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  • RAMIRES: TIME TO FOCUS RAMIRES: TIME TO FOCUS - 02.08.2012
    When it comes to having a significant impact on the big stage, there are few better players to have in your side than Ramires...
  • RAMIRES RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL FOLD RAMIRES RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL FOLD - 31.07.2012
    Ramires has been recalled to the Brazil squad by national team coach Mano Menezes.
  • LOOKING BACK: NO 7 LOOKING BACK: NO 7 - 21.06.2012
    After finishing his debut season in England strongly, Ramires continued where he left off during the 2011/12 campaign...
  • INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP - 04.06.2012
    Both Fernando Torres and Juan Mata came off the bench as Spain signed off from their Euro 2012 warm-up programme with a 1-0 win against China...
  • RAMIRES: BEATING BENFICA RAMIRES: BEATING BENFICA - 03.04.2012
    Ramires insists nobody in the dressing room is taking anything for granted as we prepare for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against his former side Benfica.
  • RAMIRES: HAPPY HOMECOMING RAMIRES: HAPPY HOMECOMING - 27.03.2012
    Ramires returns to the Estadio da Luz for the first time since leaving Benfica early last season, and is determined to be walking away with the upper hand in our Champions League quarter-final tie...
  • RAMIRES RESPONDS WITH 188BET RAMIRES RESPONDS WITH 188BET - 08.03.2012
    Ramires joined our official betting partner 188BET for a Twitter-based Q and A on Thursday afternoon, spending an hour responding to fans' online questions.
  • FIVE MORE YEARS FOR RAMIRES FIVE MORE YEARS FOR RAMIRES - 05.03.2012
    Ramires today (Monday) signed a new contract which commits him to Chelsea until 2017...
  • RAMIRES: MAKING SACRIFICES RAMIRES: MAKING SACRIFICES - 03.03.2012
    Ramires has stressed the need for consistency ahead of this weekend's Barclays Premier League game at West Bromwich Albion...
  • VILLAS-BOAS SET TO WELCOME BACK RAMIRES VILLAS-BOAS SET TO WELCOME BACK RAMIRES - 16.02.2012
    Andre Villas-Boas should have Ramires back for Saturday's visit of Birmingham City in the FA Cup, while a decision is yet to be made on the fitness of John Terry...
  • RAMIRES INJURY NEWS RAMIRES INJURY NEWS - 29.01.2012
    Scans confirm Ramires suffered a medial ligament injury to his right knee in Saturday's game against Queens Park Rangers...
  • 188BET WANT YOUR QUESTIONS FOR RAMIRES 188BET WANT YOUR QUESTIONS FOR RAMIRES - 24.01.2012
    The club's official betting partner, 188BET, is offering all Chelsea fans the chance to chat live with Ramires.
  • CHANGING FACES OF RAMIRES IN NEW MAG CHANGING FACES OF RAMIRES IN NEW MAG - 12.01.2012
    In the latest edition of the official Chelsea magazine (available in shops today), midfielder Ramires talks about the inspirational effect winning a 50/50 tackle can have on the players around...
  • Name: Ramires
  • Nationality: Brazilian
  • Date of Birth: 24/03/1987
  • Height: 180 cm
  • Weight: 73.0 kg
  • Previous Clubs: Benfica
  • Position: Midfielder

Chelsea career
Ramires Santos do Nascimento joined Chelsea in the summer of 2010 on a four-year contract after one season with Benfica.

A Chelsea debut arrived in a 2-0 win against Stoke in late August, Ramires appearing for the final few minutes in place of Michael Essien, before a first start at West Ham and full games against Blackpool in the Premier League and Newcastle in the Carling Cup.

In total there were 22 starts in his first campaign, providing a committed presence during the side's winless two months between November and December, and winning a late penalty at White Hart Lane that gave us the chance to beat Spurs.

A first Chelsea goal arrived in the 4-0 demolition of Bolton Wanderers in late January, and the mobbing he received showed how popular the player is at Stamford Bridge.

In late March he scored his second Chelsea goal, dancing between two Manchester City defenders before firing high into the top corner. It was a strike deemed worthy of the club's Goal of the Season award by supporters.

