Jaime Caupolicán Ramírez Banda (14 August 1931 – 26 February 2003) was a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Ramírez was skillful with the ball, he had great technique and even at his height, he did great heading, playing at the junior divisions of Bádminton F.C. (1946–1947),

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in 1949–1952, 1962 and 1966, he was a

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

champion with the team in 1956, O'Higgins, Huachipato,

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Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

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and outside of his country of origin he played for Racing Club of Argentina, Espanyol from Barcelona and

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from Spain. In this country, he showed so much ability that he was nicknamed "Superclase" meaning "Super-Class" by sports commentators and the media.

International career

Ramírez participated in 56 games for

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, where 36 games were official games and he scored 13 goals. He made his debut in the national team on 17 September 1954, in a game against Peru, where Chile defeated Peru 2–1. But his most memorable presentations in the national team took place in

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, where he scored two goals, one against

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, and one against

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. On the other hand, he was one of the best players of the tournament, playing frequently as a right winger, midfielder, and even left defender taking advantage of his many talents. His great performance attracted to Racing de Avellaneda from Argentina. At the end of his career and being aged 35 years old, he was a member of the Chile team that competed in the

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Managerial career

He was the manager of Olimpia in Honduras and both

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and Deportivo Cañaña in Peru.

Personal life

He was the son of Aníbal Ramírez, a Chile international footballer in the

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Honors

Colo Colo *

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

Universidad de Chile * Chilean Primera División:

Unión San Felipe * Chilean Primera División:

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

Chile * Copa O'Higgins:

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

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Jaime Ramírez
at PartidosdeLaRoja {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Jaime 1931 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Club Universidad de Chile footballers Colo-Colo footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Audax Italiano footballers Huachipato FC footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Unión San Felipe footballers La Liga players Segunda División players RCD Espanyol footballers Granada CF footballers CE L'Hospitalet players Argentine Primera División players Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football wingers Chilean football managers Unión La Calera managers C.D. Olimpia managers Provincial Osorno managers Sport Boys managers Primera B de Chile managers Peruvian Primera División managers Expatriate football managers in Honduras Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Expatriate football managers in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru 20th-century Chilean sportsmen