Ricardo James

Ricardo James
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Emir James Rayo
Date of birth	May 7, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Bocas del Toro, Panama
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Guabito de Bocas
1993–2005	Platense
2005–2007	Olimpia
International career‡
1993–2004	Panama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2006; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2005

Ricardo Emir James Rayo (born May 7, 1966) is a Panamanian former footballer.

Club career

James played for local side Guabito de Bocas but never in the ANAPROF league,^[1] since he spent most of his career in Honduras playing for Platense and Olimpia. He yielded a humorous goal to Wilmer Velásquez while playing for Platense in the 1998–99 season.^[2]

He retired aged 40, after winning a 5th Honduran league title with Olimpia.^[3]

James made his debut for Panama in a March 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring no goals.^[4] He represented his country in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[5] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[6]

His final international was an August 2004 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.

After retiring, James became goalkeeping coach at Platense^[7] and later Sporting San Miguelito.^[3]

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