Ramin Ott (born 18 June 1986) is an American Samoan

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who plays as a striker for

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club Pago Youth. Internationally, he represented the American Samoa national team and is currently their all time top goalscorer with three goals.

Club career

Konica Machine

Born in

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on 18 June 1986, Ramin Ott began his career at Konica Machine in 2003 but he did not make his debut for the club until 2004. At Konica Machine, his team finished runner-up in the ASFA Soccer League in

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 ...

American Samoa 2004/05
at RSSSF.com and won the league title in

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.American Samoa 2007
at RSSSF.com
at RSSSF.com

Bay Olympic

He then joined New Zealand Northern League club Bay Olympic during the 2008–09 season as part of his studies. He won the league with Bay Olympic in 2011 and 2012.

Pago Youth

He then took a break from his club career before joining Pago Youth in 2015, where he still plays today. He was part of the squads that won the

four times consecutively between 2016 and 2019.American Samoa - List of Champions
at RSSSF.com

International career

Ramin Ott initially represented American Samoa U17 during the 2003 OFC U-17 Championship. He debuted during a 0–0 draw against the Cook Islands U17 on 13 February 2003, and he scored during a 3–1 loss against Samoa U-17. Ott made his senior debut for

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on 10 May 2004 during a 4–0 loss against

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during

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. His first international goal would come three years later on 25 August 2007 during a 12–1 loss against the

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during the

2007 South Pacific Games The 13th South Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 2007, were held from 25 August to 8 September 2007 in Apia, Samoa. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi ...

. He would play again for American Samoa during 2011 and scored again during a 2–1 win against

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during

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which was also American Samoa's first victory since becoming a

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. His final goal came during

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when American Samoa saw another 2–1 victory against Tonga, and he became their all time top goalscorer with three goals. His final of fifteen caps also came in American Samoa's next game, a 2–0 win against the

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on 4 September 2015.

Personal life

His brother

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is also a footballer who has represented the American Samoa national team.

Career statistics

International

:''As of match played 15 September 2015''. :''Scores and results list American Samoa's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ott goal''.

Honours

Konica Machine * ASFA Soccer League ** Champions (1):

American Samoa - List of Champions
at RSSSF.com ** Runners-up (1):

Pago Youth *

** Champions (4):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

** Runners-up (3):

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Bay Olympic * New Zealand Northern League ** Champions (2): 2011, 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ott, Ramin 1988 births Living people American Samoan men's soccer players American Samoa men's international soccer players Men's association football forwards American Samoan expatriate men's soccer players FFAS Senior League players Sportspeople from Pago Pago