Mauro Ramos, full name Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, (August 30, 1930 in Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...

 – September 18, 2002) was an association footballer. He played centre-back

Defender (football)

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 for São Paulo F.C.

São Paulo Futebol Clube

São Paulo Futebol Clube , commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to...

, Santos F.C.

Santos Futebol Clube

Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....

 and the Brazilian national team

Brazil national football team

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.

He received 30 caps with the Brazilian national team. He was an unplaying member of the Brazil squad at the 1954 World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

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. He was also an unplaying member of the squad that won the 1958 World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

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. At the 1962 World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup

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 he finally made his World Cup debut and as team captain he lifted the World Cup Trophy after victory in the final over Czechoslovakia.

Clubs

• 1947: Sanjoanense
• 1948 – 1959: São Paulo Futebol Clube
• 1960 – 1966: Santos Futebol Clube

Honours

• Campeonato Paulista
  Campeonato Paulista
  The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
  
  : 1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965
• 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...
  
  : 1949
• Rio Branco Cup: 1950
• O'Higgins Cup: 1955, 1961
• FIFA World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
  The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
  
  : 1958, 1962
• Brazilian Trophy
  Taça Brasil
  The Taça Brasil was a Brazilian national football competition which was contested from 1959 to 1968. It is considered by many historians the most important football tournament in Brazil at the time and is compared, in importance level, to the current Campeonato Brasileiro.Bahia, Cruzeiro and...
  
  : 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
• Libertadores Cup: 1962, 1963
• Intercontinental Cup
  Intercontinental Cup (football)
  The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
  
  : 1962, 1963
• Roca Cup
  Roca Cup
  The Roca Cup was a football competition contested between Argentina and Brazil from 1914 to 1976 on irregular basis.- History :The competition was created by former president of Argentina, general Julio Roca in 1913...
  
  : 1963
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo
  Torneio Rio-São Paulo
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  : 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966
• Recopa: 1968
• Brazilian Silver Cup: 1968
• Theresa Herrera Trophy: 1959
• Naranja Cup of Valencia (Spain): 1959
• Paris Tournament: 1960, 1961