Paco Ramírez

Mexican footballer and manager (born 1965)
Paco Ramírez
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Ramírez Gámez
Date of birth (1965-11-28) 28 November 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Bacerac, Sonora, Mexico
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tlaxcala (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Deportivo Neza 63 (2)
1988–1989 Atlante F.C. 19 (0)
1990–1992 Puebla F.C. 71 (0)
1992–1994 Club Necaxa 53 (1)
1994–1995 CD Veracruz 33 (0)
1995–1998 Cruz Azul 25 (1)
International career
1988–1993 Mexico 12 (0)
Managerial career
2002 Club Atlas (assistant)
2002–2006 Mexico (assistant)
2007–2008 Club Necaxa (assistant)
2008–2009 Mexico (assistant)
2009 C.D. Guadalajara
2010–2011 CD Veracruz (assistant)
2011 Club Necaxa (assistant)
2011 Club Necaxa
2012–2014 Dorados de Sinaloa
2014–2015 Club Puebla (Assistant)
2016 Club Atlas (Assistant)
2017 Alianza
2017 Cafetaleros de Tapachula
2018 Dorados de Sinaloa
2019 Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (Assistant)
2019–2022 Tepatitlán F.C.
2022–2023 Celaya
2023 Coatepeque
2024– Tlaxcala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Javier Ramírez Gámez (born 28 November 1965), popularly nicknamed Paco Ramírez, is a Mexican football manager and former defender. He was also a member of the Mexico national team coaching staff on two occasions under Ricardo Lavolpe and Sven-Göran Eriksson.[1] Ramírez later became manager of C.D. Guadalajara during the Clausura 2009, but was sacked after 7 matches into the Apertura 2009.

Playing career

Although Ramírez started off playing baseball in school, his talents in soccer led him to play in different teams at the state level, until he got the opportunity to represent Sonora in the National Junior Tournament "Benito Juárez", where he was discovered by Wasilevsky Waldemar. By playing in the Cannes and Toulon Tournament at the amateur level, he was signed by football club Deportivo Neza in 1984.

Ramírez obtained 12 caps with the Mexican national team during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[2]

Management career

Paco Ramirez began his career as an assistant coach to Enrique Meza at Club Atlas, and since then has been an assistant coach to Ricardo Lavolpe, Hans Westerhof, Salvador Reyes, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Sergio Bueno. On April 16, 2009, Paco Ramírez was hired as the head coach of C.D. Guadalajara to replace Omar Arellano who had been acting as an interim coach for the club.

In 2002, Ramírez received his first call as an assistant to the Mexico national team by Ricardo Lavolpe where he participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was called up again for a second run with the national team, but this time by Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2008. This time it was much shorter with the sacking of Eriksson a year later. His most infamous contribution under Eriksson was his post-game slap of American Frankie Hejduk after another Dos A Cero loss in World Cup qualifying.[3]

In October 2010 Carlos Méndez, president of the Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT), announced that Paco Ramírez is one option among the portfolio of candidates they have planned to become the next head coach of El Salvador since the departure of Carlos de los Cobos.[4]

In August 2020 Ramírez was elected to manage the Nicaragua national football team, his appointment was made known by the Nicaraguan Football Federation before the agreement was formally finalized,[5] this announcement ended up breaking the negotiations between both parties, As a consequence,[6] Ramírez was not officially appointed as coach of the national team.[7]

Managerial statistics

Managerial statistics

As of 31 May 2016
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Atlas (Interim) Mexico 2016 2016 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 050.00
Total 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 050.00

Honours

Manager

Tepatitlán

References

  1. ^ "Ir a la Selección, sumamente atractivo: Paco Ramírez". MedioTiempo. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. ^ Paco Ramírez at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Hejduk recalls the Slap after USA's '09 win vs. Mexico".
  4. ^ "Paco Ramírez es sólo un candidato más para la FESUT". MedioTiempo. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Fue anunciado, pero Paco Ramírez no está cerrado como DT de Nicaragua". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. ^ "El motivo por el que Paco Ramírez dijo no a Nicaragua". El Universal (in Spanish). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Nicaragua busca DT para selección de fútbol luego que mexicano rechazó oferta". Infobae (in Spanish). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

External links

  • Paco Ramírez – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archive) (in Spanish)
  • Paco Ramírez at National-Football-Teams.com
  • DT profile at Medio Tiempo
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C.D. Guadalajara – managers
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Dorados de Sinaloa – managers
(c) = caretaker manager