Eric Ramires

Eric dos Santos Rodrigues (born 10 August 2000), known as Eric Ramires or Ramires, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Red Bull Bragantino.

Eric Ramires
Personal information
Full nameEric dos Santos Rodrigues[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 23)
Place of birthSalvador, Brazil
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Red Bull Bragantino
Number7
Youth career
2011–2018Bahia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–Bahia38(2)
2019–2020Basel (loan)9(0)
2020–2021Red Bull Bragantino (loan)61(5)
2022–Red Bull Bragantino45(2)
International career
2019–Brazil U204(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:26, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:53, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Bahia

Born in Salvador, Bahia, Ramires joined Bahia's youth setup in 2011.[2] He played regularly for the under-15 and under-17 sides, going on to win the Copa Red Ball, Copa Dois de Julho and Copa Metropolitana.[3]

On 6 September 2018, Eric Ramires made his first team – and Série A – debut, starting in a 2–0 victory over Sport;[4] by doing so, he became the first player born in 2000 to play for the club.[1] On 15 September, his contract was extended until 2022.[5]

On 21 September 2018, Ramires made his Copa Sudamericana debut, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–1 home defeat of Botafogo.[6]

Basel

On 2 September 2019, Ramires da Silva signed with Swiss club Basel.[7] The club announced the loan for their 2019–20 season under manager Marcel Koller on their home page on that day.[8] He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 25 September as Basel won 4–0 against Zürich. He was substituted in for the last seven minutes of the match.[9]

The club announced that the contract with Ramires would not be prolonged on 5 September 2020.[10] During his one season with the club Ramires played a total of 12 games for Basel without scoring a goal. Nine of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the UEFA Europa League and one was a friendly game.[11]

International career

On 13 December 2018, Ramires was included in Brazil under-20s for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[12]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2021[13]
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bahia2018Série A1512[a]1172
201914061701[a]05[b]1332
2020300000000030
Total32161703151534
Basel (loan)2019–20Swiss Super League90002[c]0110
Red Bull Bragantino (loan)2020Série A131131
2021252412011[a]1424
Total3834120111555
Career total79410290162511199

References