Ramires Santos do Nascimento commonly known as Ramires
(born 24 March 1987 in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian
footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Brazilian national side. A
midfielder, he is comfortable in either the centre or the right of
midfield. He has also been deployed as a defensive midfielder playing a
box-to-box midfielder role because of his energy in supporting defensive
and offensive play. He has been nicknamed Rambo, because of his strength and ability to beat opponents dribbling past them one by one.
Ramires
began his career playing for Royal Sport Club. In 2005, he signed for
Joinville, before joining Cruzeiro, whom he spent just over two seasons
with appearing in 61 league matches and scoring 10 times. In 2009,
Ramires moved to Portugal and signed for SL Benfica from Cruzeiro. He
spent one season with Benfica in which he helped them to the Liga
Sagres title, five points clear of second place Braga. He then joined
English club Chelsea in the summer of 2010 on a four-year contract. He
made his Chelsea debut in a 2-0 win against Stoke in late August 2010
and scored his first goal in a 4-0 victory against Bolton.
Ramires
is a Brazilian international. He made his Brazil debut on 6 June 2009,
in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Uruguay. He
represented the Brazilian national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup
qualification and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Ramires represented
his country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China and won a Bronze
medal.
Cruzeiro
In
January 2008, Ramires agreed to a five-year deal with Cruzeiro in a
permanent move from Joinville for a fee of $300,000 following a loan
period, giving Cruzeiro 70% of the players' economic rights. Joinville
kept 30% in the event of any transfers in the future. He was referred to by the fans and media during his time there as the "Queniano Azul",
or "Blue Kenyan", due to Cruzeiro's blue kit and his endurance, which
was considered reminiscent of Kenyan runners, who are famous for
winning many Brazilian running marathons.
Benfica
On 21 May 2009, Ramires joined Portuguese club Sport Lisboa e Benfica for €7.5 million on a five-year contract with a minimum fee release of €30 million. Ramires was always starring as an important player for Benfica throughout the season as the Portuguese giants won the league title after a five-year wait. Ramires in his first and only season with Benfica also won the Taça da Liga beating FC Porto 3-0. In June 2010, Benfica sold 50% of the economic rights to Ramires to Jazzy Limited for €6 million.Chelsea
On 4 August 2010, Benfica announced they had agreed a deal with English Premier League champions Chelsea and his third-party owner for €22 million. Ramires completed his move to Chelsea on 13 August 2010, on a four-year contract. He was handed the number 7 shirt, previously worn by Ukrainian international Andriy Shevchenko.
He
made his debut on 28 August 2010 against Stoke City, coming on as a
substitute in the 84th minute, replacing Michael Essien, Chelsea won the
game 2-0.
On 11 September 2010, he made his full Premier League debut, starting
against West Ham United at Upton Park, playing the full 90 minutes in a
3-1 win.He
started in Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal on 3 October 2010, winning
possession and then putting Ashley Cole through to cross to Didier
Drogba for Chelsea's first goal.
He recently started in Chelsea's 1-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 29 December 2010, where his performance was praised and was known to have his best game with Chelsea to date where he made several runs forward and strong tackles winning the balls several times in the midfield. On Chelsea's return fixture at Bolton Wanderers, Ramires scored his first goal as a Chelsea player in a 4-0 victory at the Reebok Stadium. On 15 January 2011 he played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn Rovers in a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. On 1 March 2011, he started and played the full 90 minutes in the 2-1 league win over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. On 20 March 2011, Ramires scored his second Premier League goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, he scored alongside fellow Brazilian David Luiz and made a superb individual effort dribbling past 3 City defenders and scoring past Joe Hart in the top-left corner, which gained him goal of the season for Chelsea. Recent performances have garnered him a fan favourite amongst Chelsea fans, and the nickname Rambo, due to his tendency to destroy the opposition one by one. On April 12, 2011 he received a second yellow card for a challenge on Nani against Manchester United in the Champions League Quarter Final at Old Trafford. On 20 March 2011, his goal against Manchester City became Chelsea's "goal of the season". On 8 May 2011, Ramires came on as a second-half substitute for John Obi Mikel against Manchester United at Old Trafford in a 2-1 defeat which effectively gave them the title. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, he made 41 appearances and scored 2 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.
