Ramiro Corrales

Football player infobox
playername = Ramiro Corrales


fullname = Ramiro Corrales
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|3|12
cityofbirth = San Jose
countryofbirth = U.S.
height = Height|m=1.83
currentclub = San Jose Earthquakes
clubnumber = 12
position = Midfielder
years = 1995
1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2004 2005-2006 2007 2008-
clubs = California Jaguars
Columbus Crew San Jose Clash Miami Fusion MetroStars
San Jose Earthquakes
Ham-Kam
Brann
San Jose Earthquakes
caps(goals) =
00 0(0)
25 0(1)
01 0(0)
56 0(0)
96 0(8)
46 0(2)
11 0(1)
16 0(2)
nationalyears =
1996-
nationalteam = USA U20
USA
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 0(0) 05 0(0)
pcupdate = 3 April 2008
ntupdate = January 2007

Ramiro Corrales (born March 12, 1977 in Salinas, California) is an American soccer player of Mexican heritage who plays for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

Biography

US

Ramiro did not play college soccer. Rather, in 1995 he signed with the California Jaguars of USISL. He then became a professional and entered the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. This was before the advent of Project-40, so Corrales forfeited any opportunity to guarantee a college scholarship. Ramiro was drafted 81st by the Columbus Crew but was then immediately traded to the San Jose Clash (later to be renamed "Earthquakes") for a second-round selection in the MLS supplemental draft.

In his rookie season for the San Jose Clash, he garnered a goal and an assist playing 11 matches. He started in 11 games the following season. In November 1997, Corrales was drafted 16th by the Miami Fusion in the 1997 Expansion Draft. He was traded again in June 1998, this time to the MetroStars in exchange for Carlos Parra. With the Metros, Ramiro was second on the team in minutes in 1999.

In 2001, Corrales was traded back to San Jose for the rights to Paul Grafer. There, he was integral part of coach Frank Yallop's team that would win the 2001 and 2003 MLS Cups. In nine years in MLS, Corrales scored nine goals and 19 assists. Ramiro provided excellent depth as he is able to play left back, left midfield, and central midfield.

Norway

After the 2004 season, Corrales signed with Norwegian club Hamarkameratene where he mainly played as left back. He was selected the club player of the year in the 2006 season by both local newspaper Hamar Arbeiderblad and as voted by the fans on the club's official homepage. [Cite news| publisher = hamkam.no | url = http://www.hamkam.no/presentation/showdetail.asp?id=4323 | title = Ramiro årets spiller no icon | author = | date = April 22, 2007]

On January 5 2007 Hamarkameratene and S.K. Brann agreed on a transfer, [Cite news| publisher = brann.no | url = http://www.brann.no/index.php?valg=nyhet&nyhet=5171 | title = Brann kaprer Corrales no icon | author = | date = April 22, 2007] but Corrales was expelled from Norway on February 9 by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration leaving it uncertain if he could play for Brann. Corrales was expelled because he had played the whole 2006-season without a work-permit. [Cite news| publisher = bt.no | url = http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article74694.ece| title = Ramiro Corrales kan glippe for Brann no icon | author = | date = April 22, 2007] The case was solved on March 14 when the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) gave Corrales a new work-permit. [Cite news| publisher = bt.no | url = http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article76814.ece| title = Corrales blir spilleklar no icon | author = | date = April 22, 2007]

After a US versus Sweden training match in January 2008, Ramiro refused to return to Bergen [ [http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ibergen/article1558624.ece Nettavisen - Visste ikke om ny lagkamerat] ] and expressed that he would rather give up football than return. He claimed he did not like the Bergen weather [http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article96159.ece] , he then later said he would accept a move to Oslo [http://www.fxt.no/tippeligaen/brann/article1455844.ece] which has similar climate to Bergen. He also modified his statement to he did not like being benched.

National team

Ramiro has earned appearances for the United States national team, playing for the U-20 and U-23 teams along with five caps for the senior team (his first coming October 16, 1996 against Peru). He also appeared in two games at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, helping the United States reach the semifinals.

Honours

USA

*MLS Cup: 2001 and 2003

Norway

*Norwegian Premier League: 2007

ee also

* List of current MLS players

References

External links

* [http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=players&id=45 Ramiro Corrales on Yanks Abroad]

Persondata
NAME= Corrales, Ramiro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Corrales, Ramiro
SHORT DESCRIPTION=footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1977-3-12
PLACE OF BIRTH= Salinas , U.S.
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=