José de Jesús Ramírez Ruvalcaba (born 21 April 1957) is a Mexican former professional

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and

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. Previously Ramirez had served under then Mexico national team manager Miguel Mejia as an assistant from 1993 to 1995. In 2005, Ramirez won the U-17 World Cup with Mexico. Ramírez was named

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of the senior Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) on 31 March 2008, after the sacking of

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, until the permanent appointment of

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in June 2008.

Career as manager

In February 2009, he was appointed the new coach of

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, replacing

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Ramon Diaz. In the 2009 Torneo Apertura, his first full tournament as manager, América were able to qualify to the playoffs for the first time in three years. América would be eliminated in the quarter-finals against C.F. Monterrey, however. After the disappointing 2010 Torneo Bicentenario which ended with a defeat to Toluca in the quarter-finals, América decided not to renew Ramírez's contract.

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Honours

Manager

Mexico U17 *

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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* * 1957 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Men's association football midfielders Atlante F.C. footballers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Cruz Azul footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Mexican football managers Mexico national football team managers Club América managers Mexican men's footballers 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub