Mayra_Ramírez
Mayra Ramírez
Colombian footballer (born 1999)
Mayra Tatiana Ramírez Ramírez (born 25 March 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Colombia national team.
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| Full name | Mayra Tatiana Ramírez Ramírez[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 (age 25)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sibaté, Colombia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colombia U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Colombia | 30 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2020, Ramírez joined Spanish top tier club Sporting de Huelva.[3] In July 2022, Ramírez transferred to Levante, staying in Spain's top tier.[4]
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]
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.[10] 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,[11] played in each of her team's five games, and was eliminated with the team in the quarter-finals against England.[12]
Club
- As of match played 27 March 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Total | 34 | 20 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 38 | 22 | |||
| Chelsea | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Career total | 100 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 39 | ||
- Includes Copa de la Reina, Women's FA Cup
- Includes FA Women's League Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
- 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 | |
- Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
- "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).
- "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.
- "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). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- "Results & schedules". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
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