

: 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09; runner-up: 1997–98, 2009–10 *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

; runner-up: 1999 France *

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rame, Ulrich 1972 births Living people Footballers from Nantes French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Angers SCO players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players CS Sedan Ardennes players France men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup–winning players UEFA European Championship–winning players European champions for France French football managers FC Girondins de Bordeaux managers Ligue 1 managers