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Ramires Santos do Nascimento (born 24 March 1987 in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro), commonly known as just Ramires, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea in the English Premier League. In 2008, he won a Bronze medal of XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Contents
* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Cruzeiro
o 1.2 Benfica
o 1.3 Chelsea
* 2 International career
* 3 Honours
o 3.1 Club
o 3.2 International
* 4 Career statistics
o 4.1 International statistics
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Club career
Cruzeiro
In January 2008, Ramires agreed to a five-year deal with Cruzeiro in a permanent move from Joinville for a fee of $300,000, giving Cruzeiro 70% of the players' economic rights. Joinville kept 30% in the event of any transfers in the future.[2] He was referred to by the fans and media during his time there as the "Queniano Azul", or "Blue Kenyan", due to Cruzeiro's blue kit and his endurance.
Benfica
On 21 May 2009, Ramires joined Portuguese club Sport Lisboa e Benfica for €7.5 million on a five-year contract with a minimum fee release of €30 million.
June 2010, Benfica sold 50% of the economic rights to Ramires to Jazzy Limited for €6 million.
Chelsea
On 4 August 2010, Benfica announced they had agreed a deal with English Premier League champions Chelsea and his third-party owner for €22 million.[7][8][9] Ramires completed his move to Chelsea on 13 August 2010, on a four-year contract. He was handed the number 7 shirt, previously worn by Andriy Shevchenko.. He made his debut on 28 August 2010 against Stoke City, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute, replacing Michael Essien. On 11 September 2010, he made his full Premier League debut, starting against West Ham United. He started in Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal on 3 October 2010, winning possession and then putting Ashley Cole through to cross to Didier Drogba for Chelsea's first goal.
International career
On 21 July 2008, Ramires was named the replacement for Robinho on the Brazil U-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. He appeared four times at the Olympics, as Brazil went on to achieve bronze medal.
On 21 May 2009, he was called up for the first time to the Brazilian national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
He played his first game for the national team on 6 June 2009, a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Uruguay, in which he came as a substitute for El
Ramires scored his first International goal on 7 June 2010, against Tanzania leading up to the World Cup finals. He scored again later in game setting the score to 5–1.
Honours
Club
Cruzeiro
* Campeonato Mineiro: 2008, 2009
Joinville
* Campeonato Catarinense: 2005, 2006
Benfica
* Portuguese Liga: 2009–10
* Taça da Liga: 2010
International
Brazil
* FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009
Career statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup South America Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Joinville 2006 14 3 * * * * * * * 14 3
Cruzeiro
2007 32 3 * * * * * 2 0 34 3
2008 25 6 * * * * * 10 5 35 11
2009 4 1 * * * * * 8 1 12 2
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Benfica 2009-10 26 4 1 1 0 4 1 12 0 43 5
Chelsea 2010-11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
Career Total 37 17 1 0 0 4 1 35 6 152 24
Last update - 1 December 2010
International statistics
As of 3/11/2010
National team Club Season Apps Goals
Brazil Cruzeiro 2009 12 2
Benfica 2009–10 31 5
Chelsea

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