Ruy Ramos

Rui Ramos (Japanese: ラモス瑠偉 (Ramosu Rui), born Ruy Goncalves Ramos Sobrinho on February 9, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-born football (soccer) player, who became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 1989. He was one of the first foreign players in Japanese professional soccer, joining Yomiuri FC (later Verdy Kawasaki and now Tokyo Verdy 1969) in 1977 at the age of 20. He was an important member of the Japanese national team during their unsuccessful 1994 World Cup qualification, eventually retiring from the game in 1998 at the ripe old age of 41.

In March 2005, Ramos became coach of the Japanese national beach soccer team and took them to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, where they finished fourth.

In January 2006, he was named coach of his former squad Tokyo Verdy 1969.

External link

• Official site (in Japanese)