Juande Ramos

Juan de la Cruz "Juande" Ramos Cano (born 25 September 1954) is a Spanish former footballer and manager.

After playing and managing at an amateur level, Ramos led Rayo Vallecano to promotion to La Liga, followed by reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2001.

Ramos played for Elche, Alcoyano, Linares, Eldense, Alicante and Dénia as a midfielder, until he retired due to a knee injury at the age of 28.

They finished 9th, 17 points off winners Deportivo de La Coruña, and qualified for their first European tournament, the UEFA Cup, via the Fair Play rule.

[2] In the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, Ramos' Rayo won 10–0 on their debut in the qualifying round on 20 August, away to Constel·lació Esportiva in Andorra;[3] the final aggregate score was 16–0.

He also won the Copa del Rey, beating Getafe CF and pipped La Liga title holders Real Madrid to the Supercopa de España.

[22] Ramos inherited a Tottenham side falling well short of expectations as their poor defending meant they were in the relegation zone when he arrived.

[23] His first game in charge was a 2–0 win against Blackpool in the League Cup at White Hart Lane on 31 October, courtesy of goals from Robbie Keane and Pascal Chimbonda.

However a second half penalty from Dimitar Berbatov took the game to extra time, where Jonathan Woodgate scored the winner to give Spurs both their first trophy since 1999 and qualification for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

[30] During his time at Tottenham, Ramos put his players on strict diets, eliminating sugar, swapping juice for water and serving meat with no sauce.

[32] Striker Darren Bent later said that the team began to turn on the manager due to their drab diet, including captain Ledley King.

However, after losing to Barcelona 2–6 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,[36] Madrid were defeated in 4 consecutive matches, ending 9 points behind their rivals.

[37] On 10 September 2009, Ramos signed for CSKA Moscow until December 2009, replacing Brazilian manager Zico, who left for Olympiacos.

[45] He left the club after the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season, reportedly because of "the reluctance of his family to stay in Ukraine for a long time".

Ramos as manager of Real Madrid