by the National Football Federation of Guatemala in September of conspiring to fix a pair of national team exhibitions and a CONCACAF Champions League game between CSD Municipal and Mexico's Santos Laguna. The trio played together at Municipal in the fall of 2010, when the club finished behind Santos and the Columbus Crew in its first-round group. Banned from the sport inside their native country in September 2012, the players saw their exile extended worldwide the following month. International career Ramírez made his debut for Guatemala in an April 1997 UNCAF Cup match against Costa Rica and has earned 103 caps since. He has been part of the qualification processes for the World Cups of 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. He captained the squad that reached the final stage of the 2006 World Cup qualification. On 27 May 2012, Ramirez was separated from the Guatemala National Team on basis of suspected "to arrange a match's result of Guatemala against South Africa in 2010." In June 2012, this was confirmed by teammates, Luis Rodriguez and Carlos Ruiz. Currently Ramirez is under FIFA investigation as well as by the Ministerio Publico of Guatemala for treason, money laundering and the investigations are still being made. Honours Municipal Liga Nacional de Guatemala League Championships (8): Apertura 2000, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2005 Marathón Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras League Championship (1) : 2009–10 Apertura Motagua Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras League Championship (1) : 2010–11 Clausura See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links 1978 births Living people People from Izabal Department Guatemalan footballers Guatemala international footballers 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 Copa Centroamericana players C.S.D. Municipal players PAS Giannina F.C. players Atlante F.C. footballers Chiapas F.C. footballers LA Galaxy players C.D. Marathón players F.C. Motagua players Super League Greece players Liga MX players Major League Soccer players Guatemalan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Honduras Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players FIFA Century Club Sportspeople banned for life Sportspeople involved in betting scandals