Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros (16 August 1897 – 18 January 1965) was a Spanish footballer 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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramón Gil Sequeiros | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Galicia, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 18 January 1965 (aged 66) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1917 | Deportivo Fabril | ||
| 1917–1918 | Real Club Coruña | ||
| 1918–1923 | Real Vigo Sporting | ||
| 1923 | Celta de Vigo | ||
| 1924–1931 | Deportivo de La Coruña | ||
| International career | |||
| 1920 | Spain | 0 | (0) |
| 1922–1923 | Galicia | (7) | |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
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 edit
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 edit
Club edit
- Winners (3) 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23
International edit
Spain
- Olympic Games Silver medal: 1920
- Asturias
- Runner-up (1): 1922-23
References edit
- ^ a b Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Ramón Gil Sequeiros - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Ramón Gil". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Grandes y pequeños jugadores del Celta de Vigo: MONCHO GIL" [Big and small Celta de Vigo players: MONCHO GIL]. www.yojugueenelcelta.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Galicia - Centro (4 - 1) 19/11/1922". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
External links edit
- Ramón Gil at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Moncho Gil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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