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Mayra Ramírez

Mayra Ramírez
Ramírez with Colombia in 2023
Personal information
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 1.77 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 16 (6)
International career
Colombia U20
2018– Colombia 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 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

Sporting de Huelva

In 2020, Ramírez joined Spanish top-tier club Sporting de Huelva.[3]

Levante

In July 2022, Ramírez transferred to Levante, staying in Spain's top tier.[4]

Chelsea

Mayra Ramirez (n°9) playing against Spain at the Olympics in Paris in 2024.

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

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

Club

As of match played 17 December 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
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 9 3 0 0 0 0 5[c] 2 14 5
Total 16 6 2 1 2 0 7 3 27 10
Career total 111 38 7 5 2 0 9 3 129 46

International

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ramírez goal.
List of international goals scored by Mayra Ramírez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Chelsea

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "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]
  4. ^ "Levante sign Mayra Ramírez". Footbalada. 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Chelsea complete Mayra Ramirez signing". Chelsea F.C. 26 January 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Levante UD transfers Mayra Ramírez for a record amount in women's football". Levante UD (in Spanish). 26 January 2024. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Macario scores as Chelsea beat Leicester to go top". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/womens-ballon-dor-2024-nominees-revealed-golden-ball/blta3d1dd34bbcface9
  12. ^ "Estadísticas del Partido - CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com (in European Spanish). 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  13. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Results & schedules". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  15. ^ Mayra Ramírez at Soccerway
  16. ^ Sanders, Emma (18 May 2024). "Manchester United 0-6 Chelsea: Chelsea win fifth straight title as Hayes signs off in style". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.