Cícero Ramalho

Cícero Ramalho

Personal information
Full name	Cícero Ramalho da Rocha
Date of birth	(1964-11-20) 20 November 1964
Place of birth	Mossoró, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–1981	Potiguar de Mossoró
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1984	Potiguar de Mossoró
1985–1987	Quixadá
1987	Ceará
1988	Quixadá
1988	Ferroviário
1988–1989	Real Murcia	6	(0)
1989–1991	Levante	82	(28)
1992–1993	Sabadell	9	(0)
1994	Ferroviário
1995	Étoile du Sahel
1995	Potiguar de Mossoró
1996	Coríntians de Caicó
1996–1997	América de Natal
1997	Treze
1998	Coríntians de Caicó
1999	Itapipoca
1999–2002	Baraúnas
2005–2006	Baraúnas
2007	Potiguar de Parnamirim
2007	Baraúnas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024

Cícero Ramalho (born 20 November 1964), is a Brazilian former professional footballer, who played as a forward.

Career

Cícero Ramalho began his career at Potiguar de Mossoró, and later played for Quixadá, when he was the top scorer in the 1988 state championship. He had spells at Ceará and Ferroviário, but soon moved to Real Murcia. While playing for Real Murcia, Ramalho ended up ingesting a suppository orally, which caused serious gastroenteritis that almost resulted in death. He also played in Spain for Levante and Sabadell, before returning to Ferroviário in 1994, where he became state champion.

In 2005 he gained national recognition by being the best on the field for Baraúnas, who eliminated Vasco da Gama in the Copa do Brasil. Ramalho, who had retired in 2002, weighed more than 90 kg at the time.

Personal life

Currently Cícero Ramalho is a lime producer in the Mossoró region.

Honours

Ferroviário

• Campeonato Cearense: 1994

Baraúnas

• Campeonato Potiguar: 2006

Individual

• 1988 Campeonato Cearense top scorer: 15 goal
• 1995 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 15 goals

External links

• Cícero Ramalho at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
• Cícero Ramalho at BDFutbol