Ramón Medina Bello

Ramón Medina Bello, El Mencho, interests me because his career traces a route I always find fascinating: an Argentine striker who became part of the early story of professional football in Japan. He made his name in Argentina first, but the move to the J-League put him among the foreign players who helped shape that league's formative years. At 184cm he had the frame of a classic center-forward, and I imagine that physical presence translated well to a new audience. The records are thin on his personal side, but as a footnote in two countries' football histories, I think he earns more attention than he usually gets.

Name (English)

Ramón Medina Bello

Name (Japanese)

ラモン・メディナベージョ

Reading

らもん・めでぃなべーじょ

Born

April 29, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Gualeguay, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7

Tags

• Entre Ríos Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.