(25 August 1935 – 3 December 2010)
Playing career
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 Pepe 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, retiring at the age of 39.
National team
Between 1958 and 1965, Ramos Delgado played 25 times for the Argentine national 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.Coaching career
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 de 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.
Death
Ramos Delgado died in a hospital in Villa Elisa on 3 December 2010, of Alzheimer's disease.[1]Honours
As a player
- Santos
- Campeonato Paulista (4): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
- Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1): 1968
- Recopa Intercontinental (1): 1968
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