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Francisco Ramírez (Honduran footballer)

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

Francisco Ramírez
Personal information
Full name José Francisco Ramírez Pineda
Date of birth (1976-07-10) 10 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Amapala, Valle, Honduras
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1994–1996 El Tigre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Motagua 35 (27)
2000 Dundee United 1 (0)
2001–2002 Motagua 44 (9)
2002–2005 Platense 122 (50)
2005–2006 Marathón 12 (4)
2006–2007 Platense 28 (4)
2008 Vida 12 (1)
2008 Vista Hermosa 15 (2)
2010 Walter Ferretti (10)
International career‡
1999–2006 Honduras 18 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2005
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Pineda.

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

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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]

Team Season Games Start Sub Goal YC RC
Club Deportivo Platense 2002–03 A 15 9 4 5 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2002–03 C 14 13 1 4 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2003–04 A 17 15 2 6 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2003–04 C 18 17 1 6 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2004–05 A 18 17 1 6 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2004–05 C 20 18 2 10 - -
Club Deportivo Platense 2005–06 A 20 18 2 13 - -

International career

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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[10] and played at the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup,[11] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[12]

His final international was a January friendly match against Ecuador.

International goals

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N. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 March 1999 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica   Belize 4–1 5–1 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
2 24 March 1999 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica   El Salvador 3–1 3–1 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
3 23 July 2000 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica   Jamaica 1–0 1–3 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 16 August 2000 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 16 August 2000 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 15 November 2000 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 7–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 15 November 2000 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–0 7–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 25 April 2003 Stade Riviére-Pilote, Fort-de-France, Martinique   Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 2–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
9 27 April 2003 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique   Martinique 2–1 4–2 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
10 2 July 2005 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada   Canada 1–0 2–1 Friendly match

References

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  1. ^ Desafíe a Ismael[permanent dead link‍] – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. ^ HONDURAS TRIO SIGNED Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Dundee United
  3. ^ 1st Team (Jose) Francisco Ramirez[permanent dead link‍] – Dundee United
  4. ^ Roger Rojas, camino a ser el nuevo “matador” del Olimpia[permanent dead link‍] – Diez (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Cardozo, 7 años después iguala marca Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Diez (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Desafíe a Ismael[permanent dead link‍] – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Francisco Ramírez: El otro año vuelvo[permanent dead link‍] – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Pancho" Ramírez fichó por el Ferreti de Nicaragua Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Los grandes goleadores de Honduras Archived 25 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Diez (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Francisco Ramírez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  11. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1999 – RSSSF
  12. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
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