People you should know-MR.VERDY

Ruy Goncalves Ramos Sabrinho was born in 1957 in Brazil. He came to Japan 20 years later and joined Yomiuri FC. 29 years later, he would be one of the living legends of Japanese Soccer. During his time at Yomiuri FC, he was one of the premier players in Japan. In 1989, he would gain full Japanese citizenship and make his first of 35 appearances for the Japanese team. By the time the J league and Verdy began, Ramos was in the downside of his career. Another member of the Verdy Doha tragic warriors, Ruy never had the chance to play on the world's biggest stage. In 1996, Ramos went to Kyoto Purple Sanga and became a popular member of the squad until he commited the unforgivable act of leaving the squad to rejoin Verdy in 1997 one last time. He finally said goodbye to playing in 1998 at the age of 41.

Ruy floated around as a commentator/personality until 2005 when he coached Japan to a 4th place finish in the World Beach Soccer Championships. Last year, he joined a floundering Kashiwa Reysol squad as an assistant coach. Unable to inspire them to avoiding relegation, he resigned with the rest of the staff and took over the reins of Tokyo Verdy.

Currently his stint as a manager has been mixed at best. The team has had moments of brilliant soccer combined with periods of pure garbage. As of this posting the team sits in 5th place, 3 spots outof promotion.

Sometimes good, sometimes bad.........Always Mr. Verdy!