Mauro Ramos

Mauro Ramos
Mauro Ramos in 1962
Personal information
Full name Mauro Ramos de Oliveira
Date of birth (1930-08-30)30 August 1930
Place of birth Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Date of death 18 September 2002(2002-09-18) (aged 72)
Place of death Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Caldense
1947 Sanjoanense
1948–1959 São Paulo
1960–1967 Santos
1967–1968 Toluca
International career
1948–1965 Brazil 28 (0)
Managerial career
Deportivo Oro
1971 Coritiba
1971–1972 Santos
1973–1974 Jalisco
1984 Coritiba
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1958 Sweden
Winner 1962 Chile
South American Championship
Winner 1949 Brazil
Runner-up 1959 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauro Ramos de Oliveira (30 August 1930 – 18 September 2002), known as Mauro Ramos or simply Mauro, was a Brazilian professional association footballer. He played as a central defender for São Paulo FC, Santos FC and the Brazil national team.

Regarded as one of the best Brazilian centre backs of all time, he was praised throughout his career for his aerial ability and tackling.

Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera believed Mauro to be the best sweeper in the history of the game.[1]

  1. ^ Gianni Brera (3 January 1992). "IL FURORE SPORTIVO SOVIETICO CI MANCHERA'". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2010.