Ricardo James

Ricardo James
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Emir James Rayo
Date of birth	(1966-05-07) May 7, 1966
Place of birth	Bocas del Toro, Panama
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Guabito de Bocas
1993-2005	Platense	123	(0)
2005-2007	Olimpia	127	(9)
National team^‡
1993-2004	Panama	43	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2005

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is James and the second or maternal family name is Rayo.

Ricardo Emir James Rayo (born May 7, 1966 in Bocas del Toro) is a retired Panamaian footballer.

Club career

James played for local side Guabito de Bocas but never in the ANAPROF league,^[1] since he spent most of his career in Honduras playing for Platense and Olimpia. He yielded a humorous goal to Wilmer Velasquez while playing for Platense in the 1998–99 season.^[2]

He retired aged 40, after winning a 5th Honduran league title with Olimpia.^[3]

International career

James made his debut for Panama in a March 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring no goals.^[4] He represented his country in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[5] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[6]

His final international was an August 2004 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.

Retirement

After retiring, James became goalkeeping coach at Platense^[7] and later Sporting San Miguelito.^[3]

Honours and awards

Club

C.D. Platense

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras (1): 2000–01
Honduran Cup (2): 1996, 1997

C.D. Olimpia

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras (2): 2005–06 A, 2005–06 C

References

↑ PORTEROS PANAMEÑOS Los guantes de oro - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ "¿Quién gritará el gol 15 mil de la liga nacional?" (in Spanish). La Prensa (Honduras). 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
1 2 ‘Sin disciplina ni trabajo, uno no puede lograr nada en la vida’ - Crítica (Spanish)
↑ Appearances for Panama National Team Archived April 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ Ricardo James – FIFA competition record
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details Archived December 24, 2004, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ Ricardo James o Anthony Torres, uno regresará al Platense - Diez (Spanish)

External links

Ricardo James at National-Football-Teams.com
Señor Arquero, Ricardo James (Bio) - Somos Lasele (Spanish)

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega 2016–17 A: Zalazar

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Panama squads

Panama squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 James 3 Poyatos 4 Julio 5 Delgado 6 Méndez 8 A. Dely Valdés 9 Mendieta 11 Piggott 15 Clarke 16 Díaz 17 Castillo 18 Atencio 20 Medina 21 Lozada Coach: Suárez

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