# Juande Ramos
**Juande Ramos** (Juan de la Cruz Ramos Cano; born 1954 in Pedro Muñoz, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish former football manager and player, best known for leading [Sevilla FC](https://www.edgepedia.org/sevilla-fc) to five trophies in about 15 months, including the UEFA Cup in 2006 and 2007, and for winning the 2008 League Cup with Tottenham Hotspur.[1](https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/pdf/revista/revista_106_0.pdf) • [2](https://as.com/futbol/2009/04/26/mas_futbol/1240727244_850215.html) He later managed Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Málaga, the last club he worked for in [La Liga](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-liga).[3](https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/30/primera/1475220771_596878.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954, Pedro Muñoz, Ciudad Real, Spain[1](https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/pdf/revista/revista_106_0.pdf) |
| Sevilla FC | July 2005 to 27 October 2007; 75 matches, 56.39% win rate[4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/) |
| Trophies at Sevilla | UEFA Cup 2006 and 2007, UEFA Super Cup 2006, Copa del Rey 2007, Supercopa de España 2007[2](https://as.com/futbol/2009/04/26/mas_futbol/1240727244_850215.html) |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 29 October 2007 to 25 October 2008; 54 matches, 38.89% win rate; League Cup 2008[4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/) • [5](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/newsstory.tottenhamhotspur) |
| Real Madrid | 9 December 2008 to 31 May 2009; 18 matches, 66.67% win rate; an 18-match unbeaten run[4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/) • [3](https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/30/primera/1475220771_596878.html) |
## Sevilla: the record years
Ramos took over Sevilla on 1 July 2005 and built the most successful spell in the club's history.[4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/) • [6](https://sevillafc.hiwaymedia.io/en/el-club/historia/contenido/juande-ramos) On 10 May 2006 his side beat [Middlesbrough](https://www.edgepedia.org/middlesbrough) 4-0 in the UEFA Cup final at [Eindhoven](https://www.edgepedia.org/eindhoven), Sevilla's first European trophy, their first major honor since 1948, and the end of a 58-year run without titles.[7](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0252-0cdc1954ad93-6dfa612cc4c8-1000--room-at-the-top-for-boss-ramos/) • [8](https://as.com/futbol/2019/02/13/uefa/1550087328_246017.html)
**Five trophies in 15 months.** The club was named Best Club in the World by the IFFHS in both 2006 and 2007.[6](https://sevillafc.hiwaymedia.io/en/el-club/historia/contenido/juande-ramos) His squad included [Frédéric Kanouté](https://www.edgepedia.org/frederic-kanoute) and [Luís Fabiano](https://www.edgepedia.org/luis-fabiano) among the fans' favorites, and the young [Sergio Ramos](https://www.edgepedia.org/sergio-ramos) made his debut under him on 28 August 2005 before a summer move to Real Madrid.[9](https://cadenaser.com/ser/2016/05/23/deportes/1464027285_103466.html) • [10](https://as.com/futbol/primera/domingo-de-ramos-n/)
## Tottenham Hotspur
On 27 October 2007, after the eighth matchday of the Liga season, Ramos left Sevilla for Tottenham and became the best-paid coach in English football and, by extension, in world football.[1](https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/pdf/revista/revista_106_0.pdf) He replaced [Martin Jol](https://www.edgepedia.org/martin-jol) at the end of October.[5](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/newsstory.tottenhamhotspur)
The 2008 League Cup final at Wembley, before about 90,000 spectators, was the high point. Tottenham trailed to [Didier Drogba](https://www.edgepedia.org/didier-drogba)'s first-half free kick, equalized through a [Dimitar Berbatov](https://www.edgepedia.org/dimitar-berbatov) penalty, and won in extra time when [Jonathan Woodgate](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonathan-woodgate) headed the winner off a ricochet past Petr Cech.[5](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/newsstory.tottenhamhotspur) • [11](https://elpais.com/diario/2008/02/25/deportes/1203894022_850215.html) It was Tottenham's first trophy since 1999, their second in 17 years, and it remains the last trophy the club has won.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro) Ramos had beaten Arsenal in the semi-final on the way.[5](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/newsstory.tottenhamhotspur)
