Luis Ramírez Zapata
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1971–1989 | El Salvador | 58 | (16) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | CD Águila | ||
| 2009 |
CD Atlético Balboa | ||
| 2010 | ADI FC | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2006 | |||
Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata (born 6 January 1954) is a retired
Salvadoran footballer
.
Club career
Nicknamed El Pelé, he spent nearly 20 years playing for Salvadoran club
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]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 September 1971 | Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador |
 Nicaragua |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 2. | 9 February 1976 | Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador |  Hungary |
1–? | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 2 May 1976 | Estadio Revolución, Panama City, Panama |
 Panama |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 4. | 1 August 1976 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | Panama |
1–0 | 4–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 5. | 2–0 | |||||
| 6. | 4–0 | |||||
| 7. | 15 December 1976 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica |  Costa Rica |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 8. | 8 October 1977 | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico |  Canada |
1–0 | 2–1 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 9. | 2–0 | |||||
| 10. | 30 September 1980 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |  Guatemala |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 11. | 15 June 1982 | Hungary |
1–5 | 1–10 | 1982 FIFA World Cup | |
| 12. | 27 June 1984 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | Guatemala |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 13. | 5 August 1984 | Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico |  Puerto Rico |
1–0 | 3–0 | 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 14. | 27 February 1985 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |  Suriname |
2–0 | 3–0 | 1985 CONCACAF Championship |
| 15. | 16 October 1988 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |  Netherlands Antilles |
4–0 | 5–0 | 1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
| 16. | 5–0 |
Managerial career and personal life
His first job as a manager was at
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
- Águila
- Primera División(5): 1972, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1983, 1987–88
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1976
References
- ^ EL KINDER DE BARRAZA Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Aguilaonline (in Spanish)
- ^ Eliseo Quintanilla, el primer cuzcatleco aquí en 20 años - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ 1990 Washington Diplomats
- ^ Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details
- ^ Luis Ramírez Zapata – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Se habla más del 10–1 que de mi gol" – El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
- ^ Owsianski, Jarek (18 April 2004). "El Salvador – Record International Players". RSSSF.
- ^ "Ramírez Zapata, Luis". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ ¿Qué PASó con... "EL PELÉ" ZAPATA? – El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
- ^ El “Pelé” Zapata denuncia despido injustificado en PGR – La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
External links
- Biography – El Gráfico (in Spanish)
- Honored by City of San Miguel Article (in Spanish)
- Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata – C.D. Atlético Marte (in Spanish)
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