1. Sergio Ramos played at Real Madrid for sixteen seasons, winning four UEFA Champions League titles while at the club, along with two UEFA European Championships and the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the Spain national team.
76 Facts About Sergio Ramos
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Sergio Ramos went on to become a mainstay for the club, winning 22 major honours, including five La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles.
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Sergio Ramos was vital to all of the Champions League winning campaigns, as he was named in the competition's Team of the Season each time.
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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.
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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 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 the previous 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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On 2 June 2023, Sergio Ramos announced that he would be leaving PSG at the end of the season, following the expiration of his contract.
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On 4 September 2023, Sergio Ramos returned to his boyhood club Sevilla after 18 years, by signing a contract until the end of the season.
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Sergio Ramos was initially shown a red card after receiving a second yellow card for a late challenge on Brais Mendez.
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On 6 February 2025, Sergio Ramos was announced as a new player for Liga MX side Monterrey, after various days of speculation.
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Sergio Ramos chose to wear number 93 instead of his traditional number 4 to honor his 93rd-minute equaliser in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final.
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Sergio Ramos was handed the captain's armband on his debut for the club against Atletico San Luis.
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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 Ivory Coast.
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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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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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Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, Sergio Ramos is a physically strong player with an ability to score from set pieces; he is known for his strong tackles, positioning, and aerial abilities, which allow him to excel in one-on-one situations.
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Sergio Ramos is an accurate penalty taker and often uses the Panenka technique to take them.
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Sergio Ramos can take free kicks due to his ability to bend the ball.
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Sergio Ramos is praised for his leadership, athleticism, and his offensive and defense prowess, 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 amazing performances in big games, most notably for Real Madrid, due to his ability to score crucial goals.
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Sergio Ramos is often criticised in the media for committing overly aggressive, reckless tackles and for picking up an excessive amount of cards; he has been accused of diving.
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Sergio Ramos holds multiple disciplinary records, for Real Madrid, the Champions League, La Liga, El Clasico, and the Spain national team.
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Sergio Ramos holds the record for the most carded player in La Liga, with 191 cards.
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Finally, Sergio Ramos holds the record for being the most carded player in the history of the Spain national team, with 24 yellow cards.
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Sergio Ramos has a close relationship with his family, especially his siblings and parents.
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Sergio Ramos is a fan of bullfighting and he is friends with bullfighter Alejandro Talavante.
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Sergio Ramos owns a stud farm in his native town of Andalusia that is dedicated to breeding 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, Mary, the Star of David, a lion, a wolf, a dreamcatcher, the map of Spain, the Native American chief, the hamsa, the FIFA World Cup and Champions League trophies, and his family members.
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In January 2019, Amazon Prime and Sergio Ramos himself announced they will release an eight-episode documentary series on Sergio Ramos' life in football and outside of football.
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Sergio Ramos's reactions were filmed by the Amazon Prime crew.