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Before the 1986 World Cup in Keyhan Varzeshi they had various articles about different teams and players. One that stuck in my mind was a picture of a Uruguayan player which was named "تاباره راموس" and he was labeled something like a key midfielder for Uruguay. 


Years later when the US was awarded the 1994 World Cup for some reason I kept thinking of this player and also picturing him for the US. During the 1990 World Cup I realized the US had a player called Tab Ramos and I thought it was a weird coincidence. It got weirder when I came to the US and found out Tab's real name is Tabaré Ramos and he was born in Uruguay. I initially thought that Kehyan Varzeshi had simply made a mistake and posted this player as a member of the Uruguayan team but then again they had no reason to even feature him as he was only still in his teens and not a significant player to be featured. The only explanation I can now think of is that they meant to feature Venancio Ramos, a member of Uruguay's 1986 World Cup team but mixed up his info with Tab Ramos's although where they even got the info of what was at the time a player just out of college and not playing for any club team is beyond me. 


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