José Ramos Delgado

Club

Ramos Delgado started his playing career in 1956 with Lanús. He soon earned a move to River Plate where he played 172 games in seven seasons with the club. In 1966, Ramos Delgado joined Banfield. After a short spell with the club, he moved to Brazil to play for Santos, where he played alongside Pelé, Coutinho and José Macia in the club's golden years. He continued playing for Santos until the age of 38, making a total of 324 appearances and scoring one goal. In the last year of his playing career, Delgado played for Portuguesa Santista. He retired at the age of 39.

National team

Between 1958 and 1965, Ramos Delgado played 25 times for the Argentina national football team. He was included in the squads for the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, and played in the qualifiers for the 1966 World Cup.

After retiring as a player, Ramos Delgado had a spell as manager of Santos, before returning to Argentina where he worked as the manager of several football clubs including Belgrano, Deportivo Maipú, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, Talleres de Córdoba, Platense, All Boys and his home town club Quilmes. He also worked as the manager of Peruvian club Universitario. He returned to Santos to work as a youth team coach helping to develop young players such as Robinho and Diego.

Ramos Delgado was born in the city of Quilmes, Argentina. He belonged to the Cape Verdean community in Argentina, as his father was a native of the islands, born in São Vicente.

As a player

River Plate Primera División runner-up (4): 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965 Santos Campeonato Paulista (4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 Campeonato Brasileiro (1): 1968 Recopa Intercontinental (1): 1968 Argentina Taça das Nações: 1964