On 24th September 2011, Ramires scored two goals in a 4-1 victory over Swansea City. He then went on to score a goal against Everton FC, sliding it in from a Juan Mata cross. However, he suffered a knee injury shortly after and the game ended 3-1 to Chelsea. This appearance was his 50th for the club. On 1 November 2011, Ramires scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea against Genk. Ramires scored his 5th goal of the season in a decisive Champions League encounter against spanish side Valencia. The final score was 3-0 in favour of Chelsea.
On 21 July 2008, Ramires was named the replacement for Robinho on the Brazil U-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. He appeared four times at the Olympics, as Brazil went on to achieve bronze medal.
On 21 May 2009, he was called up for the first time to the Brazilian national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
He played his first game for the national team on 6 June 2009, a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Uruguay, in which he came as a substitute for Elano. Ramires scored his first International goal on 7 June 2010, against Tanzania leading up to the World Cup finals in South Africa. He scored again later on in the game setting the score to 5–1. In the Round of 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals he made a run past three Chilean defenders to set up Robinho for the third goal in a 3-0 victory. Dunga, then Brazilian coach, blamed their loss to the Netherlands national team in the quarter-finals to Ramires absence who was serving suspension. Ramires was named in a 23-man squad for the 2011 Copa America Tournament held in Argentina. He currently wears the number 8 jersey for the national team and as of July 2011, has earned 26 caps and scored 2 goals for them.
He recently started in Chelsea's 1-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 29 December 2010, where his performance was praised and was known to have his best game with Chelsea to date where he made several runs forward and strong tackles winning the balls several times in the midfield. On Chelsea's return fixture at Bolton Wanderers, Ramires scored his first goal as a Chelsea player in a 4-0 victory at the Reebok Stadium. On 15 January 2011 he played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn Rovers in a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. On 1 March 2011, he started and played the full 90 minutes in the 2-1 league win over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. On 20 March 2011, Ramires scored his second Premier League goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, he scored alongside fellow Brazilian David Luiz and made a superb individual effort dribbling past 3 City defenders and scoring past Joe Hart in the top-left corner, which gained him goal of the season for Chelsea. Recent performances have garnered him a fan favourite amongst Chelsea fans, and the nickname Rambo, due to his tendency to destroy the opposition one by one. On April 12, 2011 he received a second yellow card for a challenge on Nani against Manchester United in the Champions League Quarter Final at Old Trafford. On 20 March 2011, his goal against Manchester City became Chelsea's "goal of the season". On 8 May 2011, Ramires came on as a second-half substitute for John Obi Mikel against Manchester United at Old Trafford in a 2-1 defeat which effectively gave them the title. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, he made 41 appearances and scored 2 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.
On 24th September 2011, Ramires scored two goals in a 4-1 victory over Swansea City. He then went on to score a goal against Everton FC, sliding it in from a Juan Mata cross. However, he suffered a knee injury shortly after and the game ended 3-1 to Chelsea. This appearance was his 50th for the club. On 1 November 2011, Ramires scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea against Genk. Ramires scored his 5th goal of the season in a decisive Champions League encounter against spanish side Valencia. The final score was 3-0 in favour of Chelsea.
International Career
On 21 July 2008, Ramires was named the replacement for Robinho on the Brazil U-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. He appeared four times at the Olympics, as Brazil went on to achieve bronze medal.
On 21 May 2009, he was called up for the first time to the Brazilian national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
He played his first game for the national team on 6 June 2009, a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Uruguay, in which he came as a substitute for Elano. Ramires scored his first International goal on 7 June 2010, against Tanzania leading up to the World Cup finals in South Africa. He scored again later on in the game setting the score to 5–1. In the Round of 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals he made a run past three Chilean defenders to set up Robinho for the third goal in a 3-0 victory. Dunga, then Brazilian coach, blamed their loss to the Netherlands national team in the quarter-finals to Ramires absence who was serving suspension. Ramires was named in a 23-man squad for the 2011 Copa America Tournament held in Argentina. He currently wears the number 8 jersey for the national team and as of July 2011, has earned 26 caps and scored 2 goals for them.
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