Jaime Ramírez

Ramírez was skillful with the ball, he had great technique and played at the junior divisions of Bádminton F.C. (1946–1947), Universidad de Chile in 1949–1952, 1962 and 1966, he was a Colo-Colo champion with the team in 1956, O'Higgins, Huachipato, Audax Italiano, Unión San Felipe, Palestino and outside of his country of origin he played for Racing Club of Argentina, Espanyol from Barcelona and Granada from Spain. In this country, he showed so much ability that he was nicknamed "Superclase" meaning "Super-Class" by sports commentators and the media. Ramírez was a member of the Unión San Felipe team that competeted in the 1972 Copa Libertadores, in which he scored a consolation goal in a 3–1 loss to Universitario in the group stages, becoming, at the age of 40 years and 213 days, the oldest-ever goalscorer in the history of the Copa Libertadores at the time, a record that he held for nearly three decades, until it was finally broken by Óscar Aguirregaray in 2001, aged 41, and later by Roque Santa Cruz and Zé Roberto, both aged 42. Constituted on 23 November 1956, Ramírez was a leadership member of the Sindicato Profesional de Jugadores de Fútbol (Professional Trade Union of Football Players) in Chile.

Ramírez participated in 56 games for Chile, where 36 games were official games and he scored 13 goals. He made his debut in the national team on 17 September 1954, in a game against Peru, where Chile defeated Peru 2–1. But his most memorable presentations in the national team took place in 1962, where he scored two goals, one against Switzerland, and one against Italy. On the other hand, he was one of the best players of the tournament, playing frequently as a right winger, midfielder, and even left defender taking advantage of his many talents. His great performance attracted to Racing de Avellaneda from Argentina. At the end of his career and being aged 35 years old, he was a member of the Chile team that competed in the 1966 World Cup.

He was the manager of Olimpia in Honduras and both Sport Boys and Deportivo Cañaña in Peru.

He was the son of Aníbal Ramírez, a Chile international footballer in the 1924 South American Championship.