Mayra Ramírez
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Full name | Mayra Tatiana Ramírez Ramírez[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 March 1999||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sibaté, Colombia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Real Pasión | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Real Pasión | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Fortaleza CEIF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Independiente Medellín | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Sporting de Huelva | 61 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Levante | 34 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Chelsea | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Colombia U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Colombia | 30 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 |
Mayra Tatiana Ramírez Ramírez (born 25 March 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Colombia women's national football team.
Club career
[edit]Sporting de Huelva
[edit]In 2020, Ramírez joined Spanish top tier club Sporting de Huelva.[3]
Levante
[edit]In July 2022, Ramírez transferred to Levante, staying in Spain's top tier.[4]
Chelsea
[edit]On 26 January 2024, it was announced that Ramírez had signed for English club Chelsea on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[5] Levante reported that her transfer fee was €450,000, making Ramírez the most expensive signing in women's football at the time.[6] She made her debut for Chelsea on 27 January 2024 in a 3–0 away win over Brighton & Hove Albion, replacing Lauren James in the second half.[7] She scored her first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup on 11 February.[8] Her first league goal was scored on March 3 in the 4–0 victory over Leicester City.[9] On 18 May 2024 she scored two goals and provided two assists in a 6–0 win over Manchester United that saw Chelsea claim the WSL title.[10] She was named as a nominee for the 2024 Ballon d’Or.[11]
International career
[edit]Ramírez made her senior debut for the Colombia national team on 19 July 2018 in a 1–0 Central American and Caribbean Games loss to Costa Rica. She scored her first international goal for Colombia in a friendly match against Peru on 8 April 2019.
In the 2022 Copa América she made it to the final with her team and lost 1-0 to Brazil, achieving second place. During the tournament she also scored two goals and assisted one.[12] By reaching the final, her team also qualified for the 2023 World Cup.
On July 4, 2023, she was nominated for the final squad at the 2023 World Cup,[13] played in each of her team's five games, and was eliminated with the team in the quarter-finals against England.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 24 November 2024[15]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Huelva | 2020–21 | Primera División | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||
2021–22 | Primera División | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||
Total | 61 | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 64 | 14 | ||||
Levante | 2022–23 | Liga F | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | |
2023–24 | Liga F | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 10 | 7 | ||
Total | 34 | 20 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 38 | 22 | |||
Chelsea | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 13 | 5 |
2024–25 | Women's Super League | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
Total | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 9 | ||
Career total | 109 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 125 | 45 |
- ^ Includes Copa de la Reina, Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
[edit]- Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ramírez goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 April 2019 | Estadio San Marcos, Lima, Peru | Peru | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
2 | 16 May 2021 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | 20 February 2022 | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia | Argentina | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
4 | 8 July 2022 | Paraguay | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2022 Copa América Femenina | |
5 | 17 July 2022 | Ecuador | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
6 | 12 November 2022 | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
7 | 15 November 2022 | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
8 | 9 April 2024 | Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, United States | Guatemala | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
9 | 3 August 2024 | Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu, France | Spain | 1–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Honours
[edit]Chelsea
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mayra Ramírez llega con el objetivo de "marcar muchos goles" con la camiseta del Sporting de Huelva" [Mayra Ramírez arrives with the aim of "scoring many goals" with the Sporting de Huelva shirt] (in Spanish).[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Levante sign Mayra Ramírez". Footbalada. 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Chelsea complete Mayra Ramirez signing". Chelsea F.C. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Levante UD transfers Mayra Ramírez for a record amount in women's football". Levante UD (in Spanish). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Brighton Women vs Chelsea Women LIVE! Women's Super League: match updates, analysis, free match highlights, live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Millington, Adam (11 February 2024). "Women's FA Cup: Chelsea edge past Crystal Palace as other WSL sides avoid upsets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Macario scores as Chelsea beat Leicester to go top". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Rendell, Sarah (18 May 2024). "Manchester United 0-6 Chelsea: Blues win WSL title on final day – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/womens-ballon-dor-2024-nominees-revealed-golden-ball/blta3d1dd34bbcface9
- ^ "Estadísticas del Partido - CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com (in European Spanish). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Femenina – Copa Mundial de la FIFA Australia y Nueva Zelanda 2023". Federación Colombiana de Futbol (in Spanish). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Results & schedules". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
- ^ Sanders, Emma (18 May 2024). "Manchester United 0-6 Chelsea: Chelsea win fifth straight title as Hayes signs off in style". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Colombian women's footballers
- Sportspeople from Cundinamarca Department
- Colombia women's international footballers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Liga F players
- Women's Super League players
- Sporting de Huelva players
- Levante UD Femenino players
- Chelsea F.C. Women players
- Colombian expatriate women's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Colombia