César Arturo Ramos


César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos is a Mexican professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2014. He refereed some matches in CONCACAF Champions League, in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Refereeing career

Ramos made his debut on October 28, 2006 in a Primera División A match between Zacatepec and Santos Laguna 1a. 'A'. Ramos made his First Division debut as a fourth official on January 15, 2011 in a match between San Luis and Puebla in San Luis Potosí. Later that year, Ramos made his First Division debut as a central referee in a match between Monterrey and Tijuana in Monterrey.
The first player Ramos booked in the First Division was Fernando Arce while the first player he sent off was Mariano Trujillo after he booked him twice in 15 minutes.
Ramos refereed the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup Final between Real Madrid and Gremio.
Ramos is the only Mexican center referee assigned to referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
In 2019, Ramos participated in a referee exchange program between the AFC and CONCACAF, where Ramos would referee in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and Abdulrahman Al-Jassim of Qatar would referee at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Record

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup