- Guillermo Ramírez
Football player infobox| playername = Guillermo Ramírez
fullname = Guillermo Ramírez Ortega
Aka =
nickname = "El Pando"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|03|26
cityofbirth =Livingston, Izabal
countryofbirth =Guatemala
height =
currentclub =CSD Municipal
clubnumber =
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005 2006-
clubs =CSD Municipal PAS Giannina CF Atlante Jaguares de Chiapas CSD Municipal →Los Angeles Galaxy (loan)CSD Municipal
caps(goals) = 22 (4) 9 (0) 14 (2) 32 (13) 24 (2)
nationalyears = 1997–present
nationalteam = Guatemala
nationalcaps(goals) = 88 (11)
pcupdate = 20 February 2007
ntupdate = 23 August 2008Guillermo "Pando"" Ramírez Ortega (born
March 26 ,1978 in Livingston,Guatemala ) is a Guatemalan footballmidfielder who plays forCSD Municipal in the Guatemala National League. He is also a member of the Guatemala national team, being its most capped player as of August 2008.Club career
Having been a part of Municipal since 1995, Ramírez also had spells in
2001 withPAS Giannina inGreece and in 2003 with Jaguares in the Mexican First Division.He played the 2005 season on loan for the
Los Angeles Galaxy ofMajor League Soccer . He struggled, scoring a lone goal during the regular season, but in the playoffs, in his only appearance, as a substitute in theMLS Cup Final, he scored the game-winner in extra time to give Galaxy its second MLS title. []After the 2005 MLS season, Ramírez went back to Municipal, and has since helped the team win three league tournaments.
National team
Ramírez is a member of the Guatemalan national team, being capped over 60 times. He has been part of the qualification processes for the World Cups of 2002, 2006, and 2010. He captained the squad that reached the final stage of the 2006 World Cup qualification.
On August 6, 2008, Ramirez wore the captain armband and scored Guatemala's second goal of a 3-0 victory over Bolivia, also becoming the most capped player in the history of the Guatemalan team with 91 international appearances, surpassing the previous record held by
Juan Carlos Plata . [cite web |url=http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2008/agosto/07/255612.html | author=Barrios, Luis | publisher="Prensa Libre "| title="Fogueo: Guatemala venció a Bolivia" | accessdate=2008-08-09] [http://www.guatefutbol.com/content/view/3949/64/]http://uncaf.net/portal/modules/futbolmasculino/item.php?itemid=643
References
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=177607/index.html FIFA.com - Individual record at FIFA tournaments]
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