Ramón Gil
{{Short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Gil|Sequeiros|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ramón Gil
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Ramón Gil Sequeiros
| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|8|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
| height =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|1|18|1898|8|16|df=y}}
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| position = Forward
| years1 = 1914–1917 | clubs1 = Deportivo Fabril | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1917–1918 | clubs2 = Real Club Coruña | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1918–1923 | clubs3 = Real Vigo Sporting | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1923 | clubs4 = Celta de Vigo | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1924–1931 | clubs5 = Deportivo de La Coruña | caps5 = | goals5 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1920
| nationalteam1 = Spain
| nationalcaps1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1922–1923
| nationalteam2 = Galicia
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 = 7
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's football }}
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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 1920 Antwerp | Team competition }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Prince of Asturias Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup|Team}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/09/la-copa-principe-de-asturias/ |title=La Copa Príncipe de Asturias |trans-title=The Prince of Asturias Cup |language=es |publisher=CIHEFE |author=Vicente Martínez Calatrava |date=17 August 2009 |accessdate=26 June 2022 }}
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Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros (16 August 1897 – 18 January 1965) was a Spanish football player who played as a forward.{{cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j3002.html |title=Ramón Gil Sequeiros - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=25 June 2022}} He was a member of the Spain national team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24887 |title=Ramón Gil |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 August 2021}}
Club career
Born in Vigo, he began playing football at his hometown club Real Vigo Sporting in 1917, and he helped them win three Galician Championships in 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23. He played for them until 1923, when Sporting was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form Celta de Vigo. He was then part of the first-ever teams fielded by Celta de Vigo and played for them for four seasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.yojugueenelcelta.com/2008/05/moncho-gil.html |title=Grandes y pequeños jugadores del Celta de Vigo: MONCHO GIL |trans-title=Big and small Celta de Vigo players: MONCHO GIL |language=es |website=www.yojugueenelcelta.com |access-date=25 June 2022}}
International career
He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Italy and in the Silver/Bronze medal match against the Netherlands which Spain won 3-1.
Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/partido.html?id=1050&l=Galicia&v=Centro&d=19%2F11%2F1922 |title=Galicia - Centro (4 - 1) 19/11/1922 |website=www.bdfutbol.com |accessdate=27 June 2022}} Moncho Gil helped the team reach the final, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.
Honours
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References
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External links
- {{databaseOlympics |id=GILRAM01}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/moncho-gil-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/moncho-gil-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Moncho Gil}}
{{Spain squad 1920 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Spain men's international footballers
Category:Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Spain
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Category:RC Celta de Vigo players
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Footballers from Vigo
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Men's association football forwards
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