Full name Ulises Ramos Place of death Santiago, Chile | Place of birth Tocopilla, Chile Years Team | |
Date of birth (1919-11-04)4 November 1919 Date of death 13 August 2002(2002-08-13) (aged 82) Died 13 August 2002, Santiago, Chile | ||
Ulises Ramos (4 November 1919 — 13 August 2002) was a Chilean footballer and manager.
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Club career
Ramos was born in Tocopilla in 1919 to a middle-class family. Ten years later, he alongside his family moved to the capital Santiago. He attended Instituto Nacional and once graduated of there, he entered to study dentistry at the University of Chile in 1937.
In 1939, he joined Audax Italiano to play professional football. After completing three goals in thirteen games with the Italics during that league season, Ramos joined the freshly founded football department of his alma mater in 1940. In his first season at Universidad de Chile, he was part of the team which reached the first league title of the football team. He remained at the team eleven years, retiring from football in 1951, completing a total of 217 matches and scoring 43 goals.
Thirty years later, in 1969, Ramos became in manager of Universidad de Chile, reaching a league title and achieving be the first to be champion as player and coach of the club.
On 13 August 2002, he died at the age of 82.