Ramón Gil

Spanish footballer

Ramón Gil
Personal information
Full name Ramón Gil Sequeiros
Date of birth (1897-08-16)16 August 1897
Place of birth A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Date of death 18 January 1965(1965-01-18) (aged 66)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914–1917 Deportivo Fabril
1917–1918 Real Club Coruña
1918–1923 Real Vigo Sporting
1923 Celta de Vigo
1924–1931 Deportivo de La Coruña
International career
1920 Spain 0 (0)
1922–1923 Galicia (7)
Medal record
Men's football
 Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp Team competition
 Galicia
Prince of Asturias Cup
Silver medal – second place 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup Team[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros (16 August 1897 – 18 January 1965) was a Spanish footballer player who played as a forward.[2] He was a member of the Spain national team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

Club career

Born in Vigo, he began playing football at his hometown club Real Vigo Sporting in 1917, and he helped them win three Galician Championships in 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23. He played for them until 1923, when Sporting was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form Celta de Vigo. He was then part of the first-ever teams fielded by Celta de Vigo and played for them for four seasons.[4]

International career

He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Italy and in the Silver/Bronze medal match against the Netherlands which Spain won 3-1.[3]

Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[5] Moncho Gil helped the team reach the final, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.[1]

Honours

Club

Real Vigo Sporting

Galician Championship:

  • Winners (3) 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23

International

Spain

Asturias

Prince of Asturias Cup:

References

  1. ^ a b Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Ramón Gil Sequeiros - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ramón Gil". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Grandes y pequeños jugadores del Celta de Vigo: MONCHO GIL" [Big and small Celta de Vigo players: MONCHO GIL]. www.yojugueenelcelta.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Galicia - Centro (4 - 1) 19/11/1922". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links

  • Ramón Gil at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Moncho Gil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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