| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier Ramírez Gámez | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-11-28)28 November 1965 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Huásabas,Sonora, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dorados de Sinaloa (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1988 | Deportivo Neza | 63 | (2) |
| 1988–1989 | Atlante F.C. | 19 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Puebla F.C. | 71 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Club Necaxa | 53 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | CD Veracruz | 33 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Cruz Azul | 25 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1993 | Mexico | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002 | Club Atlas (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2006 | Mexico (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Club Necaxa (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Mexico (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | C.D. Guadalajara | ||
| 2010–2011 | CD Veracruz (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Club Necaxa (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Club Necaxa | ||
| 2012–2014 | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
| 2014–2015 | Club Puebla (Assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Club Atlas (Assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Alianza | ||
| 2017 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | ||
| 2018 | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
| 2019 | Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (Assistant) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Tepatitlán F.C. | ||
| 2022–2023 | Celaya | ||
| 2023 | Coatepeque | ||
| 2024 | Tlaxcala | ||
| 2025 | Jaguares | ||
| 2025– | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco Javier Ramírez Gámez[a] (born 28 November 1965), popularly nicknamedPaco Ramírez, is a Mexicanfootball manager and formerdefender. He was also a member of theMexico national team coaching staff on two occasions underRicardo Lavolpe andSven-Göran Eriksson.[1] Ramírez later became manager ofC.D. Guadalajara during the Clausura 2009, but was sacked after 7 matches into the Apertura 2009. Since October 2025 he coaches Mexican clubDorados de Sinaloa.[2]
Ramírez was born on 28 November 1965 inHuásabas,Sonora, and grew up inHermosillo.[3][4][5]
Although Ramírez started off playing baseball in school, his talents in soccer led him to play in different teams at the state level, until he got the opportunity to represent Sonora in the National Junior Tournament "Benito Juárez", where he was discovered by Wasilevsky Waldemar. By playing in the Cannes andToulon Tournament at the amateur level, he was signed by football clubDeportivo Neza in 1984.
Ramírez obtained 12 caps with theMexican national team during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[6]
Paco Ramirez began his career as an assistant coach toEnrique Meza atClub Atlas, and since then has been an assistant coach toRicardo Lavolpe,Hans Westerhof,Salvador Reyes,Sven-Göran Eriksson, andSergio Bueno. On April 16, 2009, Paco Ramírez was hired as the head coach ofC.D. Guadalajara to replaceOmar Arellano who had been acting as an interim coach for the club.
In 2002, Ramírez received his first call as an assistant to the Mexico national team byRicardo Lavolpe where he participated in the2006 FIFA World Cup inGermany. He was called up again for a second run with the national team, but this time bySven-Göran Eriksson in 2008. This time it was much shorter with the sacking of Eriksson a year later. His most infamous contribution under Eriksson was his post-game slap of American Frankie Hejduk after another Dos A Cero loss in World Cup qualifying.[7]
In October 2010 Carlos Méndez, president of theSalvadoran Football Association (FESFUT), announced that Paco Ramírez is one option among the portfolio of candidates they have planned to become the next head coach ofEl Salvador since the departure ofCarlos de los Cobos.[8]
In August 2020 Ramírez was elected to manage theNicaragua national football team, his appointment was made known by theNicaraguan Football Federation before the agreement was formally finalized,[9] this announcement ended up breaking the negotiations between both parties, As a consequence,[10] Ramírez was not officially appointed as coach of the national team.[11]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Atlas (Interim) |  | 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 050.00 | |||
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