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.

Ramón Medina Bello
Personal information
Full name Ramón Ismael Medina Bello
Date of birth (1966-04-29) 29 April 1966 (age 58)
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

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

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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

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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

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

Honours

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Club

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Racing Club
River Plate
Talleres de Cordoba

International

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Argentina

References

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  1. ^ Ramón Medina Bello at National-Football-Teams.com
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