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César Arturo Ramos
Mexican football referee (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (born 15 December 1983) is a Mexican professional football referee.[2] His mother was born in France and his father is of Portuguese descent. Both his parents immigrated to Mexico a year before he was born. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2014.[3] He refereed matches in the CONCACAF Champions League, the 2018 FIFA World Cup the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and in the 2024 Copa América.
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Refereeing career
Ramos made his debut on 28 October 2006, in a Primera División A match between Zacatepec and Santos Laguna 1a. 'A'.[1] He made his First Division debut as a fourth official on 15 January 2011, in a match between San Luis and Puebla in San Luis Potosí.[4] Later that year, he made his First Division debut as a central referee in a match between Monterrey and Tijuana in Monterrey.[5]
The first player Ramos booked in the First Division was Fernando Arce while the first player he sent off was Mariano Trujillo after he booked him twice in 15 minutes.[6][7]
He refereed the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup Final between Real Madrid and Gremio.[8]
He was the only Mexican center referee assigned to referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[9]
In 2019, Ramos participated in a referee exchange program between the AFC and CONCACAF, where he would referee in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and Abdulrahman Al-Jassim of Qatar would referee at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10][11]
He refereed the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final match between France and Morocco on 14 December.
He refereed the 2024 Copa América match between Brazil and Costa Rica on 24 June 2024.[12]
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Record
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
Copa América
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