74 Facts About Sergio Ramos

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Sergio Ramos played a crucial part in the build-up to all four UEFA Champions League wins, being named in the competition Squad of the Season each time.

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Sergio Ramos scored the equaliser in the 93rd minute of the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final.

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Sergio Ramos has been named to the FIFPro World11 eleven times; a record for a defender, and the third-most all-time.

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Sergio Ramos has been elected to the UEFA Team of the Year nine times, a record for a defender and the third-most of any player.

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Internationally, Sergio Ramos represented Spain at four World Cups and three European Championships.

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Sergio Ramos won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship in 2008 and 2012, being named to the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2010, and the UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament in 2012.

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Sergio Ramos made his first appearance for Spain at the age of 18 and, in 2013, he became the nation's youngest player to ever reach 100 caps.

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Sergio Ramos currently holds the record as the most capped player in the history of the Spain national team and is his country's ninth-highest all-time goalscorer.

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Sergio Ramos holds the record of most international victories for Spain with 131 matches won.

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In February 2023, Sergio Ramos announced his retirement from international football.

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Sergio Ramos was the only Spanish player brought in during Florentino Perez's first stint as Real's president.

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At the club, Sergio Ramos was assigned the number 4 shirt, previously worn by Fernando Hierro.

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Sergio Ramos received the first nine of his 24 red cards for the club, including four in his debut season.

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Sergio Ramos finished 21st in the European Player of the Year nomination for 2008.

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Sergio Ramos scored four goals in 33 league matches; and, on 21 February 2010 he played his 200th official match for the Los Blancos against Villarreal.

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On 12 July 2011, Sergio Ramos extended his contract with Real Madrid until 2017.

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Sergio Ramos subsequently received a four-match suspension, after it was revealed he insulted referee Miguel Angel Ayza Gamez.

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Sergio Ramos scored in both the semi-final and the final of the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup and was voted the Player of the Match in both as Real Madrid won the tournament in Morocco.

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Sergio Ramos was voted the player of the tournament, winning the Golden Ball.

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Sergio Ramos agreed a new five-year contract with Real Madrid in August 2015, tying him to the club until 2020.

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Sergio Ramos was made captain after the transfer of Casillas to Porto.

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Sergio Ramos scored in a final, putting Real ahead in the first half.

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Sergio Ramos was named man of the match by UEFA after the game.

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Sergio Ramos started in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup in Trondheim, scoring Real Madrid's equalizing second goal of the match in the 93rd minute, and hence bringing the game into extra-time.

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Sergio Ramos' winner put Real Madrid back at the top of the La Liga table.

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Sergio Ramos later denied that he intentionally hit Karius, saying that Virgil van Dijk pushed him into Karius.

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Sergio Ramos became the first player to captain a team to three consecutive Champions League triumphs, having now lifted the Champions League in every season as captain.

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Sergio Ramos became the first player to lift three consecutive FIFA Club World Cups while becoming the first defender to score in two Club World Cup Finals.

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On 9 January 2019, Sergio Ramos scored a penalty in the Copa del Rey game against Leganes, which was his 100th career goal, excluding 2 goals for Sevilla's reserve team.

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On 6 February 2019, Sergio Ramos was playing in the Clasico for the 40th time.

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Ten days later, Sergio Ramos played in his 41st El Clasico, in the Copa del Rey semi-final second leg at home.

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Sergio Ramos did not feature due to being suspended after forcing a yellow card in the first leg, thus facing criticism for doing so.

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On 26 February 2020, Sergio Ramos equalled the record of red cards received in the UEFA Champions League.

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Sergio Ramos scored the first goal at this stadium in its inaugural match in May 2006.

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Sergio Ramos' goal began with him winning the ball back from Eibar's attack a few meters outside Madrid's own penalty area and ran 70 meters across the pitch to find the pass from Eden Hazard to score his first La Liga goal from open play in over five years.

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The penalty against Getafe meant that Sergio Ramos had equalled his best goal scoring season which was set last season.

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Sergio Ramos had now scored in four out of six of Madrid's matches since the restart, more than any other player.

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Sergio Ramos scored his 19th consecutive penalty for Madrid in the 60th minute which killed the game, before coming off as a substitute.

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Sergio Ramos later missed the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Liverpool, as he tested positive for COVID-19, although he was injured.

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On 8 July 2021, it was announced that Sergio Ramos had signed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

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Sergio Ramos chose to wear the number 4 jersey, with Thilo Kehrer switching to the number 24 shirt.

