José Ramos Delgado
Ramos Delgado with Lanús' jersey in 1956. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Manuel Ramos Delgado | ||
Date of birth | 25 August 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 3 December 2010 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Quilmes | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1958 | Lanús | 51 | (0) |
1959–1965 | River Plate | 172 | (0) |
1966–1967 | Banfield | 57 | (0) |
1967–1973 | Santos | 324 | (1) |
1973–1974 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
Total | 604 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1958–1965 | Argentina | 25 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Manuel Ramos Delgado (25 August 1935 – 3 December 2010) was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentina national football team in two World Cups and had a successful tenure in Brazilian football with Santos. He went on to become a football manager, working in Argentina and Peru.
Early life
[edit]Ramos Delgado was born in the city of Quilmes, Argentina. He belonged to the Cape Verdean community in Argentina,[1] as his father was a native of the islands, born in São Vicente.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Ramos Delgado started his playing career in 1956 with Lanús. 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 Brazil to play for Santos, where he played alongside Pelé, 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 Portuguesa Santista. He retired at the age of 39.
National team
[edit]Between 1958 and 1965, Ramos Delgado played 25 times for the Argentina national football team. He was included in the squads for the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, and played in the qualifiers for the 1966 World Cup.
Coaching career
[edit]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 Belgrano, Deportivo Maipú, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, Talleres de Córdoba, Platense, All Boys and his home town club Quilmes. He also worked as the manager of Peruvian club Universitario.
He returned to Santos to work as a youth team coach helping to develop young players such as Robinho and Diego.
Death
[edit]Ramos Delgado died in a hospital in Villa Elisa on 3 December 2010, of Alzheimer's disease.[3]
Honours
[edit]As a player
[edit]- River Plate
- Primera División runner-up(4): 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965
- Santos
- Campeonato Paulista (4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
- Campeonato Brasileiro (1): 1968
- Recopa Intercontinental (1): 1968
- Argentina
- Taça das Nações: 1964
References
[edit]- ^ Observatorio de Colectividades – Comunidad Caboverdeana: Personalidades (Communities Observatory – Cape Verdean Community: Personalities) Buenosaires.gov.ar (in Spanish)
- ^ Anécdotas del Superclásico – Hoy: José Manuel Ramos Delgado (Anecdotes of Superclásico – Today: José Manuel Ramos Delgado) (in Spanish)
- ^ "Murió el Negro Ramos Delgado". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
External links
[edit]- Jose Manuel Ramos Delgado at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
- 1935 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from Quilmes
- Afro-Argentine sportspeople
- Argentine people of Cape Verdean descent
- Sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- São Paulo state football team players
- Santos FC players
- Santos FC managers
- Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Argentine football managers
- Club Atlético Belgrano managers
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers
- Estudiantes de La Plata managers
- Club Atlético River Plate managers
- Club Universitario de Deportes managers
- Talleres de Córdoba managers
- Club Atlético Platense managers
- All Boys managers
- Deportivo Maipú managers
- Quilmes Atlético Club managers
- Deaths from dementia in Argentina
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease