In the world of basketball, there is a versatile player known as a "swingman", which refers to a small forward or point guard who can play both forward and guard. There are also such players in soccer. They usually play as a defender, but they are always able to score for their team with their excellent scoring ability. One of the most recognizable "winger-swingers" in soccer today is Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, who has even been given the term "winger" by fans. In the 92nd minute and 48th second of the 2013-2014 Champions League final, Ramos scored a crucial goal to equalize the score, which was undoubtedly the best interpretation of the title of "defender". However, unfortunately, due to injury, Ramos did not make the recently announced 26-man list of the Spanish national team for Euro 2020. The Spanish national team and even the European players national team record holder, it seems that with the old owner of Real Madrid's fate will come to an end.
Sergio Ramos Garcia was born on March 30, 1986, in Camas, a small town in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. He was the youngest of three children in his family. As a child, Ramos' favorite sport was not soccer; he aspired to become a bullfighter. Although his mother, fearing for her son's safety, disapproved of him playing this dangerous sport, he ignored her objections. Eventually, Ramos's older brother, Rene, convinced him, and without Rene's counseling, perhaps the world of soccer would have lost an outstanding defender.
On a small pitch in the streets of Camas, a goal made of asphalt, a few trees and a pile of gravel became Ramos' earliest soccer memory. Although Ramos would later say in interviews that he wasn't the best of his childhood friends, scouts from the local Camas soccer team spotted his talent when he was just six years old. Just four years later, La Liga giants Sevilla took a liking to the young Ramos, and the ten-year-old was able to leave his hometown to train with Sevilla's youth team. From this point on, Ramos officially embarked on the path of soccer and began to learn how to become a professional player.
A funny thing happened to Ramos during his time playing for Sevilla's youth team. At the age of 15, Ramos represented the team against the team his older brother Rene played for. During the game, Ramos, as a defender, had to defend his brother. Every time with his brother scramble, Ramos will be out of words to warn each other, but the older Rene did not take his brother's words to heart, just smile. At this time, the opposing goalkeeper kicked the ball, Ramos and his brother to fight over the ball, accidentally an elbow to break his lip, Rene suddenly blood gushed out. Although the referee did not penalize Ramos for a foul, his own brother was replaced due to injury. Ramos' mother later recalled that this is what the young brother said when he got home, "There are no brothers in soccer." The foul did not affect the relationship between Ramos and his brother Rene, who later became his brother's agent instead of continuing as a soccer player.
