Goncalo Ramos: The Journey from a Junior Player to a FIFA World Cup Game Surprise Scorer
Know All About Goncalo Ramos: Portugal’s Brilliant Hattrick Scorer in FIFA World Cup 2022. Ramos belongs to Benfica’s youth academy. Ramos plays as a forward for Portugal. His career started with the Under-19 event in which his team finished as runners-up in the 2019 UEFA European Championship event. His under Under-21 participation also led to his team finishing as runners-up in the 2021 European Championship. Ramos’s senior international level debut is in 2022.
At the age of 9 years, Ramos had to go for several trials with Sporting CP and was rejected due to his minor physical features. Later he joined Benfica at the age of 12 in the year 2013. From this time, in a 9-year span Ramos transformed him to be an international level and was selected for the Portugal team for the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament in Qatar.
Ramos’s Hattrick in the World Cup 2022 Play Against Switzerland
Goncalo Ramos became a star playing against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament. He scored the first hattrick of goals in Round 16 encounter. Surprisingly he was sent as a substitute in this match for Cristiano Ronaldo. This resulted in Portugal defeating Switzerland 6-1.
-This feat made him the youngest man to score a hattrick in a FIFA World Cup knock out match after Pele. He also became the first to score a hattrick in a World Cup knockout game since 1990 by Tomáš Skuhravý. Moreover, Ramos also became the first player to score a hat-trick in his very first World Cup start since Miroslav Klose did the same in 2002.
Brilliance of Goncalo Ramos Yet to Come
The brilliance of this star footballer is yet to be seen in full capacity in the days to come.