Sergio Ramos García (; born 30 March 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team as a centre back. He has won 22 major honours, including five La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. Ramos has been named to the FIFPro World11 ten times; a record for a defender, and the third-most all-time. He won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship in 2008 and 2012. In 2013, he became the nation’s youngest player to ever reach 100 caps.
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Sergio Ramos García (; born 30 March 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team as a centre back. He has won 22 major honours, including five La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. Ramos is widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, and has received praise for his leadership as well as passing and goalscoring capabilities. In 2013, he became the nation’s youngest player to ever reach 100 caps. He currently holds the record as the most capped player in the history of the Spain national team, and is his country’s eighth-highest all-time goalscorer. Ramos has been named to the FIFPro World11 ten times; a record for a defender, and the third-most all- time. He won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship in 2008 and 2012. He was also named the UEFA World Cup Dream Team in 2010, and to the UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament in 2012. In the summer of 2005, Ramos was purchased by Real Madrid for €27 million,. He was the only Spanish player brought in during Florentino Pérez’s first stint as Real’s president. At the club, he was assigned the number 4 shirt, previously worn by Fernando Hierro. In his first four seasons at Real Madrid, Ramos displayed a goalsc scoring instinct unusual to many defenders, netting more than 20 goals overall.
During the 2006–07 season, Ramos scored five goals, including one against FC Barcelona, as Real Madrid won a record 30th Spanish league championship. On 24 August 2008, he scored twice in the Supercopa de España against Levante UD: one through an individual effort, and another through a header. He also received the first nine of his 24 red cards for the club,. including four in his debut season. His first red card came after two offences in a 1–0 away loss to RCD Espanyol on September 18, 2005. He made his debut for Sevilla on 1 February 2004, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for Francisco Gallardo in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña. He appeared in 41 games as Sevilla finished sixth and qualified to the European Cup, scoring in home fixtures against Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. He scored his first continental goal, heading to conclude a 2–0 win over CD Nacional at the Estadio Ramon Sánchez Pizjuán in the first round of the UEFA Cup in the 2004–05 season. In August 2007, he assisted Gonzalo Higuaín in a 3–3 draw with FC Barcelona. On August 24, 2008, Ramos took his league tally for the 2007–08 season to five goals; these goals taking his tally to five for the Espalo de Espas de de 2008 season. He played in the Champions League final in the 93rd minute against CA Osasuna on August 31, 2008.
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