{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1988)}} {{family name hatnote|Ramos|Garagay|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Christian Ramos | image = Christian Ramos Russia 2018.jpg | upright = | caption = Ramos (left) with Peru at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | full_name = Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|11|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Lima, Peru | height = 1.82 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players|publisher=FIFA|page=21|date=21 June 2018|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | position = Centre-back | currentclub = Deportivo Municipal | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs1 = Sporting Cristal | youthyears2 = 2003 | youthclubs2 = Academia Tito Drago | youthyears3 = 2004–2006 | youthclubs3 = Sporting Cristal | years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Sporting Cristal | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = Universidad San Martín | caps2 = 70 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = Alianza Lima | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = Universidad San Martín | caps4 = 69 | goals4 = 10 | years5 = 2013–2016 | clubs5 = Juan Aurich | caps5 = 103 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = → Emelec (loan) | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2018 | clubs8 = Veracruz | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2018–2019 | clubs9 = Al-Nassr FC | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2019 | clubs10 = → Melgar (loan) | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2019 | clubs11 = Universitario | caps11 = 12 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2020–2021 | clubs12 = UCV | caps12 = 35 | goals12 = 1 | years13 = 2022–2023 | clubs13 = Alianza Lima | caps13 = 25 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2023 | clubs14 = Sport Boys | caps14 = 29 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2024 | clubs15 = Deportivo Garcilaso | caps15 = 3 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2024 | clubs16 = Sport Boys | caps16 = 12 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2025 | clubs17 = Alianza Universidad | caps17 = 9 | goals17 = 1 | years18 = 2025 | clubs18 = Universidad de San Martín | caps18 = 4 | goals18 = 1 | years19 = 2026– | clubs19 = Deportivo Municipal | caps19 = 0 | goals19 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2022 | nationalteam1 = Peru | nationalcaps1 = 89 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | club-update = 22:26, 9 May 2020 | nationalteam-update = 16:04, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|PER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Copa América}} {{Medal|3rd|2011 Argentina|}} {{Medal|3rd|2015 Chile|}} }}
'''Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay''' (born 4 November 1988) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Municipal and the Peru national team as a centre-back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/peru/28980/christian-ramos|title=Profile|website=goal.com|publisher=Goal|access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/mexico/liga-mx-apertura/veracruz/christian-ramos/|title=Christian Ramos – Universidad Cesar Vallejo |website=bold.dk |publisher=Bold|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Sporting Cristal=== Ramos joined Sporting Cristal at the age of 13 but only made his debut for the reserve team in the 2007 season. The 2008 season witnessed the rise of Ramos himself, where he played 47 games and was instrumental in guiding Sporting Cristal to the 2009 Copa Libertadores.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120711190830/http://es.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=102/edition=9095/news/newsid=99705.html FIFA.com] </ref> However, he left the club in 2009 after seeing himself being sidelined.
===Universidad de San Martín=== Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres was Ramos' second club in his career, and also where he achieved his height, with USMP won the 2010 season and qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores. His performance impressed then-Peru national football team manager Sergio Markarián, allowing him to be summoned to the national team for the first time.
===Alianza Lima=== The 2011 season saw Ramos signing for his favorite childhood club Alianza Lima, where Ramos was instrumental in helping Alianza Lima to come close for the title, scoring three after 17 games, but his dream crashed when Alianza Lima fell to Juan Aurich in the decisive final series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/futbol-peruano/le-queda-bien-blanquiazul-christian-ramos-desea-18-sandro-baylon-noticia-683701/|title = Le queda bien la blanquiazul: Christian Ramos desea la '19' de Sandro Baylón | DEPORTE-TOTAL| newspaper=El Comercio |date = 13 December 2010}}</ref> His performance impressed Argentine and Portuguese clubs, with Ramos almost got the chance, but he lacked necessary documents and thus failed to move abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elbocon.pe/futbol-peruano/ramos-sobre-no-ir-a-portugal-se-cayo-el-pase-por-algunos-papeles-52865/|title=Ramos sobre no ir a Portugal: "Se cayó el pase por algunos papeles" | FUTBOL-PERUANO|date=31 August 2012}}</ref>
===Juan Aurich=== After spending two seasons with Alianza Lima, Ramos moved to the once rival and winner of 2011 final Juan Aurich. As fate would have it, he would again find himself in the decisive finals of the 2014 season, where he again ended up in tear after Juan Aurich fell to his first club Sporting Cristal when Juan Aurich lost 2–3 in the third final. He scored one goal in the first final. He later participated in the 2015 Copa Libertadores, where he demonstrated his performance, notable against Argentine giant and later champions River Plate where he provided a good pass for teammate Marcos Delgado to score in an eventual 1–1 draw in El Monumental.
===Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata=== Argentina's Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata became the first foreign club Ramos played for, signing in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/futbol/peruanos-en-el-mundo/christian-ramos-es-nuevo-jugador-de-gimnasia-y-esgrima-de-la-plata-noticia-976477|title = Christian Ramos es nuevo jugador de Gimnasia y Esgrima de la Plata|date = 4 July 2016}}</ref> He left after just a season in charge.
