Alberto Ramírez

Alberto Ramírez
Personal information
Full name Alberto Ramírez Torres
Date of birth (1986-02-01) February 1, 1986
Place of birth Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alebrijes de Oaxaca
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Tecos UAG 26 (1)
2009 → FC Inter (loan) 23 (1)
2011 Indios 2 (0)
2012– OPS 50 (14)
National team‡
2003–2005 Mexico Youth 20 (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 1, 2008

Alberto Ramírez Torres (born February 2, 1986) is a Mexican footballer, as a midfielder for Alebrijes de Oaxaca in Mexico. He has also played for the Mexico national team at the youth level.

Career

Tecos UAG

Ramírez made his competitive debut for Tecos UAG on 8 February 2004, in the club's Primera División; 1-1 draw against Club América.[1] He played six years for Tecos.

FC Inter Turku

Ramírez joined Inter Turku in April 2009, just a few weeks before the start of the season. He signed for one season with the current Finnish champion after a try-out.[2]

International career

Ramírez was named captain of Mexico U-17 in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland. There, he played as a playmaker and took the team to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Argentina. Mexico's coach Humberto Grondona, thought Ramírez was his best player in the competition. [3]

In 2005, he was selected for the under-21 national squad for a tournament in Toulon. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Futbolista de Tecos jugará en Finlandia". Yahoo. 2009-04-04. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  2. ↑ Juha Salminen (2009-04-02). "Nyman, Ramirez and "better than Hooiveld" Verino join Inter". Nordic Football News. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Goal-shy Mexico face Finland in Helsinki". FIFA. 2003-08-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Sub-21 MEXICO Tournament Toulon". 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
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