Cristian Ramirez

Cristian Leonel Ramirez Zambrano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjan raˈmiɾes]; Russian: Кристиан Леонель Рамирес Самбрано; born 12 August 1994) is an Ecuadorian-Russian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Krasnodar of the Russian Premier League. Fast, intelligent, ambidextrous and a great dribbler are the qualities of Ramirez which has led to the foreign press comparing him to Roberto Carlos.

Club Career

Independiente Jose Teran

Having started out early with CSCyD Brasilia, he was signed in 2009 by Independiente Jose Teran. A promising young left-back, even as to being compared to the legendary Roberto Carlos, his professional debut came on 28 August 2011, against El Nacional, fully completing everyone's expectations of his abilities on-field, and started most of his 2011 Serie A games. Throughout the season, he was an incredible defender and attacker against the league's top teams, like LDU Quito, Deportivo Quito, and Barcelona SC. He also gained a fearsome reputation, having stopped on their tracks promising young Ecuadorian talents such as Fidel Martinez and Renato Ibarra; the latter being during Ramirez' debut.

Ramirez continued to play with the starting eleven for the 2012 season. After garnering so much international attention, he had trials with Borussia Dortmund, though he could not be signed by the club then due to UEFA rules restricting signage of foreign players under 18, and a 10-day trial with Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur, which began on 3 April 2012.

Fortuna Dusseldorf

On 25 January 2013, he signed for German Bundesliga club Fortuna Dusseldorf.

1. FC Nurnberg

On 17 June 2014, it was confirmed that Cristian would be loaned to Nurnberg for the 2014–2015 season.

Ferencvaros

On 2 April 2016, Ramirez became Hungarian League champion with Ferencvarosi TC after losing to Debreceni VSC 2–1 at the Nagyerdei Sta

This page also has a version in other languages :  Кристиан Рамирес (russian)