===Emelec=== With little opportunity in Argentina, Ramos signed for Ecuadorian giant Emelec as a loan, to replace for Gabriel Achilier who left for Mexico. However, he regained his position and became a frequent starter for the Ecuadorian side, helping the club to reach the round of sixteen in 2017 Copa Libertadores before losing to San Lorenzo de Almagro on penalty. Despite this impressive performance, he left the club by the end of the season.
===Veracruz=== Ramos joined C.D. Veracruz for the 2018–19 Liga MX season, where he joined compatriots Pedro Gallese, Carlos Cáceda and Wilder Cartagena.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/deportes/christian-ramos-es-nuevo-jugador-de-los-tiburones-rojos-de-veracruz-796716/|title=Christian Ramos firma por tres temporadas con los Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz | DEPORTES|date=11 January 2018}}</ref> But with the club suffering financial turmoil, he left the club by mutual consent.
===Al-Nassr=== In July 2018, Ramos left Mexico for Saudi Arabia where he signed for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Professional League for the next two seasons with an option to a third year, the transfer was given for 5 million in exchange.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://libero.pe/futbol-internacional/1281936-christian-ramos-llego-acuerdo-nassr-anos-dejara-veracruz| title = ¡Lo último! Christian Ramos firmó por Al-Nassr de Arabia Saudita| date = 20 July 2018}}</ref> However, his performance wasn't impressive, being used only in ten games.
===Melgar=== Ramos returned to Peru to play for FBC Melgar as a loan from the Saudi club.
===Universitario=== In summer 2019, Ramos came to play for Universitario de Deportes, where he arrived as a free player. He made his debut for the club facing Los Caimanes in the 2019 Copa Bicentenario, but was given a red card in just 34 minutes in the field. After an unimpressive demonstration in the club, even though the club still wanted him to stay playing, he left by mutual consent after just a season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://depor.com/futbol-peruano/descentralizado/universitario-de-deportes-christian-ramos-no-continuara-en-el-club-crema-noticia/|title = Universitario de Deportes: Christian Ramos no continuará en el club crema | FUTBOL-PERUANO|date = 19 December 2019}}</ref>
===Universidad César Vallejo=== Ramos signed for Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo in late 2019, where he was instrumental, once again, in helping the club to qualify for the 2021 Copa Libertadores.
==International career== Before Ramos came to pro in 2008, his talent allowed him to captain the Peru national under-17 football team when the country first hosted the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup, also the first youth World Cup Peru participated. He later participated in the 2007 South American U-20 Championship with the Peru national under-20 football team, but not successful.
With these experiences and good performance in club level, he was called up into the national team of Peru, first for the failed 2010 World Cup qualifiers where he debuted against Venezuela in a 1–3 away defeat. He was included in 2011 Copa América, where he played well and helped Peru to obtain third place, even though he only played in three matches. He became a regular member in the country's yet another failed 2014 World Cup qualifiers. He presided over ongoing turmoil of the national team and appeared in a string of friendlies in 2014, where he would score his first international goal against Panama in Lima on 6 August, which Peru won 3–0.
He returned to the national team for the 2015 Copa América, where he only appeared in two games as Peru repeated its 2011 performance to win bronze. He also got into the national team in Copa América Centenario and appeared in all four games. He also got more permanent matches during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, where he also scored his first goal in an official game, against Paraguay in a 4–1 away victory. His ongoing good form continued throughout the qualification and in the decisive home game playoff against New Zealand, he scored his third and the most important goal in his career, to give Peru a 2–0 win and the country's return to FIFA World Cup after 36 years.
In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb |title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists|website=goal.com|publisher=Goal|date=4 June 2018|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> He made into the final 23 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, appeared in all three group stage games as Peru exited with one win and two defeats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fpf.org.pe/lista-oficial-copa-mundial-fifa-rusia-2018/|title = Lista Oficial: Copa Mundial Fifa Rusia 2018 » FPF}}</ref>
==Career statistics== :{{updated|played 29 March 2024.}}<ref>{{NFT player|27811|Christian Ramos|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan="3"|Peru |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2009||2||0 |- |2010||3||0 |- |2011||8||0 |- |2012||10||0 |- |2013||7||0 |- |2014||7||1 |- |2015||5||0 |- |2016||13||1 |- |2017||8||1 |- |2018||12||0 |- |2019||0||0 |- |2020||0||0 |- |2021||12||0 |- |2022||2||0 |- !Total||89||3 |}
''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | align=center | 1 || 6 August 2014 || Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru || {{fb|PAN}} || align=center | '''3'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || Friendly |- | align=center | 2 || 10 November 2016 || Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay || {{fb|PAR}} || align=center | 1–'''1''' || align=center | 1–4 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | align=center | 3 || 15 November 2017 || Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru || {{fb|NZL}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |}
==Honours== '''Universidad San Martín''' *Torneo Descentralizado: 2010
'''Emelec''' *2017 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
'''Al-Nassr''' *2018–19 Saudi Pro League
'''Alianza Lima''' *Peruvian Primera División: 2022
'''Peru''' *Copa America bronze medal: 2011, 2015
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Soccerway|christian-ramos/24007}} *{{NFT|27811}} *{{FIFA|228728}}
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