Ramón Medina Bello
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramón Ismael Medina Bello | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Gualeguay, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Racing Club | 108 | (25) |
| 1989–1993 | River Plate | 140 | (47) |
| 1994–1995 | Yokohama Marinos | 70 | (36) |
| 1996–1997 | River Plate | 40 | (10) |
| 1997–1999 | Talleres | 26 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Dock Sud | 74 | (26) |
| 2005 | Juventud Unida | 10 | (6) |
| Total | 468 | (153) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Argentina | 17 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ramón Ismael Medina Bello (born 29 April 1966 in Gualeguay, Entre Rios), nicknamed El Mencho, is an Argentine former football striker who has played at club level in Argentina and Japan.
He began his professional football career in 1986 with Racing Club de Avellaneda. In 1989, he was transferred to River Plate, where he played until 1993. By that time he was part of the Argentina national team, with whom he won the 1991 Copa América in Chile. He was also part of the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Medina Bello went to play in Japan for the Yokohama Marinos until 1996 when he returned to River Plate. He retired in 1999 in Talleres and after two years of retirement played for Dock Sud in the Argentine Soccer League Fourth Division. In 2005, he played for Juventud Unida where he retired for good.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | |||
| 1988–89 | River Plate | Primera División | 2 | 0 |
| 1989–90 | 32 | 9 | ||
| 1990–91 | 29 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | 31 | 6 | ||
| 1992–93 | 37 | 16 | ||
| 1993–94 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Japan | League | |||
| 1994 | Yokohama Marinos | J1 League | 30 | 15 |
| 1995 | 40 | 21 | ||
| Argentina | League | |||
| 1995–96 | River Plate | Primera División | 10 | 2 |
| 1996–97 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 1997–98 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 1997–98 | Talleres | Primera B Nacional | 12 | 3 |
| 1998–99 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Dock Sud | 11 | 5 | |
| 2002–03 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Juventud Unida | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Country | Argentina | 227 | 71 | |
| Japan | 70 | 36 | ||
| Total | 297 | 107 | ||
International[edit]
| Argentina national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 |
| 1993 | 8 | 4 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 5 |
FIFA World Cup appearances[edit]
He appeared in 2 games during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- 30 June 1994: Argentina – Bulgaria 0–2 ( In the 67th minute he replaced Leonardo Rodriguez )
- 3 July 1994: Romania – Argentina 3–2 ( In the 63rd minute he replaced Roberto Sensini )
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Racing Club
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1988
- Recopa Sudamericana runner-up: 1989
- River Plate
- Primera División Argentina: 1990
- Primera División Argentina: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 1997 Clausura, 1997 Apertura
- Copa Libertadores de América: 1996
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997
- Talleres de Cordoba
- Primera B Nacional: 1998
International[edit]
- Argentina
References[edit]
- ^ Ramón Medina Bello at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[edit]
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Ramón Medina Bello at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ramón Medina Bello at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Unofficial site
Argentina squads | |||||||||||||
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- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Copa Libertadores-winning players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- J1 League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Footballers from Entre Ríos Province
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Copa América-winning players
- Men's association football forwards