Iván Andrés Ramis Barrios (born 25 October 1984) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his professional career with

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since making his debut in 2004, appearing in 189 competitive matches over eight

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seasons. He also played three years in England with

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

Club career

Mallorca

Born in

Sa Pobla Sa Pobla () is a small Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the district of Raiguer on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands. It is a terminus on the Majorca rail network. The town is in the north of the island. It has an area of , stretching ...

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, Ramis was a product of local

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

's youth system, having made his debut for the first team in 2003–04, against

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on 15 February 2004 (0–0

home draw). After a loan at

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from

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in the 2005–06 season he developed as a player in 2007–08, scoring three league goals from a defensive position. On 29 January 2010, Ramis was linked with a move to

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, although no agreement could be reached between the two clubs. He finished the campaign with 26 matches – and two red cards– as the side finished fifth and

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for the

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Wigan Athletic

On 2 August 2012, Ramis signed for

on a three-year contract after turning down an offer from fellow

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club

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. He made his official debut on the 19th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Chelsea and conceding the

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that resulted in the last goal for the visitors, scored by

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. Ramis scored his first competitive goal for the Latics on 25 September 2012, a thunderous 20-yard strike after picking up the ball at the half-way line in a 4–1 away victory over

in the League Cup. He found the net against the same opposition one month later, scoring from a left-footed volley in the 2–1 league home win. He contributed 16 games and two goals in his debut season, but his team suffered relegation and he also endured a long spell on the sidelines due to a

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injury. In late January 2015, with Wigan still in the

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, Ramis had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.

Levante and Eibar

Shortly after leaving Wigan, Ramis returned to his country's top flight and signed an 18-month deal with

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. He was released in June 2015, and moved to

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in the same league on 20 July. On 20 July 2020, after struggling nearly the entire

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with a knee injury, Ramis retired from football aged 35.

Honours

Spain U23 *

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramis, Ivan 1984 births Living people People from Sa Pobla 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Mallorca Men's association football central defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players Real Valladolid players Levante UD footballers SD Eibar footballers Premier League players English Football League players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's under-23 international footballers Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England