Ramón Ismael Medina Bello (born 29 April 1966 in Gualeguay, Entre Rios), nicknamed ''El Mencho'', is an Argentine former football striker who has played at club level in Argentina and Japan. He began his professional football career in 1986 with

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...

. In 1989, he was transferred to River Plate, where he played until 1993. By that time he was part of the Argentina national team, with whom he won the

1991 Copa América The 1991 Copa América football tournament was hosted by Chile, from 6 to 21 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated. Until the 2021 edition, this was the last time that the tournament consisted of only CONMEBO ...

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. He was also part of the national team in the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. Medina Bello went to play in Japan for the

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until 1996 when he returned to River Plate. He retired in 1999 in Talleres and after two years of retirement played for Dock Sud in the Argentine Soccer League Fourth Division. In 2005, he played for Juventud Unida where he retired for good.

Career statistics

Club

International

FIFA World Cup appearances

He appeared in 2 games during the

. * 30 June 1994:

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–

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0–2 ( In the 67th minute he replaced Leonardo Rodriguez ) * 3 July 1994:

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– Argentina 3–2 ( In the 63rd minute he replaced

Roberto Sensini Roberto Néstor Sensini (born 12 October 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player, who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. As a player with the Argentina national team, he won both the 1991 and 1993 Copa América, a ...

)

Honours

Club

;Racing Club * Supercopa Sudamericana:

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; (River Plate) *

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: 1990 *

: 1991

Apertura The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divi ...

, 1993

, 1996

, 1997

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, 1997

* Copa Libertadores de América: 1996 * Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997 ;Talleres de Cordoba *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

: 1998

International

;Argentina * Copa América:

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References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI * *
Unofficial site

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