Mario César Ramírez Estigarribia (born 25 May 1965 in Limpio

Limpio

The city of Limpio is located in the Central Department, Paraguay. It was founded on February 2, 1785, by the Friar Luís de Bolaños under the name of San José de los Campos Limpios de Tapúa....

, Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

) is a former football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 defender and coach.

As player

Ramírez started his career in the youth divisions of Club 1 de Mayo de Limpio and then moved to Club Fulgencio Yegros, also from the city of Limpio. His good performances caught the eyes of Club Sol de América

Club Sol de América

Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Paraguay, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its first division games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa. Sol de America have won...

 of the Paraguayan 1st division, which signed him for five years. During his years at Sol de América, Ramírez won the 1st division title in 1986 and was runners-up with the team in 1988. He then went on to sign for Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 side Textil Mandiyú

Textil Mandiyú

Club Deportivo Textil Mandiyú, commonly referred as Textil Mandiyú is an Argentine Football club. Its home town is Corrientes, in the Province of the same name in North East Argentina...

 in 1989 before returning to Paraguay to play for Olimpia Asunción

Olimpia Asunción

Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....

 where he won national and international titles such as the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Sudamericana

Supercopa Sudamericana

The Supercopa Sudamericana , also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores...

 in 1990. He was then transferred to CD Veracruz of Mexico

Mexico

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 and played for a year and a half in the team before having contractual problems that kept him off the fields from over 2 years. After sorting out his contract problem he was released by Veracruz and in 1998 he returned to Paraguay to play for teams like Sportivo Luqueño, Tembetary

Club Atlético Tembetary

Club Atlético Tembetary Ypané is a football club from Ypané, Paraguay founded in 1912. Since 2009 the club has played in the Primera C División, Paraguay's fourth division. Despite being a very small team that is actually part of the lower divisions of the Paraguayan football league it is very well...

, Guaraní

Club Guaraní

Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903.-History:Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guarani" and its first president was Juan Patri...

 and 12 de Octubre

Club 12 de Octubre

Club 12 de Octubre is a Paraguayan football club from the city of Itauguá founded in 1914. The team were promoted to the first division in 1997. In 2002 they managed to win the Clausura tournament but lost in the absolute finals against Libertad...

 before retiring.

Ramírez also served for the Paraguay national football team

Paraguay national football team

The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...

, playing the 1993 Copa America

Copa América

The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

 tournament.

As coach

After retirement he became a coach and managed teams like Club 12 de Octubre

Club 12 de Octubre

Club 12 de Octubre is a Paraguayan football club from the city of Itauguá founded in 1914. The team were promoted to the first division in 1997. In 2002 they managed to win the Clausura tournament but lost in the absolute finals against Libertad...

, Club Martín Ledesma

Club Martín Ledesma

Club Martín Ledesma, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Capiatá, in the Central Department. The club was founded September 22, 1914 and plays in the Division Intermedia which is equivalent to the second division of the Paraguayan football league...

 and Club Silvio Pettirossi

Club Silvio Pettirossi

Club Silvio Pettirossi, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Republicano, in Asunción. The club was founded March 11, 1926 and plays in the third division of the Paraguayan league. Their home games are played at the Bernabé Pedrozo stadium...

. His nickname is "RoboCop

RoboCop

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".

As player

Season	Team	Title
1986	Sol de América Sol de América The term Sol de América may refer to:* Club Sol de América, a Paraguayan sports club* Sol América, an airline based in Caracas...	Paraguay 1st division
1990 Copa Libertadores 1990 The Copa Libertadores 1990 was won by Club Olimpia after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club with a 3-1 aggregate in the finals. One of the players for Olimpia was legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, who retired from professional football the following year....	Olimpia Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....	Copa Libertadores
1990	Olimpia Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....	Supercopa Sudamericana Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Sudamericana , also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores...
1990	Olimpia Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....	Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
1992	Olimpia Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....	Torneo República Torneo República The Torneo República is a defunct football tournament from Paraguay. The competition was held at the beginning of the year and its purpose was to integrate teams from the Asunción area with teams from other departments in order to give teams from all over the country a chance to qualify for...
1993	Olimpia Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....	Paraguay 1st division