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In 2004, Sergio Ramos became an instant hit for Spain's under-19, for whom he played six international matches.

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Sergio Ramos held this record until 1 March 2006, when it was broken by Cesc Fabregas in a friendly match against Cote d'Ivoire.

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Sergio Ramos was selected for the final stages in Germany and, after the international retirement of Real Madrid teammate Michel Salgado, became the undisputed first-choice right-back.

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Sergio Ramos was selected in the squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, as Spain finished in third.

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46.

Sergio Ramos returned to the heart of the defence for Euro 2012.

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Sergio Ramos wore another T-shirt during Spain's Euro 2012 celebrations to pay homage to his late friend Puerta.

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Sergio Ramos became the youngest European player ever to reach that figure in the process, surpassing Germany's Lukas Podolski.

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In June, Sergio Ramos contested in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, starting every match as Spain lost to the hosts in the final.

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Sergio Ramos was selected for his third World Cup in 2014.

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Sergio Ramos played the full 90 minutes of each of the team's matches in Brazil, each with a different partner in central defence, as the reigning champions were eliminated from the group stage.

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In February 2016, Sergio Ramos won the Luis Aragones Award by Marca which distinguished him as the best player of the national team in the past year.

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Sergio Ramos was included in the Spain squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and would go into his fourth tournament, and first World Cup as Captain after Iker Casillas missed out.

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Sergio Ramos played in all three of Spain's Group stage matches as they topped the 'Group of Death' ahead of European Champions Portugal.

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Sergio Ramos scored Spain's fourth penalty but it wasn't enough as teammates Koke and Aspas both had their penalties saved.

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Three days later, ahead of the match against Sweden, Sergio Ramos received a plaque from the Spanish Football Federation to commemorate his record.

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Sergio Ramos was excluded from the squad for UEFA Euro 2020, following an injury-plagued season.

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Sergio Ramos's omission marked the first major tournament since Euro 2004 where he was not called for the national team, ending a run of featuring in ten consecutive tournaments.

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Sergio Ramos announced his retirement from international football on 23 February 2023 at the age of 36, having not appeared for his country in nearly two years, after new coach Luis de la Fuente told him he would no longer be selected.

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Sergio Ramos is an accurate penalty taker, and is known for often using the Panenka technique when taking them.

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Sergio Ramos has been known to take free kicks, courtesy of his ability to bend the ball and his powerful striking ability from distance.

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Sergio Ramos has earned plaudits for his leadership, athleticism, technical prowess, and his ability to excel both offensively and defensively, as well as his versatility, which allows him to be deployed as a centre-back and as a full-back; in his youth, he often played as a right-back, while he later established himself as a centre-back as his career progressed.

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Sergio Ramos has been praised for his decisive performances in important games, most notably for Real Madrid, due to his tendency to score crucial goals for his team, and is considered by several pundits to be one of the most reliable performers in high-pressure situations.

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Sergio Ramos is often criticised in the media for using excessive, reckless force while playing, as well as for his lack of discipline and tendency to pick-up an excessive number of unnecessary cards; he has been accused of diving.

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Sergio Ramos holds multiple disciplinary records, for Real Madrid, in the Champions League, La Liga, El Clasico, and in the Spain national team.

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Sergio Ramos holds the record for most carded player in La Liga, with 191 cards.

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Lastly, Sergio Ramos holds the record for being the most carded player in the history of the Spanish national team, with 24 yellow cards.

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Sergio Ramos has been described as a 'family person' and has a close relationship with his siblings and parents.

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Sergio Ramos is a fan of bullfighting and he is a personal friend of matador Alejandro Talavante.

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Sergio Ramos celebrated victories for both club and country by playing with a matador's cape.

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Sergio Ramos is a keen horse aficionado, owning a stud farm in his native Andalusia specifically dedicated to the breeding of the Andalusian horse.

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In June 2014, Sergio Ramos was appointed as an ambassador for UNICEF Spain.

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Sergio Ramos has more than 42 tattoos, including Jesus and Mary, Star of David in honour of his grandmother, Nena, who gave a pendant of the same design to his mother; in addition, he has tattoos of a lion, wolf, dreamcatcher, map of Spain, Native American chief, hamsa, FIFA World Cup and Champions League trophies, his family members, among others.

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Sergio Ramos's reactions were filmed by the Amazon Prime crew.