Ramon Vega
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| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 11, 2007 | |||
Ramon Vega (born 14 June, 1971 in Olten, Switzerland) is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent.
Vega was one of five children to be born in Switzerland, with his siblings born in his parents' native city of Madrid.
He captained Switzerland at international level and played for Grasshoppers of Zurich, Cagliari in Serie A, Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiership, Celtic in the SPL and ended his career with Watford in Division One of the English league.
Vega won the Worthington Cup with Spurs in 1999. In 2000/2001 he won three trophies with Celtic in six months with the Glasgow club.
After his retirement Vega opened a soccer school, calling it "Ramon Vega's Soccer School". The first was opened up in Marbella, Spain. This was followed by another, "Total Soccer" based in West Yorkshire, England.
Vega is a partner in in financial group Duet, working in asset management, private equity and hedge funds.
Career honours
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- Winner
- Glasgow Celtic F.C.
- Winner
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from the Canton of Zürich
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland international footballers
- Spanish Swiss people
- Serie A players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Grasshopper-Club Zürich players
- Premier League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players