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My Take
What grabs me about Ramírez is that a left-back earns Roberto Carlos comparisons at all. From Santo Domingo to the Russian Premier League and the Ecuador national side, he built a career on speed, intelligence and being genuinely two-footed rather than on physical size. At 171 cm he wins with brain and pace, which is exactly the kind of fullback I rate most. There's something admirable about a South American defender carving out a foreign-league living through craft instead of hype. I see him as a quietly reliable spine for any team he plays in, and that durability is its own quiet form of brilliance.
Overview
Cristian Leonel Ramírez Zambrano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjan raˈmiɾes]; born 12 August 1994) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Lokomotiv Moscow of the Russian Premier League and the Ecuador national team. Fast, intelligent, ambidextrous and a great dribbler are the qualities of Ramirez which has led to the foreign press comparing him to Roberto Carlos.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cristian Ramírez
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティアン・ラミレス
- Reading
- くりすてぃあん・らみれす
- Born
- August 12, 1994 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Ecuador →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.