Rambé

Ramilton Jorge Santos do Rosário (born 4 October 1989), known as Rambé, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Académica do Mindelo as a striker.^[2][3]

Rambé

Rambé (right) in action for Cape Verde
Personal information
Full name	Ramilton Jorge Santos do Rosário[1]
Date of birth	(1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	São Vicente, Cape Verde[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Académica Mindelo
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Batuque
2009–2010	Mindelense
2010–2011	Macedo Cavaleiros	30	(8)
2011–2012	Pinhalnovense	30	(10)
2012–2014	Belenenses	26	(2)
2013–2014	→ Farense (loan)	15	(10)
2014–2016	Braga B	22	(4)
2015	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	10	(1)
2015–2016	→ Farense (loan)	33	(7)
2016–2017	Universitatea Craiova	12	(0)
2017	1º Agosto	24	(11)
2019–	Académica Mindelo
International career‡
2011–	Cape Verde	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2013

Club career

Rambé was born in São Vicente. He started out in his native country with Batuque and Mindelense before moving to Portugal in 2010, where he played one season apiece in the third division with Macedo de Cavaleiros and Pinhalnovense.^[4]

In the 2012 off-season, Rambé signed for Belenenses in the second level.^[5] He missed the first three months of his first season, due to injury.^[6]

In the following years, Rambé alternated between the Portuguese second tier and the Primeira Liga, representing Belenenses, Farense (two spells),^[7] Braga B^[8] and Vitória de Setúbal.^[9] He made his debut in the latter competition on 12 January 2014 whilst at the service of the first club, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 away loss against Arouca,^[10] and scored his first during his spell with the latter, contributing to a 1–0 win at Vitória de Guimarães on 14 March 2015.^[11]

On 15 July 2016, Rambé moved to Romanian side Universitatea Craiova, joining compatriots Kay and Nuno Rocha.^[12][13] He left in January 2017,^[14] signing with 1º de Agosto of the Angolan Girabola the following month.^[15]

After two years without a club, Rambé returned to his homeland in September 2019 to sign a one-year contract with Académica do Mindelo.^[16]

International career

Rambé made his debut for Cape Verde in 2011.^[17] He was named for the squad that appeared at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[18]

References

1. "Rambé" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
2. "Cabo-verdiano Rambé seguido por clubes angolanos" [Cape Verde's Rambé tracked by Angolan clubs] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
3. "Rambé novidade no primeiro treino da selecção em São Vicente" [Rambé the novelty in national team's first training in São Vicente]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
4. "Kay e Rambé estão certos para a próxima época" [Kay and Rambé certain for next season]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
5. "João Meira assina por três épocas" [João Meira signs for three seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
6. "Rambé: "Melhor era impossível"" [Rambé: "It could not get any better"]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
7. "Rambé assina pelo Farense por duas temporadas" [Rambé signs for Farense for two seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
8. "Rambé contratado" [Rambé hired]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
9. "Rambé emprestado ao Vitória de Setúbal" [Rambé loaned to Vitória de Setúbal] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
10. "Arouca-Belenenses, 2–0: A arma do triunfo saiu do laboratório" [Arouca-Belenenses, 2–0: Winning weapon came out of the laboratory]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
11. "V. Guimarães-V. Setúbal, 0–1: Fúria do herói com Óscar para Rambé" [V. Guimarães-V. Setúbal, 0–1: First blood with Oscar to Rambé]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
12. "Bun venit, Rambe!" [Welcome, Rambe!] (in Romanian). Universitatea Craiova. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
13. Partan, Victor (4 December 2016). "Rambe, mai mult Rambo decât fotbalist. Topul stranierilor din Liga I" [Rambe, more Rambo than a footballer. Top foreigners in Liga I] (in Romanian). Sportescu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
14. "Oltenii fac al treilea transfer şi acoperă o gaură importantă din echipă" [Oltenii complete third transfer and cover a significant hole in the team] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
15. "Futebol: Rambé reforça plantel do D´Agosto" [Football: Rambé strengthens D´Agosto squad] (in Portuguese). C.D. Primeiro Agosto. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
16. "Rambé afinal vai representar a Académica do Mindelo" [Rambé will represent Académica do Mindelo after all] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Norte. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
17. Rambé at National-Football-Teams.com
18. Talla, Stephan (10 January 2013). "Orange AFCON 2013: Platini, Rambe complete Cape Verde's 23-man squad". Star Africa. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

External links

• Rambé at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Rambé at Soccerway