Francisco Ramírez (Honduran footballer) explained

Francisco Ramírez
Fullname:José Francisco Ramírez Pineda
Birth Date:10 July 1976
Birth Place:Amapala, Valle, Honduras
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1994–1996
Youthclubs1:El Tigre
Years1:1997–2000
Years2:2000
Years3:2001–2002
Years4:2002–2005
Years5:2005–2006
Years6:2006–2007
Years7:2008
Years8:2008
Years9:2010
Clubs1:Motagua
Clubs2:Dundee United
Clubs3:Motagua
Clubs4:Platense
Clubs5:Marathón
Clubs6:Platense
Clubs7:Vida
Clubs8:Vista Hermosa
Clubs9:Walter Ferretti
Caps1:35
Goals1:27
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Caps3:44
Goals3:9
Caps4:122
Goals4:50
Caps5:12
Goals5:4
Caps6:28
Goals6:4
Caps7:12
Goals7:1
Caps8:15
Goals8:2
Goals9:10
Nationalyears1:1999–2006
Nationalteam1:Honduras
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:10
Pcupdate:2005
Ntupdate:2006

José Francisco Ramírez Pineda (born 10 July 1976) is a retired Honduran footballer.

He was nicknamed Pancho Ra and was the biggest transfer in the Honduran league, at that time, when Marathón acquired him from Platense in 2006 for 1,6 million lempiras.[1]

Club career

Ramírez started his career at Motagua where he started scoring goals and caught the eye of foreign clubs. In 2000, Ramírez and two teammates from Motagua, Reynaldo Clavasquín and Gustavo Fuentes, were transferred to Scottish Premier League club Dundee United.[2] All three had their contracts cancelled within a few weeks, in Ramírez's case after only four minutes of first team action when he came in as a sub against Celtic on 21 October 2000.[3]

He then returned to Motagua before a prolific spell at Platense and a less successful stint at Marathón. In October 2003 he scored his 50th league goal against Vida.[4] When at Platense, Ramírez was top goalscorer of the 2005 Apertura season with 13 goals[5] and, by May 2009, was the Honduran league's third top goalscorer of all time with 95 goals scored for 4 different teams.[6]

He seemed to end his career at Salvadoran side Vista Hermosa and returned to Honduras in 2009 to drive tourists around in his hometown Amapala with a motorcycle taxi.[7]

In January 2010 he moved abroad again to play for Nicaraguan side Walter Ferretti[8] for whom he would score 10 goals.[9]

TeamSeasonGamesStartSubGoalYCRC
Club Deportivo Platense2002–03 A15945--
Club Deportivo Platense2002–03 C141314--
Club Deportivo Platense2003–04 A171526--
Club Deportivo Platense2003–04 C181716--
Club Deportivo Platense2004–05 A181716--
Club Deportivo Platense2004–05 C2018210--
Club Deportivo Platense2005–06 A2018213--

International career

Ramírez made his debut for Honduras in a March 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Belize and he immediately scored his first international goal when coming on as a sub for Christian Santamaría. He has earned a total of 18 caps, scoring 10 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup,[10] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was a January friendly match against Ecuador.

International goals

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 March 1999 4–1 5–1 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
2 24 March 1999 3–1 3–1 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
3 23 July 2000 1–0 1–3 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 16 August 2000 2–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 16 August 2000 4–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 15 November 2000 1–0 7–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 15 November 2000 2–0 7–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 25 April 2003 Stade Riviére-Pilote, Fort-de-France, Martinique 2–0 2–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
9 27 April 2003 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique 2–1 4–2 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
10 2 July 2005 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada 1–0 2–1 Friendly match

Notes and References

  1. http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/477910 Desafíe a Ismael
  2. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nid=153&cd=2000&cd1=9 HONDURAS TRIO SIGNED
  3. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=124&ID=207 1st Team (Jose) Francisco Ramirez
  4. http://m.diez.hn/Ediciones/2013/04/06/Noticias/Roger-Rojas-camino-a-ser-el-nuevo-matador-del-Olimpia Roger Rojas, camino a ser el nuevo “matador” del Olimpia
  5. http://www.diez.hn/content/view/full/45305 Cardozo, 7 años después iguala marca
  6. http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/198797 Desafíe a Ismael
  7. http://old.latribuna.hn/2009/09/19/francisco-ramirez-el-otro-ano-vuelvo/ Francisco Ramírez: El otro año vuelvo
  8. http://archivo.elheraldo.hn/content/view/full/364759 "Pancho" Ramírez fichó por el Ferreti de Nicaragua
  9. http://www.diez.hn/content/view/full/42514 Los grandes goleadores de Honduras
  10. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam99.html UNCAF Tournament 1999
  11. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/05gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 – Full Details