Rincón (footballer, born 1980)

Rincón
Personal information
Full name	Claudiney Ramos
Date of birth	15 March 1980
Place of birth	Porecatu, Paraná, Brazil
Date of death	8 July 2013 (aged 33)
Place of death	Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Grêmio Barueri
2004–2005	Taubaté
2005	Ceilândia
2006	Santo André
2007	Paulista
2008–2009	Guarani
2009–2010	São Bernardo
2010	ASA
2011	Macaé
2012	União São João
2012	Capivariano
2012	Itabaiana
2013	Avenida
International career‡
2012–2013	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2013

Claudiney Ramos (15 March 1980 – 8 July 2013) was a professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was nicknamed Rincón, because of his physical resemblance to former Corinthians player, Colombian Freddy Rincón.^[1] Born in Brazil, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

International career[edit]

Rincón was part of a lot of Brazilian players that the Ministry of Sports of Equatorial Guinea had naturalized (purchased) in September 2012 to strengthen its national team and try to trace the tie 04 for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations against Congo DR. Then, he made his début for Equatorial Guinea on 14 October 2012 in the return match versus Congo DR. The game was won by 2–1, but it wasn't enough to qualify for the competition. In March the following year, Rincón scored the winning goal in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Cape Verde, being that his greatest moment of international notoriety, which lost all its value posthumously.^[2] Eleven days after his death, FIFA awarded the points of the match to Cape Verde, considering that his teammate Emilio Nsue was not regularized.

Death[edit]

Rincón had represented Equatorial Guinea in June 2013, playing three matches (two FIFA World Cup qualifiers and one friendly) between days 5 and 16. During that trip, he contracted malaria but felt symptoms only three weeks later, in Brazil. He was hospitalized in Sorocaba Hospital, where he died on the morning of July 8. Rincón was 33 and at the time of his death, he was under contract with EC Avenida.

References[edit]

^ "Rincón: O herói de Guiné nas Eliminatórias Africanas - Esportes - GAZ - Notícias da região para o mundo" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminaries: Africa - Matches: Equatorial Guinea 4:3 (2:2) Cape Verde Islands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.^{[dead link]}

External links[edit]

Rincón – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Rincón: O herói de Guiné nas Eliminatórias Africanas - Esportes - GAZ - Notícias da região para o mundo" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[2] "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminaries: Africa - Matches: Equatorial Guinea 4:3 (2:2) Cape Verde Islands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.^{[dead link]}

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