Luis Ramírez Zapata

Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata (born 6 January 1954) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

This article is about the Salvadorean footballer. For other uses, see Luis Ramirez (disambiguation).

Luis Ramírez Zapata
Personal information
Full name Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata
Date of birth (1954-01-06) 6 January 1954
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1966–1968 Córdova
1968–1969 La Predilecta
1969–1971 CD Dragón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1976 CD Águila (182)
1977–1978 Cartaginés (11)
1978 Puebla FC
1979 Alianza FC
1979 Platense FC
1980–1992 CD Águila
1990 Washington Diplomats
1992 CD Atlético Marte
National team‡
1971–1989 El Salvador 58 (16)
Teams managed
2007 CD Águila
2009 CD Atlético Balboa
2010 ADI FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 December 2006
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Zapata.

Club career

Nicknamed El Pelé, he spent nearly 20 years playing for Salvadoran club Águila. He started with Águila, after being recommended by Brazilian technical director Arnaldo Da Silva, under the legendary Juan Francisco Barraza[1] before leaving to join other clubs and later in his career make a return to the San Miguel based club. He also would go on to play for Atlético Marte and Alianza in his homeland El Salvador and spent time abroad playing for Cartaginés in Costa Rica, scoring 11 goals,[2] and Puebla in Mexico. In 1990, he played for the Washington Diplomats of the American Professional Soccer League.[3]

International career

Ramírez represented El Salvador at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico.[4] He also represented his country in 24 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and was a member of the El Salvador team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. During the tournament, he scored their only goal in World Cup history.[6] It came in the infamous 10–1 defeat to Hungary on 15 June 1982, which remains the single biggest loss for a team in the competition's history.

Ramírez Zapata scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1971 to 1989.[7]

His final international game was an August 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad & Tobago.

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 September 1971Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Nicaragua1–01–01971 CONCACAF Championship qualification
2.9 February 1976Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Hungary1–?1–2Friendly
3.2 May 1976Estadio Revolución, Panama City, Panama Panama1–01–11977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
4.1 August 1976Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvdor Panama1–04–11977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
5.2–0
6.4–0
7.15 December 1976Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–11–11977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
8.8 October 1977Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico Canada1–02–11977 CONCACAF Championship
9.2–0
10.30 September 1980Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Guatemala2–13–2Friendly
11.15 June 1982Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain Hungary1–51–101982 FIFA World Cup
12.27 June 1984Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Guatemala3–13–1Friendly
13.5 August 1984Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico1–03–01985 CONCACAF Championship qualification
14.27 February 1985Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Suriname2–03–01985 CONCACAF Championship
15.16 October 1988Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Netherlands Antilles4–05–01989 CONCACAF Championship qualification
16.5–0

Managerial career and personal life

His first job as a manager was at Águila, where he replaced Panamanian coach Gary Stempel in 2007. After his own dismissal, he coached Atlético Balboa and Salvadoran second division side ADI F.C., before joining the Department of Culture and Sports of the San Miguel mayorship.[9] He was sacked by the municipal council in October 2011.[10]

Honours

References
  1. EL KINDER DE BARRAZA Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Aguilaonline (in Spanish)
  2. Eliseo Quintanilla, el primer cuzcatleco aquí en 20 años - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. 1990 Washington Diplomats
  4. Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details
  5. Luis Ramírez Zapata – FIFA competition record
  6. "Se habla más del 10–1 que de mi gol" – El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  7. Owsianski, Jarek (18 April 2004). "El Salvador – Record International Players". RSSSF.
  8. "Ramírez Zapata, Luis". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  9. ¿Qué PASó con... "EL PELÉ" ZAPATA? – El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
  10. El “Pelé” Zapata denuncia despido injustificado en PGR – La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
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