José Antonio 'Pepito' Ramos Huete (born 3 April 1951) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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and is now a

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. He spent most of his career in

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, amassing 244 appearances during 11 seasons, with Espanyol and

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Playing career

Born in

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, Morocco, Ramos moved to Spain at early age and made his senior debuts with

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in 1969 at the age of 18, in

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. After two seasons as a starter ( suffering relegation in his second), he moved straight to

, signing for

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. Ramos made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 10 October 1971, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against

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. After being sparingly used in the 1972–73 campaign, he subsequently became an undisputed starter for the ''Pericos'', never appearing in fewer than 25 matches per season. On 14 July 1976, Ramos moved to cross-town rivals

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, for a fee of 30 million pesetas. With the side he started in 1981 Copa del Rey Final, and appeared regularly over the course of five seasons. In January 1983, Ramos was released by Barcelona and immediately moved to

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. After appearing regularly, he retired in the end of the 1982–83 season, aged 31.

International career

On 12 October 1975, Ramos made his debut for

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, starting in a 2–0 win against

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. He appeared in three further matches for the national team, aside from two caps for

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Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Ramos took up coaching and had spells at UE Vic, FC Santboià,

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, AEC Manlleu,

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and UE Rubí.

Honours

Barcelona *

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: 1978–79, 1981–82 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 1977–78, 1980–81

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