Moisés Ramírez
 Ramírez with Ecuador in 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Wellington Moisés Ramírez Preciado[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 September 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | A.E. Kifisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Toreros | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Independiente del Valle | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2025 | Independiente del Valle | 106 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Real Sociedad B (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | A.E. Kifisia | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ecuador U17 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ecuador U20 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Ecuador U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Ecuador | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Wellington Moisés Ramírez Preciado (born 9 September 2000) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League Greece club A.E. Kifisia and the Ecuador national team.
Club career
Born in Guayaquil, Ramírez joined Independiente del Valle's youth setup in 2016, from Toreros. He made his first team debut at the age of just 17 on 10 July 2018, starting in a 3–1 away loss against S.D. Aucas.
On 30 January 2019, Ramírez moved abroad and joined Real Sociedad on loan until June; he was initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[2] His loan was extended until 31 December on 28 June, with a buyout clause,[3] which was declined on 10 December.[4]
Upon returning, Ramírez was assigned back at the main squad, being mainly a backup to Jorge Pinos.
International career
Ramírez made his debut for the Ecuador national team on 7 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.[5]
He was named in the Ecuadorian squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[6]
Ramírez was called up to the final 26-man Ecuador squad for the 2024 Copa América.[7]
On 31 May 2026, Ramírez was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 May 2026[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente del Valle | 2016 | LigaPro Serie A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 29 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 23 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 122 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 0 | ||
| Real Sociedad B (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Kifisia | 2025–26 | Super League Greece | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 168 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 0 | ||
International
- As of 30 May 2026[10]
| Ecuador | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
References
- 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "Refuerzo para la portería del Sanse" [Addition to the goal of Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Ampliada su cesión" [Loan extended] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Real decline Ramírez buy-out option". Real Sociedad. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Ecuador v Bolivia game report". FIFA. 7 October 2021.
- ↑ Ecuador national football team [@LaTri] (14 November 2022). "Aquí están los 26 jugadores elegidos por el DT Gustavo Alfaro para jugar la Copa Mundial FIFA, estamos listos para hacer historia" [Here are the 26 players chosen by head coach Gustavo Alfaro to play the FIFA World Cup, we are ready to make history.] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Ecuador presenta lista oficial para la Copa América: Gonzalo Plata y Robert Arboleda quedaron relegados" [Ecuador presents official roster for Copa America: Gonzalo Plata and Robert Arboleda left off the list] (in Spanish). El Universo. 29 May 2024.
- ↑ "Pacho and Caicedo headline Ecuador squad". 31 May 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ Moisés Ramírez at Soccerway
- ↑ Moisés Ramírez at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Moisés Ramírez at BDFutbol
- Moisés Ramírez at Soccerway
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Guayaquil
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Independiente del Valle footballers
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- A.E. Kifisia F.C. players
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Copa Sudamericana–winning players
- Segunda División B players
- Super League Greece players
- Ecuador men's youth international footballers
- Ecuador men's under-20 international footballers
- Ecuador men's international footballers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- 2024 Copa América players
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen