Waldo Ramos Díaz (27 June 1944 – 17 July 2024) was a Spanish football manager.
Career
editBorn in Nerva in the Province of Huelva in Andalusia, Ramos was raised in Catalonia. He coached the youth teams of RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona, winning national titles with the latter. In the 1980s, he led Palamós CF from the regional leagues to the Segunda División; after three consecutive promotions the team were two points off promotion to La Liga with their result in the 1989–90 Segunda División.[1][2]
For the 1990–91 season, Ramos moved to CD Málaga, who had been relegated from La Liga. He was sacked on 19 November after 11 games – four wins and five draws – and replaced by former Málaga player Abdallah Ben Barek. Ramos was the first manager to be hired by director of football Juanito, but criticised the director's decision to be a commentator at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy when Ramos thought he should have been signing players.[3]
Ramos also managed Girona FC and UE Figueres, both in his adopted home region.[4]
Ramos died in Lloret de Mar in Catalonia, on 17 July 2024, at the age of 80.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Entrenadors històrics del futbol català: capítol 2" [Historic managers of Catalan football: chapter 2] (in Catalan). Catalan Football Federation. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Waldo Ramos, histórico del fútbol catalán" [Waldo Ramos, historic figure of Catalan football, dies]. Sport (in Spanish). 17 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Góngora, Antonio (17 July 2024). "Fallece a los 80 años Waldo Ramos, primer entrenador del Málaga fichado por Juanito" [Waldo Ramos, first Málaga manager signed by Juanito, dies]. Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Ha mort Waldo Ramos, històric entrenador del Girona i el Palamós, als 85 anys" [Waldo Ramos, historic manager of Girona and Palamós, died aged 85] (in Catalan). Esport3. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Fallece en Lloret, Waldo Ramos, legendario entrenador del Girona y el Málaga entre otros equipos" [Waldo Ramos, legendary manager of Girona and Málaga among other teams, dies in Lloret]. Lloret Gaceta (in Spanish). 17 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.