Ramón Raya Mejía (born September 8, 1968 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football manager and former player.
=Ramón Raya
Mexican soccer player
Ramón Raya Mejía is the current coach of the Mexico Beach Soccer Team and the Mexico Futsal National Team.
Ramón Raya
Personal information
Birth
Mexico City, Federal District, September 8, 1968 (50 years)
country
Mexico
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Coaching career
Sport
Football
Debut as coach
1985
(Tampico-Madero)
Career as a player
Position
Forward
Debut as a player
1985
(Tampico-Madero)
Sports withdrawal 1996
(Hawaii Tsunami)
Index
Player
He was the founder of the football school of Club America where he reached the first team.
In a controversial decision he emigrated to make his debut in the first division.
He was a player of Tampico-Madero (1985-1986), Club Universidad Nacional, PUMAS (1986-1990), Querétaro FC (1990-1991), Toros Neza (1991-1992), Club Deportivo Marte (1995-1996) and Hawaii Tsunami of the USISL in 1996.
He was selected for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Cup, being the MVP of the CONCACAF QUALIFYER and was designated the best offensive midfielder in the World Cup.
He was international U-20 for Mexico at the Trinidad and Tobago qualifyer in 1986 and captain of the U-23 team that participated in the Toulon Hopes Tournament of 1988.
In 1988 he was nominated to the mexico national team by Mario Velarde, but a right ankle injury kept him away from play for 4 years.
His career as a footballer ended after was short after several operations on both ankles.