Iain Irinco Ramsay (born 27 February 1988) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Chiangmai United, on loan from

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club Lamphun Warrior. Born in Australia, he represents the Philippines national team. He previously made competitive appearances for Sydney FC, Melbourne City, Sydney Olympic,

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

Tractor Sazi Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

, Ceres–Negros and

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, Australia to a Scottish father and a

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mother. Ramsay's father was born in

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, Scotland while his mother was born in

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, Philippines who migrated to Australia at age 30 before the 1990s. Ramsay attended Prairiewood High School and

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Club career

In 2006 at 17 years old, Ramsay secured a contract with Scottish club,

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as a youth player. He also spent some time of his youth career with Sydney F.C.

Sydney Olympic

Ramsay signed for

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team Sydney Olympic, returning to the club he played for as a youth.

Adelaide United

On 23 July 2010, Ramsay signed a one-year professional contract with

. On 20 August 2010, Ramsay scored two goals against

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, to help Adelaide win the game. His third goal for Adelaide came against his former club Sydney FC in a come from behind 2–1 victory. Ramsay scored in extra time to give Adelaide the 3 points.

Melbourne Heart

On 7 April 2013,

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(now known as Melbourne City FC), announced Ramsay had signed with the club for the 2013–14 season. On 13 May 2015, Melbourne City confirmed that Ramsay was released from the club.

Tractor Sazi

In the summer of 2015 Ramsay signed with

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club

. He made his debut for the club in an away match against Gostaresh Foolad where his team won 3–1. He assisted three times in first two matches of his team. Under manager,

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, Ramsay started in some matches. When

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took over Tractor Sazi, Ramsay didn't have playing time with his club. It was reported on 2 January 2016 that Tractor Sazi has terminated Ramsay's contract. As of May 2016, is a free agent. He is not ruling out any future stints in Iran. In July 2016, Ramsay went on trial at

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side FC Volendam.

Ceres-Negros

In January 2017, Ceres-Negros announced that they have signed in Ramsay, along with few other players, to play for the club. Ramsay scored his first goal on 7 March against

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for the

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, which ended 5–0 home victory. He was also instrumental to his club's 4–1 win over Global Cebu in the title match of the 2017 Philippines Football League Final Series by scoring a hat-trick.

FELDA United F.C.

Ramsay was signed in by Thai club, PT Prachuap in late 2017 while the 2017 season of the Philippines Football League was still ongoing. He completed the season with Ceres and was set to play for the Thai club who would be making their debut in the

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in the 2018 season. However, in January 2018, Ramsay decided to move to FELDA United F.C. of the Malaysia Super League instead.

International career

Due to Ramsay being born in Australia and the heritage of his parents, Ramsay was eligible to play for Australia, Scotland and the Philippines. Ramsay was called up to the Philippines national team in May 2015, ahead of the

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against

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and

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. He scored his first goal in the 74th minute in a 2–0 away success versus

. Ramsay's second international goal came on 29 March 2016, against

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. Earlier, he said he aimed of playing for Australia but also considered the Philippines as "a great option" if he is not able to get a call-up from the Socceroos. He is one of many foreign born players in the Philippines national team. In 2015, he told Vice: "Of course there are a few that will question some of the squad players not being full blooded Filipino. But whether it's a half, a quarter, three-quarters: we consider ourselves Filipino, and we are honored to represent the country."

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Sydney FC * A-League (1): 2009–10

Personal

*National Youth-League: Sydney FC National Youth League Player of the Year 2009-10 *

Rising Star:

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References

External links

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Adelaide United profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Iain 1988 births Living people Australian people of Scottish descent Australian people of Filipino descent Australian sportspeople of Asian descent Sportspeople of Filipino descent Citizens of the Philippines through descent Filipino people of Scottish descent Australian soccer players Filipino footballers Association football wingers A-League Men players Adelaide United FC players Gretna F.C. players Llanelli Town A.F.C. players Sydney FC players Sydney Olympic FC players Melbourne City FC players Tractor S.C. players Philippines international footballers Filipino expatriate footballers Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Iain Ramsay Iain Ramsay