Ulrich Ramé

Ulrich Ramé

Personal information
Full name	Ulrich Ramé
Date of birth	(1972-09-19) September 19, 1972
Place of birth	Nantes, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sedan
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1997	Angers	74	(0)
1997–2011	Bordeaux	402	(0)
2011–	Sedan	32	(0)
National team
1999–2003	France	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Ulrich Ramé (born 19 September 1972) is a French professional footballer who plays for CS Sedan Ardennes as a goalkeeper.

In a professional career which spanned two decades, he played mainly for Bordeaux (14 seasons), appearing in more than 500 official games and winning six major titles.

A French international during four years, Ramé represented the nation at Euro 2000.

Club career

Born in Nantes, Ramé started playing professionally with SCO Angers, making his Ligue 1 debuts in the 1993–94 season but being immediately relegated. Two years later the Maine-et-Loire dropped down another division, but the player returned to the top flight the following season, joining FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

After 23 matches in his first season, helping his team finish fifth, and reach the domestic League Cup final the following year, Ramé became Bordeaux's undisputed first-choice, going on to appear in nearly 500 official matches, with the team winning two national championships – separated by ten years – and three more league cups.

In the 2009–10 season, after Cédric Carrasso's signing, 37-year old Ramé became the backup. In the 2011 summer, after 520 official games played with the Girondins, he returned to Ligue 2 and joined CS Sedan Ardennes.

International career

Ramé made his debut for France on 9 June 1999, in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 1–0 win in Andorra. He was subsequently picked for the final stages' squad, with the national team winning the tournament; after Bernard Lama's international retirement, he became second-choice.

Ramé played in three matches at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, with France again emerging victorious. Again as a backup, he represented the nation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, also in South Korea; after making a blunder against Czech Republic on 12 February 2003 however, he fell out of favor with manager Raymond Domenech, and was not recalled again.

Honours

Club

Bordeaux

• French League: 1998–99, 2008–09
• French League Cup: 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09; Runner-up 1997–98, 2009–10
• French Supercup: 2008; Runner-up 1999

Country

• UEFA European Football Championship: 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001

External links

• Ulrich Ramé French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• L'Équipe stats (French)
• Ulrich Ramé at National-Football-Teams.com