José Manuel Ramos Delgado (25 August 1935 – 3 December 2010) was an

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and

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. He played for the

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in two

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and had a successful tenure in

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ian football with Santos. He went on to become a football manager, working in Argentina and

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Early life

Ramos Delgado was born in the city of

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, Argentina. He belonged to the

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an community in Argentina, as his father was a native of the islands, born in São Vicente.

Playing career

Club

Ramos Delgado started his playing career in 1956 with

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. He soon earned a move to River Plate where he played 172 games in seven seasons with the club. In 1966, Ramos Delgado joined Banfield. After a short spell with the club, he moved to

to play for Santos, where he played alongside

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, Coutinho and José Macia in the club's golden years. He continued playing for Santos until the age of 38, making a total of 324 appearances and scoring one goal. In the last year of his playing career, Delgado played for

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. He retired at the age of 39.

National team

Between 1958 and 1965, Ramos Delgado played 25 times for the

. He was included in the squads for the

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

and

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

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s, and played in the qualifiers for the 1966 World Cup.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Ramos Delgado had a spell as manager of Santos, before returning to Argentina where he worked as the manager of several football clubs including

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Deportivo Maipú Club Deportivo Maipú, mostly known as Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which ass ...

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

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, River Plate,

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, Platense,

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and his home town club

. He also worked as the manager of

vian club

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. He returned to Santos to work as a youth team coach helping to develop young players such as

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and

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Death

Ramos Delgado died in a hospital in Villa Elisa on 3 December 2010, of

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Honours

As a player

;River Plate * Primera División runner-up(4):

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

;Santos *

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(4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 * Campeonato Brasileiro (1): 1968 *

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(1): 1968 ;Argentina *

Taça das Nações The Taça das Nações (Portuguese for "Nations' Cup") or "Little World Cup" was a football tournament played in Brazil in 1964 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Brazilian Football Confederation. Three international teams we ...

: 1964

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