José Ramos Delgado

José Ramos Delgado

Ramos Delgado with Lanús' jersey in 1956.
Personal information
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
Playing position	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)
National team
1958–1965	Argentina	25	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José Manuel Ramos Delgado (25 August 1935 – 3 December 2010) was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentine national 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

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 these islands, born in São Vicente.^[2]

Playing career

Club

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 Pepe 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, retiring at the age of 39.

National team

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

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 de 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

Ramos Delgado died in a hospital in Villa Elisa on 3 December 2010, of Alzheimer's disease.^[3]

Honours

As a player

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista (4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
• Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1): 1968
• Recopa Intercontinental (1): 1968

References

1. Observatorio de Colectividades – Comunidad Caboverdeana: Personalidades (Communities Observatory – Cape Verdean Community: Personalities) Buenosaires.gov.ar (Spanish)
2. Anécdotas del Superclásico – Hoy: José Manuel Ramos Delgado (Anecdotes of Superclásico – Today: José Manuel Ramos Delgado) (Spanish)
3. "Murió el Negro Ramos Delgado". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.

External links

• Playing statistics at BDFA (Spanish)
• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007) (Spanish)