Venancio Ariel Ramos Villanueva (born 20 June 1959) is a Uruguayan former
football striker, who was
nickname
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d "Chicharra" during his professional career.
Club career
Ramos started his playing career in 1977 with
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
with whom he won several major championships including four
Uruguayan Primera titles, the
Copa Libertadores and
Copa Intercontinental
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in 1982.
In 1984, he joined
French side
Lens
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before returning to South America in 1986 to play for
Independiente of
Argentina
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.
Ramos returned to Uruguay in 1989 where he played for
Racing Montevideo then Peñarol's fiercest rivals
Nacional
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. In his later years he played for
Defensor Sporting
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and finally
El Tanque Sisley
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The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on Dece ...
.
International career
He made his official international debut on May 24, 1978 against Spain (0-0), Ramos obtained a total number of 41 international caps for the
Uruguay national football team
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. He represented his native country at the
1986 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number nineteen jersey.
Titles
Peñarol
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Uruguayan First Division (4): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
*
Copa Libertadores (1):
1982
*
Intercontinental Cup (1):
1982
References
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Profile
Uruguayan footballers
Men's association football forwards
Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
Uruguay men's international footballers
1979 Copa América players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
1959 births
Living people
Peñarol players
Uruguayan beach soccer players
Uruguayan Primera División players
RC Lens players
Ligue 1 players
Expatriate footballers in France
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Racing Club de Montevideo players
Club Nacional de Football players
Defensor Sporting players
Uruguayan expatriate footballers
People from Artigas Department
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