Cássio Ramos

Cássio Ramos (born 6 June 1987), simply known as Cássio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Corinthians and the Brazil national team.

Cássio Ramos
Cássio training with Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Cássio Ramos[1]
Date of birth (1987-06-06) 6 June 1987
Place of birth Veranópolis, Brazil
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 12
Youth career
2004–2005 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Grêmio 1 (0)
2007–2011 PSV 4 (0)
2009 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 14 (0)
2012– Corinthians 220 (0)
National team‡
2007 Brazil U20 11 (0)
2017– Brazil 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 10 June 2019(UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2018

Cássio began his career at the academy of Brazilian club Grêmio, and in shortly time playing at the academy, was promoted to the club's main team. He passed by the European clubs PSV where he won the 2007–08 Eredivisie title and the 2008 Johan Cruyff Shield title, and by the club Sparta Rotterdam, until he joined the Brazilian team Corinthians in 2012.

Since joining Corinthians, Cássio has made over 300 appearances and won two Série A titles, four Campeonato Paulista titles, a CONMEBOL Libertadores title, a CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana title and a FIFA Club World Cup title against Chelsea in 2012. Cássio won the Golden Ball as Best Player of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and was elected as Most Valuable Player of the final. After the triumph of 2019 Campeonato Paulista, he became the player with most titles in club's history [2].

At international level, Cássio has been called up to Brazil national team, being part of the squad in 2018 World Cup and 2019 Copa América.

Club career

Grêmio

He was born in Veranópolis. He made his professional debut against away at Fluminense for Grêmio in a 2–1 win, on 26 October 2006.

PSV Eindhoven

He started his first game for PSV in January 2009. Soon after, the 21-year-old former Brazilian U-20 national squad goalkeeper moved to Sparta Rotterdam until the end of the season.[3] In the 2011–12 season he played at the second team. On 28 September 2011 his contract was terminated by mutual consent and Ramos returned to Brazil.[4]

Corinthians
Cássio (in the middle), David Luiz and Paolo Guerrero accepting their individual awards after the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final.

In the end of 2011, after terminating his contract with PSV Eindhoven, Cássio signed with Corinthians. On 27 April 2012, he was made Corinthians' first-choice goalkeeper, replacing Júlio César, the former number one goalkeeper at the club. He made his debut in the Libertadores 2012 on 2 May 2012, in a game against Emelec in the round-of-16. The result was a goalless draw and Cássio was elected Man of the Match following a great display. He went on to make 7 more appearances for Corinthians in the competition, helping the team become champions, including a miraculous save against Vasco da Gama in the second-leg of the quarter-finals. On 16 December 2012, Cássio helped Corinthians beat Chelsea by the score of 1–0 in the FIFA Club World Cup. He was later rewarded the golden ball for the tournament due to his brilliant performances during the competition.

International career

He has been capped at Under-20 level for Brazil and played for the U-20 World Cup in Canada.

The first call came in 2007 by Dunga for two friendly matches against Chile and Ghana. He was 19 years old and was called up due to Helton's injury; and also because Dunga was calling some players under the Olympic age to prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Eventually he did make it to the preliminary squad for the Beijing Games, but lost out a place in the final list to Renan and Diego Alves.

In August 2012, Cássio was called up by Mano Menezes for two friendlies against South Africa and China.[5]

He was called up by Brazil coach Dunga in 2015 for two games of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and was called up again three times by Tite in the second semester of 2017 for four consecutive games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[6] and two friendlies.[7] He was given his first cap with the top eleven team on 10 November 2017, coming in as a substitute for Alisson for the second half of the friendly against Japan. His participation was minimal due to Japan's limited attempts on goal, but he ended up conceding two goals from Makino and Sugimoto, though the latter's was nullified.[8]

In May 2018 he was named in Tite’s final 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9] He also was part of the 2019 Copa América's winning squad.

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 June 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental Other1 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 2005 Série A 10------10
PSV 2007–08 Eredivisie 00------00
2008–09 1010----20
2009–10 1010----20
2010–11 200010--30
Total 4020100070
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 2008–09 Eredivisie 14000----140
Corinthians 2012 Série A 320008030430
2013 2903070100490
2014 350800080510
2015 35020100130600
2016 2102080130440
2017 3506060170640
2018 2708070180600
2019 607040180350
Total 220036050010004060
Career total 232031047010004280
    • 1.^ Includes FIFA Club World Cup and Recopa Sul-Americana.

    International
    As of 25 January 2017[10]
    Brazil
    YearAppsGoals
    201710
    201800
    Total10

    Honours

    PSV

    Corinthians

    Brazil

    Individual

    References
    1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
    2. https://www.corinthians.com.br/noticias/cassio-se-torna-jogador-com-maior-numero-de-titulos-na-historia-do-corinthians
    3. "PSV verhuurt Cássio Ramos aan Sparta". Voetbalzone.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
    4. PSV ontbindt contract met Ramos, ED.nl, 28 September 2011
    5. huffingtonpost.com. "Brazil Drops Ganso from South Africa and China Friendlies". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    6. Ivo Almeida, Pedro (15 September 2017). "Tite mantém Cássio e aumenta testes com Tardelli e Fred na seleção". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Grupo Folha. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
    7. Salgado, Diego; Carneiro, Gabriel; Almeida, Pedro Ivo (9 November 2017). "Sem Walter, Corinthians vai pedir dispensa de Cássio e deve criar impasse". UOL Esportes (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Grupo Folha. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
    8. "Brasil derrota o Japão por 3 a 1 em amistoso em Lille". O Globo (in Portuguese). Lille: Grupo Globo. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
    9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/44116590
    11. "Brazil 3–1 Peru". BBC Sport. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
    12. "Vencedores do Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão 2015" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
    13. "Corinthians, Jean Mota e Martinelli dominam premiação do campeonato" [Corinthians, Jean Mota and Martinelli dominate the tournament's awards] (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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