Ramón Medina Bello

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Bello.

Ramón Medina Bello

Personal information
Full name	Ramón Ismael Medina Bello
Date of birth	(1966-04-29) 29 April 1966
Place of birth	Gualeguay, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Racing Club	108	(25)
1989–1993	River Plate	140	(47)
1994–1995	Yokohama Marinos	70	(36)
1996–1997	River Plate	40	(10)
1997–1999	Talleres	26	(3)
2001–2004	Dock Sud	74	(26)
2005	Juventud Unida	10	(6)
Total		468	(153)
International career
1991–1994	Argentina	17	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramón Ismael Medina Bello (born 29 April 1966 in Gualeguay, Entre Rios), nicknamed El Mencho, is an Argentine former football striker who has played at club level in Argentina and Japan.

He began his professional football career in 1986 with Racing Club de Avellaneda. In 1989, he was transferred to River Plate, where he played until 1993. By that time he was part of the Argentina national team, with whom he won the 1991 Copa América in Chile. He was also part of the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Medina Bello went to play in Japan for the Yokohama Marinos until 1996 when he returned to River Plate. He retired in 1999 in Talleres and after two years of retirement played for Dock Sud in the Argentine Soccer League Fourth Division. In 2005, he played for Juventud Unida where he retired for good.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Argentina			League
1988–89	River Plate	Primera División	2	0
1989–90			32	9
1990–91			29	8
1991–92			31	6
1992–93			37	16
1993–94			9	8
Japan			League
1994	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	30	15
1995			40	21
Argentina			League
1995–96	River Plate	Primera División	10	2
1996–97			10	1
1997–98			20	7
1997–98	Talleres	Primera B Nacional	12	3
1998–99		Primera División	14	0
2001–02	Dock Sud		11	5
2002–03			0	0
2003–04			0	0
2004–05	Juventud Unida		0	0
2005–06			10	6
Country	Argentina		227	71
	Japan		70	36
Total			297	107

International

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1991	4	0
1992	2	1
1993	8	4
1994	3	0
Total	17	5

FIFA World Cup appearances

He appeared in 2 games during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

• 30 June 1994: Argentina – Bulgaria 0–2 ( In the 67th minute he replaced Leonardo Rodriguez )
• 3 July 1994: Romania – Argentina 3–2 ( In the 63rd minute he replaced Roberto Sensini )

Honours

Club

Racing Club

• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1988
• Recopa Sudamericana runner-up: 1989

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1990
• Primera División Argentina: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 1997 Clausura, 1997 Apertura
• Copa Libertadores de América: 1996
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997

Talleres de Cordoba

• Primera B Nacional: 1998

International

Argentina

• Copa América: 1991, 1993

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
• Ramón Medina Bello at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ramón Medina Bello at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Unofficial site