SERGIO RAMOS - NEW ALL TIME RECORD

• Sep 23, 2023
• History Statistics

Sergio Ramos: longest return in La Liga history 

Sergio Ramos set a new all-time record in the Spanish League just after his return in Sevilla after very long break. 
The gap between his last league game for Sevilla in the first spell (on 28 August 2005 vs Racing Santander) and his first league game for Sevilla in the second spell (on 17 September 2023 vs Union Las Palmas) is 18 years 20 days.
This is now the longest gap between a player’s two successive games for the same club in the history of La Liga.
Sergio Ramos has surpassed the ex-record holder Pepe Reina who made his recent return to Villarreal after 17 years 216 days.
Here is the ranking of Spain’s longest returns.

	SPAIN	TOP	DIVISION
	LONGEST	GAP	BETWEEN	TWO	SUCCESSIVE	GAMES	FOR SAME TEAM
	Player	Team	Gap (Y-D)	Date 1	First Game	Date 2	Second Game
1	Sergio Ramos	Sevilla	18-020	28/08/2005	Racing 1:0	17/09/2023	Las Palmas 1:0
2	Pepe Reina	Villarreal	17-216	29/05/2005	Levante 4:1	31/12/2022	Valencia 2:1
3	Xisco Campos	Mallorca	14-220	09/01/2005	La Coruña 2:2	17/08/2019	Eibar  2:1
4	Toni Prats	Mallorca	13-318	02/11/1991	Athletic Bilbao 1:2	17/09/2005	Real Sociedad 5:2
5	Ángel	Las Palmas	13-299	10/05/2002	Real Sociedad 1:1	05/03/2016	Villarreal 1:0
6	Juan Carlos Unzué	Osasuna	13-110	07/05/1988	Celta 3:0	25/08/2001	Celta 0:3