Ramón Ismael Medina Bello (born 29 April 1966), nicknamed ''El Mencho'', is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker at club level in Argentina and Japan.

Club career

Medina Bello was born in Gualeguay, Entre Rios. He began his professional football career in 1986 with

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine f ...

. 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 The 1991 Copa América association football, football tournament was hosted by Chile, from 6 to 21 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated. Until the 2021 edition, this was the last time that the tournament con ...

in Chile. He was also part of the national team in the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

. 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

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in the Argentine Soccer League Fourth Division. In 2005, he played for Juventud Unida where he retired for good.

International career

Medina Bello appeared in 2 games during the

. * 30 June 1994:

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–

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0–2 ( In the 67th minute he replaced Leonardo Rodriguez ) * 3 July 1994:

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– Argentina 3–2 ( In the 63rd minute he replaced Roberto Sensini )

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Racing Club *

Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Sudamericana, Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually be ...

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; River Plate *

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: 1990 *

: 1991

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, 1993

, 1996

, 1997

Clausura The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is ...

, 1997

Copa Libertadores de América The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tourname ...

: 1996 *

: 1997 ;Talleres de Cordoba *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

: 1998 ;Argentina *

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References

External links

* at Fútbol XXI * *
Unofficial site

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