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Jorge Chica

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'''Jorge Chica Ramírez''' ([[1952]] – 30 March [[2020]]) was an Ecuadorian [[footballer]] and [[neurosurgeon]]. He graduated as a doctor when he played for [[Barcelona Sporting Club]], which is why he was nicknamed "The Doctor" on the pitch. He was champion with [[Barcelona Sporting Club | Barcelona]] in 1980.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Biography ==

Chica played as left winger in several Ecuadorian football clubs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He became better known when he joined [[Barcelona Sporting Club]] in 1974, playing for seven seasons until 1980; at the same time he graduated as a doctor, for which he was nicknamed "The Doctor" Chica on the field.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He had his greatest performance in the team, in 1977 and 1978, where he established himself as a starter along with Miguel Coronel, Washington Pepe Paes, [[Víctor Ephanor]], Juan Madruñero, [[Nelsinho Baptista|Nelsinho]] and others.<ref name=":0" />

The two occasions in which Chica scored a goal in a [[Clásico del Astillero]], Barcelona did not lose, against a [[Club Sport Emelec | Emelec]] led by [[Eduardo García (footballer)|Eduardo ''Ñato'' García]].<ref name=":0" /> The first occasion was in a 1-1 draw in 1977 and the second was on September 17, 1978, when the Argentine footballer [[Francisco Aníbal Cibeyra | Aníbal Cibeyra]] of Emelec, scored an Olympic goal for the second consecutive classic and the only of his team in that match, while Ángel Luis Liciedi and Chica rallied the score by ending the match 2-1.<ref name=":0" /> He closed his cycle in the Barcelona when he was champion in 1980.<ref name=":0" />

As a doctor, he specialized in [[neurosurgery]] and worked in various hospitals in [[New Jersey]], USA, before returning to Ecuador.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Death ==

A few days before his death, Chica treated former Emec footballer [[Ecuador Figueroa]], terminally ill with cancer.<ref name=":0" /> Chica died at age 68 on 30 March 2020, of [[COVID-19]] complications caused by [[SARS-CoV-2]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador|pandemic in Ecuador]].<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Ecuadorian footballers]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian physicians]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador]]

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