Ramón "Moncho" Gil Sequeiros (16 August 1897 – 18 January 1965) was a Spanish footballer player who played as a forward.^[2] He was a member of the Spain national team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[3]

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Ramón Gil

Personal information
Full name	Ramón Gil Sequeiros
Date of birth	(1897-08-16)16 August 1897
Place of birth	A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Date of death	18 January 1965(1965-01-18) (aged 66)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1914–1917	Deportivo Fabril
1917–1918	Real Club Coruña
1918–1923	Real Vigo Sporting
1923	Celta de Vigo
1924–1931	Deportivo de La Coruña
International career
1920	Spain	0	(0)
1922–1923	Galicia		(7)
Medal record Men's football  Spain Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Team competition  Galicia Prince of Asturias Cup 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup Team[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Born in Vigo, he began playing football at his hometown club Real Vigo Sporting in 1917, and he helped them win three Galician Championships in 1918-19, 1919-20 and 1922-23. He played for them until 1923, when Sporting was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form Celta de Vigo. He was then part of the first-ever teams fielded by Celta de Vigo and played for them for four seasons.^[4]

He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Italy and in the Silver/Bronze medal match against the Netherlands which Spain won 3-1.^[3]

Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.^[5] Moncho Gil helped the team reach the final, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.^[1]