Ramires missed our pre-season tour of Asia due to Copa America duty, but returned to England in sparkling form, and has proven a key component of Andre Villas-Boas's new Chelsea, figuring as a regular on the right of a midfield three, and contributing greater drive going forward. Two early season goals against Swansea suggested a bright campaign ahead.

The Brazilian remained an important part of the midfield throughout the autumn and winter, before a medial ligament injury to his right knee in the FA Cup win at QPR threatened to keep him out for a month.

However, he only missed three games before returning and has played consistently since. His goalscoring has tended to come in spurts, with two four-in-six purple patches, including the second in our crucial 3-0 win over Valencia in early December.

Under Roberto Di Matteo, he has tended to feature as the right winger in a front three, providing more energy and defensive support down that flank, and he made a massive impact as the season drew to a close, developing a reputation as a big-game player.

Ramires scored the crucial third goal at Wembley as we beat Tottenham 5-1 in the FA Cup semi-final, before netting a sublime chip in the Camp Nou during our 2-2 draw in the Champions League semi-final, a game which also saw him pick up a booking which ruled him out of the Final.

It was Wembley joy for the likeable Brazilian once again when he opened the scoring in the FA Cup Final, racing on to a Juan Mata pass before driving past Pepe Reina, and while he plyed no part in our Champions League Final success, he had undoubtedly done as much as anybody to bask in the victory.

Illness ruled Ramires out of our opening game of the 2012/13 campaign at Wigan, but he returned to the starting line-up three days later for the 4-2 win against Reading.

Pre-Chelsea
Ramires spent one season with Benfica in which he helped them storm to the Liga Sagres title, five points clear of Braga in second place.

During that campaign, the 23-year-old midfielder made 26 league appearances, scoring four times including a last-minute winner against Vitoria Guimaraes on his debut.

Rio-born Ramires signed for Benfica from Cruzeiro, on the day he earned his first call-up to the full Brazil squad for the 2009 Confederations Cup, a tournament they easily won, and he went on to help them qualify for the World Cup.

Comfortable in either the centre or the right of midfield, he spent just over two seasons in Belo Horizonte with Cruzeiro, whom he joined from Joinville in 2007, and became a state champion appearing in 61 league matches and scoring 10 times.

International career
Ramires made his Brazil debut in the summer of 2009 and was an ever-present as they lifted the Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Picked in Dunga's 23-man squad for the World Cup a year later, he appeared in four of their five matches but was suspended for the 2-1 defeat to Holland in the quarter-finals after accumulating two yellow cards. His only start was against Chile in the first knockout round.

He also represented his country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Competition Apps
(as sub)
Goals Yellow
Cards
Red
Cards
League 2 (1) 0 0 0
Euro Cups 1 (0) 0 0 0
Career History:
Club Season Comp. Apps
(as sub)
Goals
Chelsea 2011 - 12 League 30 (2) 5
FA Cup 6 (0) 4
League Cup 1 (1) 0
Euro Cups 10 (0) 3
2010 - 11 League 29 (7) 2
FA Cup 3 (0) 0
League Cup 1 (0) 0
Euro Cups 8 (1) 0
Benfica 2009 - 10 League 26 (3) 4
League Cup 1 (1) 0
Euro Cups 9 (0) 0
Select Season

Defensive Stats

  • Goals Conceded/Game1.1
  • Shots on Target/Goals Conceded5.28
  • Clean Sheets/Game0.2

Attacking Stats

  • Goals7
  • Shots/Goals Ratio0.1
  • Shots on Target Ratio0.59

How Goals Scored

  • Left Foot0
  • Right Foot7
  • Headers0
  • Other0

Discipline

  • Red Cards0
  • Yellow Cards10
  • Fouls91
  • Fouls/Cards Ration0.11

Goals Times

How Goals Scored

Career Appearances

Season Club Played Goals YC RC
2012 - 13 Chelsea 3 (1) 0 0 0
2011 - 12 Chelsea 47 (3) 12 8 0
2010 - 11 Chelsea 41 (8) 2 11 1
TOTAL 91 (12) 14 19 1