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Sergio Ramos and his 30 red cards: a retrospective
Mar 17, 2025
The centre-back’s first dismissal for Liga MX side Monterrey adds to red cards for Real Madrid, PSG and Sevilla
Sergio Ramos may have won the Champions League four times, five La Liga titles, the World Cup and two European Championships but once again the defender is in the headlines for the wrong reasons. On Sunday night, the 38-year-old defender was sent off for his new club, Monterrey, in Liga MX – taking him to 30 career red cards. Delve into Ramos’s back catalogue here:
1) Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid, La Liga, 18 September 2005
Two yellow cards in the 61st and 87th minutes was an appropriate beginning to Ramos’s red card journey when he was sent off at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. It began a habit of obtaining double yellows rather than straight reds and his consequent suspension paved the way for a notable debut: step forward Jonathan Woodgate.
2) Real Madrid 2-1 Olympiakos, Champions League, 29 September 2005
Just 10 days later, Ramos received the second red of his Madrid career when he was dismissed for a clash with the Olympiakos substitute Giannakis Okkas, reacting angrily to a late challenge by the Cypriot in the 91st minute. The sending-off came only minutes after a young Roberto Soldado had spared Madrid’s blushes with a late winner.
3) Real Sociedad 2-2 Real Madrid, La Liga, 27 November 2005
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