Thomas Ramos (born 23 July 1995) is a French professional

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player who plays as a fullback for

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club

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and the France national team.

Club career

In February 2014, aged 18, Ramos scored a try in his debut for

in the

against

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. In April 2025, after having missed half of his previous shots in the game, he kicked a penalty in the last play of the 2024–25 Champions Cup quarter finals to win 21–18 against

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at the Stade Mayol. He was later nominated for Champions Cup Player of the Year 2025.

International career

In November 2017, Ramos was selected for the French Barbarian team which played and beat the

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19–15. Ramos received his first call-up to the French squad for the 2019 Six Nations. He made his debut off the bench against

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on 10 February. He was a part of the French squad that won the Grand Slam during the 2022 Six Nations. Although France finished second and failed to retain their title in the

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, Ramos finished the tournament as top scorer. He was selected to be in the 34-man squad for France as they hosted the

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. They would advance past the Pool stage, however they exited the tournament in the quarterfinals after losing to eventual winners

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. He was featured in the French squad for the 2024 Six Nations, and for the second year in a row, France finished second only behind

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. He was part of the French squad for the

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won by France. In the final match against Scotland, Ramos overtook Frédéric Michalak as the highest points scorer for the French national team. Ramos was top scorer in the Six Nations tournament for three consecutive years: 2023 (84 points), 2024 (63 points), 2025 (71 points).

Personal life

Ramos is of Portuguese descent through his paternal grandfather.

Career statistics

List of international tries

Honours

; Toulouse * 2×

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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 ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* 4×

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 ...

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 ...

;

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* 2x

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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 ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

* 1× Grand Slam: 2022

References

External links

France profile
at FFR
Toulouse profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Thomas 1995 births Living people People from Mazamet French rugby union players France international rugby union players Stade Toulousain players Rugby union fullbacks French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Rugby union players from Tarn (department) Colomiers Rugby players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players 21st-century French sportsmen