Paco Ramírez
Mexican footballer
Francisco Javier Ramírez Gámez (born 28 November 1965), popularly nicknamed Paco Ramírez, is a Mexican football manager and former defender. He was also a member of the Mexico national team coaching staff on two occasions under Ricardo Lavolpe and Sven-Göran Eriksson. Ramírez later became manager of Guadalajara during the Clausura 2009, but was sacked after 7 matches into the Apertura 2009.
Ramírez was born on 28 November 1965 in Huásabas, Sonora, and grew up in Hermosillo.
Playing career
Although Ramírez started off playing baseball in school, his talents in soccer led him to play in different teams at the state level, until he got the opportunity to represent Sonora in the National Junior Tournament "Benito Juárez", where he was discovered by Wasilevsky Waldemar. By playing in the Cannes and Toulon Tournament at the amateur level, he was signed by football club Deportivo Neza in 1984.
Ramírez obtained 12 caps with the Mexico national team during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Management career
Paco Ramirez began his career as an assistant coach to Enrique Meza at Club Atlas, and since then has been an assistant coach to Ricardo Lavolpe, Hans Westerhof, Salvador Reyes, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Sergio Bueno. On April 16, 2009, Paco Ramírez was hired as the head coach of C.D. Guadalajara to replace Omar Arellano who had been acting as an interim coach for the club.
In 2002, Ramírez received his first call as an assistant to the Mexico national team by Ricardo Lavolpe where he participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
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