Élodie Ramos (born 13 March 1983) is a French

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player currently playing for

Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (; ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC, is a French professional association football, football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. The original club was ...

of the

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. Ramos plays as a striker and is currently one of the longest-serving players at the club, whom she joined in 2002.Montpellier dans le dernier carré
4 April 2011 "Au four et au moulin, Hoda Lattaf débloque la situation sur une frappe d'Élodie Ramos repoussée par la transversale (33e)."

Career

Ramos began her career at her hometown club USM Meyreuil in the commune of

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. After spending nine years at the club, she moved to nearby

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joining Celtic Marseille. After spending a few years in the club's youth system, she played one season on the senior team before moving north to the

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joining SC Schiltigheim. In her only season with Schiltigheim, she scored 13 goals. Following a successful season, Ramos joined

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. With Montpellier, she became an instant hit becoming one of the club's most decorated players having won the D1 Féminine on two occasions (2004 and 2005), as well as the

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in 2009. In her eight seasons with Montpellier, Ramos has scored double-digit goals in six and has only collected three yellow cards.

International career

Ramos made her international debut on 22 February 2002 against

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. She scored her only international goal to date on 14 March 2007 in a 1–3 loss to

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at the

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* * 1983 births Living people French women's footballers Montpellier HSC (women) players France women's international footballers Footballers from Aix-en-Provence French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent Première Ligue players Women's association football forwards 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-women-footy-bio-stub