Venancio Ramos
Venancio Ramos ( born June 20, 1959 in Artigas ) is a former Uruguayan football player.
Playing career
Club career
The striker, nicknamed chicharra began his career in his homeland with Peñarol Montevideo. There he was involved between 1977 and 1983 at several championship titles. So he could in that time a total of four Uruguayan league titles (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982) and his team win. In addition, with Peñarol in 1982 he succeeded in both winning the Copa Libertadores and the World Cup. In 1984 he moved to Europe for RC Lens. After 18 goals in 72 games for the French club he returned two years later returned to South America and hired for one season at the Argentine club Independiente. Then he made his way back to his homeland, where he next stations at Racing, Defensor Sporting and El Tanque Sisley for Nacional Montevideo, the second big club Montevideo and archrival his home club Peñarol played.
National
Ramos took the Uruguayan U-20 national team the title at the U-20 South American Championship soccer in 1977 and finished with the team at the Junior World Cup in 1977 to fourth place. He was also a member of the Uruguayan national team, with whom he not only victorious Mundialito denied the turn of the year 1980/81, but also took part in the Football World Cup 1986 in Mexico. In this tournament, he wore the shirt number 19, he also belonged to the team that the Nehru Cup in 1982 won the title. Overall, he graduated from his debut on May 24, 1978 until his last mission on May 30, 1991 41 international matches in which he scored five goals. He also took part in the Uruguay Beach Soccer World Cup in 1997 and finished second. At this event, he finished tied with the Brasilianier Junior with eleven goals scored the top scorer.
Achievements
Association
- World Cup: 1982
- Copa Libertadores: 1982
- Uruguayan champion: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
National
- U-20 South American champions: 1977
- Mundialito: 1980/81
- Nehru Cup: 1982
- Vice World Champion in Beach Soccer: 1997
- Scorer of the Beach Soccer World Cup 1997
A trainer
With the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 Ramos served as coach of the second-placed Uruguayan national team. In the following years, he held that function at the tournaments in 2007, 2008 and 2009.