Ramón Gil Explained

Ramón Gil
Fullname:Ramón Gil Sequeiros
Birth Date:16 August 1897
Birth Place:A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Position:Forward
Years1:1914–1917
Years2:1917–1918
Years3:1918–1923
Years4:1923
Years5:1924–1931
Nationalyears1:1920
Nationalteam1:Spain
Nationalcaps1:0
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1922–1923
Nationalteam2:Galicia
Nationalgoals2:7
Medaltemplates:[1]

Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros (16 August 1897 – 18 January 1965) was a Spanish football player who played as a forward.[2] He was a member of the Spain national team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

Club career

Born in Vigo, he began playing football at his hometown club Real Vigo Sporting in 1917, and he helped them win three Galician Championships in 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23. He played for them until 1923, when Sporting was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form Celta de Vigo. He was then part of the first-ever teams fielded by Celta de Vigo and played for them for four seasons.[4]

International career

He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Italy and in the Silver/Bronze medal match against the Netherlands which Spain won 3-1.[3]

Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[5] Moncho Gil helped the team reach the final, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.[1]

Honours

Club

Real Vigo SportingGalician Championship
  • International

    Spain

    AsturiasPrince of Asturias Cup
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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: La Copa Príncipe de Asturias . The Prince of Asturias Cup . es . . Vicente Martínez Calatrava . 17 August 2009 . 26 June 2022 .
    2. Web site: Ramón Gil Sequeiros - Footballer . www.bdfutbol.com . 25 June 2022.
    3. Web site: Ramón Gil . Olympedia . 15 August 2021.
    4. Web site: Grandes y pequeños jugadores del Celta de Vigo: MONCHO GIL . Big and small Celta de Vigo players: MONCHO GIL . es . www.yojugueenelcelta.com . 25 June 2022.
    5. Web site: Galicia - Centro (4 - 1) 19/11/1922 . www.bdfutbol.com . 27 June 2022.