Gonçalo Ramos

Gonçalo Matias Ramos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõˈsalu ˈʁɐmuʃ]; born 20 June 2001) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Matias and the second or paternal family name is Ramos.
Gonçalo Ramos
Ramos with Benfica in 2020
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Matias Ramos
Date of birth (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001
Place of birth Olhão, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 88
Youth career
2009–2011 Olhanense
2011–2013 Loulé
2013– Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Benfica B 37 (16)
2020– Benfica 30 (11)
National team‡
2017–2018 Portugal U17 9 (1)
2018 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2019 Portugal U19 15 (9)
2020 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2020– Portugal U21 15 (11)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2019
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2022

Club career

Born in Almodovar, Ramos started his football career in the youth ranks of local club Olhanense in 2009, before joining Loulé and then Benfica's youth system in 2013 at the age of 12. On 13 January 2019, he made his professional debut with Benfica's reserve team as an 84th-minute substitute for Nuno Tavares in a 3–2 home loss to Braga B in LigaPro.[1] On 21 July 2020, he made first-team debut with Benfica as an 85th-minute substitute for Pizzi in a 4–0 away win over Desportivo das Aves in the Primeira Liga, netting a brace in 8 minutes.[2] During that season, Ramos played in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, in which he was a key part of Benfica reaching the final of the competition, lost to Real Madrid (3–2), in which he scored a brace in the finals; he finished as joint-top scorer in the tournament with eight goals.[3] On 7 October 2020, he agreed to a contract extension to 2025.[4]

After a promising 2020–21 season with the B team, which he scored eleven goals in twelve games, Ramos was given a run in the first-team at the start of the 2021–22 season by manager Jorge Jesus, starting in a 2–0 home victory over Spartak Moscow in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[5][6][7] Following the arrival of Roman Yaremchuk and the return of Darwin Núñez from injury, Ramos found limited first-team minutes, leading him to persue a move out of the club in the winter transfer window.[8] With the arrival of interim manager Nélson Veríssimo in January 2022, who had previously coached him at the B team, Ramos began playing more regularly, and reignited his form, scoring seven goals and proving two assists, with his versatility enabled him to play in various positions in attack, which was found useful by the new coach.[9][10][11][12]

On 13 April, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 3–3 away draw against Liverpool at Anfield in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals tie.[13] In doing so, he became the second youngest player (aged 20 years and 297 days) to score for the club in the final phases of the competition.[14] However, Benfica were eliminated after losing to Liverpool 6–4 on aggregate.[13]

International career

With the Portugal under-17s, Ramos took participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England. In this competition, he played two matches, scoring a goal against Slovenia in a group stage exit.[15]

Ramos was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia. He was the top scorer with four goals in five appearances, including a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against the Republic of Ireland in the semi-finals.[16]

On 12 November 2020, Ramos won his first cap for the under-21 side, scoring the third goal on his debut in a 3–0 victory in Belarus for the 2021 European Championship qualification campaign.[17] In March 2021, Ramos took part in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, helping Portugal finish as runners-up, after losing in the final 1–0 to Germany.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 April 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2018–19 LigaPro 51————51
2019–20 204————204
2020–21 1211————1211
Total 3716————3716
Benfica
2019–20 Primeira Liga 12————12
2020–21 4252102[lower-alpha 3]0—124
2021–22 257204011[lower-alpha 4]1—428
Total 30117250131—5412
Career total 67277250131—9128
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes Taça da Liga
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

Benfica

International

Portugal U21

Portugal U19

Individual

References
  1. Gonçalo Ramos at ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. https://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=6958806], ZeroZero.
  3. "Youth League:Benfica in the semi-finals thanks to Gonçalo Ramos". lequipe.fr. 18 August 2020.
  4. "Gonçalo Ramos renews contract".
  5. Ribeiro, Patrick (10 August 2021). "João Mário goal sees Benfica through with comfort". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. "Who is Goncalo Ramos? Benfica's gem wanted by Bayern".
  7. "Jorge Jesus elogia Gonçalo Ramos e reclama louros da sua evolução".
  8. "Saída de Jesus travou ida de Gonçalo Ramos para clube inglês".
  9. "COMO VERÍSSIMO TEM MOLDADO GONÇALO RAMOS".
  10. "A SEQUÊNCIA INÉDITA DE GONÇALO RAMOS".
  11. "Gonçalo Ramos agarra vaga no onze e vai ser aumentado".
  12. "A ASCENSÃO DE RAMOS E A QUEDA DE JOÃO MÁRIO".
  13. "BENFICA DESPEDE-SE COM HONRA (E GOLOS) DIANTE DO LIVERPOOL".
  14. "RAMOS MARCOU O SEGUNDO GOLO MAIS JOVEM".
  15. "Portugal vs. Slovenia".
  16. "Spain win 2019 U19 EURO: at a glance". UEFA. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  17. "Sub-21: Gonçalo Ramos em estreia com golo!".
  18. "Highlights, report: Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. Gonçalo Ramos at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  20. "Darwin e Gonçalo Ramos Galardoados" [Darwin and Gonçalo Ramos Awarded]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  21. "Gonçalo Ramos eleito Melhor Jogador de setembro/outubro na II Liga".
  22. "GONÇALO RAMOS ELEITO O MELHOR JOVEM DE MARÇO".
  23. "UEFA Youth League in numbers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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