Wellington Moisés Ramírez Preciado (born 9 September 2000) is an Ecuadorian

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who plays as a

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for

Independiente del Valle Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí Ecuador that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Founded in 1958, the club plays ...

Club career

Born in

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

, Ramírez joined C.S.D. Independiente del Valle's youth setup in 2016, from Toreros. He made his first team debut at the age of just 17 on 10 July 2018, starting in a 1–3 away loss against S.D. Aucas. On 30 January 2019, Ramírez moved abroad and joined

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

on loan until June; he was initially assigned to the reserves in

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. His loan was extended until 31 December on 28 June, with a buyout clause, which was declined on 10 December. Upon returning, Ramírez was assigned back at the main squad, being mainly a backup to Jorge Pinos.

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 7 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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. Ramírez was named in the Ecuadorian squad for the

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. Ramírez was called up to the final 26-man Ecuador squad for the

2024 Copa América The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's association football, soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in the United Sta ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Moises 2000 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Men's association football goalkeepers Ecuadorian Serie A players Independiente del Valle footballers Copa Sudamericana–winning players Segunda División B players Real Sociedad B footballers Ecuador men's youth international footballers Ecuador men's international footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2024 Copa América players