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Ramón Gil

Ramón Gil

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Born in Vigo, he began playing football at his hometown club Real Vigo Sporting in 1917, and he helped them win three Galician Championships in 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23. He played for them until 1923, when Sporting was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form Celta de Vigo. He was then part of the first-ever teams fielded by Celta de Vigo and played for them for four seasons.

International career

He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Italy and in the Silver/Bronze medal match against the Netherlands which Spain won 3-1. Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF. Moncho Gil helped the team reach the final, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.

Club
RC Celta de Vigo (1923–1927)
Club
Spain men's national football team (1920–1920)
National team
Spain

Legacy

Honours

Club

Real Vigo Sporting Galician Championship:

Winners (3) 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23

International

Spain

Olympic Games Silver medal: 1920 Asturias Prince of Asturias Cup:

Runner-up (1): 1922-23

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Description

Spanish footballer (1897-1965)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros was a Spanish football player who played as a forward. He was a member of the Spain national team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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