**The collapse.** The next season began with the club bottom of the Premier League on two points from eight games, its worst start to a season.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro) In a 2014 interview Ramos attributed the failure partly to the sale of strikers [Robbie Keane](https://www.edgepedia.org/robbie-keane) and Dimitar Berbatov without adequate replacement, leaving [Darren Bent](https://www.edgepedia.org/darren-bent) and Frazier Campbell as his forwards, and said [Tottenham](https://www.edgepedia.org/tottenham) later spent £51m in December to correct the situation.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro) The club terminated his contract on 25 October 2008, one day short of a year in charge, along with coaches Marcos Alvarez and Gus Poyet and sporting director Damien Comolli.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro) • [13](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/media/1561/2009-tottenham-hotspur-plc-annual-report.pdf) He had accepted players proposed by Comolli that he had not asked for, which he later called a mistake.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro)
## Real Madrid and later career
Two months after his Tottenham dismissal, Real Madrid appointed Ramos on 9 December 2008 in place of [Bernd Schuster](https://www.edgepedia.org/bernd-schuster).[14](https://www.rtve.es/deportes/20081209/juande-el-entrenador-que-dio-alas-al-sevilla/204496.shtml) The team revived under him and put together an 18-match unbeaten run in the league.[3](https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/30/primera/1475220771_596878.html) The season ended without a trophy: in May 2009 Real lost 2-6 to Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu, one of the stadium's heaviest historical defeats, which ended the club's title chances, and Ramos left on 31 May 2009.[15](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/03/29/que-fue-de-juande-ramos-el-entrenador-de-record-en-el-sevilla-que-recibio-la-mancha-mas-dura-de-su-curriculum-en-un-clasico-cadena-ser/) • [4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/)
He went on to manage in Spain, England, Russia, and Ukraine, including spells at CSKA Moscow and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and returned to La Liga with Málaga, his last known managerial post.[3](https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/30/primera/1475220771_596878.html) With Dnipro he returned to White Hart Lane in the 2013-14 Europa League, facing Tottenham in February 2014.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro)
## Method and reputation
Ramos described himself as a pragmatist, and his Sevilla sides were built on organization, collective responsibility, and adapting to the opponent.[1](https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/pdf/revista/revista_106_0.pdf) At Tottenham he imposed strict dietary and fitness rules, weighing players and benching those out of shape, after finding the squad's physical condition far below his standards on arrival.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro) His record divides sharply by club: a 56.39% win rate over 75 games at Sevilla and 66.67% over 18 games at Real Madrid, against 38.89% over 54 games at Tottenham, a contrast that has shaped how his career is remembered.[4](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/)
## References
1. [Juande Ramos profile, Revista RFEF](https://rfef.es/sites/default/files/pdf/revista/revista_106_0.pdf)
2. [Juande Ramos conquistó cinco títulos con el Sevilla, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/2009/04/26/mas_futbol/1240727244_850215.html)
3. [¿Qué fue de los técnicos del Madrid de los últimos 25 años?, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/30/primera/1475220771_596878.html)
4. [Juande Ramos manager stats, ManagerStats](https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/juande-ramos/)
5. [This victory is just the start, says Ramos, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/newsstory.tottenhamhotspur)
6. [Juande Ramos, Sevilla FC club history](https://sevillafc.hiwaymedia.io/en/el-club/historia/contenido/juande-ramos)
7. [Room at the top for boss Ramos, UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0252-0cdc1954ad93-6dfa612cc4c8-1000--room-at-the-top-for-boss-ramos/)
8. [Onces históricos: el Sevilla de la primera Europa League, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/2019/02/13/uefa/1550087328_246017.html)
9. [El Sevilla se da un baño de masas en su década 'prodigiosa', Cadena SER](https://cadenaser.com/ser/2016/05/23/deportes/1464027285_103466.html)
10. [Domingo de Ramos, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/primera/domingo-de-ramos-n/)
11. [Juande Ramos, en el paraíso, El País](https://elpais.com/diario/2008/02/25/deportes/1203894022_850215.html)
12. [Juande Ramos: 'Tottenham won a cup, everyone was happy. Then? Sacked', The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/13/juande-ramos-tottenham-hotspur-dnipro)
13. [Tottenham Hotspur plc Annual Report 2009](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/media/1561/2009-tottenham-hotspur-plc-annual-report.pdf)
14. [Juande, el entrenador que dio alas al Sevilla, RTVE](https://www.rtve.es/deportes/20081209/juande-el-entrenador-que-dio-alas-al-sevilla/204496.shtml)
15. [Qué fue de... Juande Ramos, Cadena SER](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/03/29/que-fue-de-juande-ramos-el-entrenador-de-record-en-el-sevilla-que-recibio-la-mancha-mas-dura-de-su-curriculum-en-un-clasico-cadena-ser/)
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