Ramin Ott

Ramin Ott (born 22 June 1986) is a professional football player for the American Samoa national football team. He is currently American Samoa's all-time top goalscorer with three goals and has captained the side. Ott is also a sergeant in the United States Army, having served in Afghanistan.[1]

Ramin Ott
Personal information
Full name Ramin Shahin Ott
Date of birth (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986
Place of birth Pago Pago, American Samoa
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2008 Konica
2008–2009 Bay Olympic
2009–2010 Galaxy FC 0 (0)
2010–2014 Bay Olympic
2014–2016 Pago Youth
National team‡
2004– American Samoa 15 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2007
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:02, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Ott played for American Samoan champions Konica Machine FC from 2000 until 2008. He was named player of the season for 2007 and player of the month. In 2008, he signed a contract with Bay Olympic in the New Zealand 2nd division. He joined locat team Pago Youth in 2014. He is the second American Samoan after Rawlston Masaniai to play outside American Samoa.

International career

Ott began his youth international career during qualification for 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship where he netted one goal in the match with Samoa U-17. The result ended 1–3 for Samoa. He also scored a goal when they faced Cook Islands U17. The match ended 1-1 and that was the first point gained in American Samoa's football history. He scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Tonga, which was the country's first victory ever.

He started his senior international career in 2003 during qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2007 Ott scored his first ever international goal in a 12–1 defeat to the Solomon Islands.[2][3]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 4 September 2015[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
American Samoa 200440
200500
200600
200741
200800
200900
201000
201131
201200
201300
201400
201541
Total153
Scores and results list American Samoa's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ott goal.
List of international goals scored by Ramin Ott
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.25 August 2007National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Solomon Islands
1–5
1–12
2007 South Pacific Games
2.22 November 2011National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Tonga
1–0
2–1
2014 OFC WCQ First Round[5]
3.2 September 2015Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Tonga
2–1
2–1
2018 FIFA WCQ OFC First Round[6]

See also

References
  1. "Sergeant Ott leads from the front". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifying review". FIFA. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  3. "FIFA Player Statistics: Ramin OTT". FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  4. "Ramin Ott". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. "American Samoa 2-1 Tonga". www.fifa.com/. FIFA. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. "Tonga 1-2 American Samoa". www.fifa.com/. FIFA. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.


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