“South West” information. Former Bordeaux goalkeeper Ulrich Ramé begins a new career as an interior designer

OHe knows the dazzlingness of his judgments. Minus his pencil line. Ulrich Ramé has been practicing drawing since he was “very little”. As he has always had a certain taste in interior decoration. Since Wednesday, November 13, the former Girondins de Bordeaux goalkeeper has officially become an associate of the interior design and architecture agency created by David Dalidec in Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, in Entre -two-seas.

This is how a few days ago, we found the ex-captain of the club with the fine capon scapular. For its 200th anniversary, the Bordeaux restaurant is bringing a breath of fresh air to its historic decor. At the helm of this makeover, David Dalidec and the agency’s architect Laurène Marcelin, and Ulrich Ramé as project manager. From his height of 1.87 meters, the former international has his eye on the smallest details of the transformations in progress, tracking the smallest imperfection of a carpet patch, caressing with his hand the curvatures of the new bar in solid ash. “He’s a perfectionist,” smiles David Dalidec. With modesty, Ulrich Ramé responds that he “likes to create atmospheres where the material brings well-being”.

A 20 year friendship

The summer of 2022 marks the end of the managerial adventure with the women of PSG for the adopted Girondin. “I took the time to settle down and take a step back, with the desire to move towards a project that was meaningful and in which I would have fun. » Then aged 50, the high-level athlete had “toured the sports professions”, which no longer met his personal aspirations.

“We only grow with others.” Ulrich Ramé assures him, on the ground as with David’s colleagues, “no one should overshadow anyone”.

The journey of his professional reconversion takes place through the prism of a 20-year-old friendship. At the time, David Dalidec was a sports coach. The two men rub shoulders and appreciate each other. When David decided to give up his gym in Pessac to start a new career in housing, Ulrich Ramé entrusted him with the construction of his house in the Bordeaux area. “He was my first client as an architect,” remembers the atmosphere creator with emotion. Despite the years and the distance, the thread of friendship never breaks.

The complicity between the two men with diametrically opposed temperaments is obvious. The return of the elevator will be just as much. David, all the “failed sportsman” that he defines himself, will accompany the professional in his reconversion when the latter realizes that he has always taken an attentive look at the working environments – “already with the Girondins” – as well as at the decoration at which he indulges in at home. Not to mention that “he has talent and extreme sensitivity in the line of his drawing”, underlines David.

“Me, I only come in support”

The architect from Sainte-Croix-du-Mont directs Ulrich Ramé towards remote training, before opening the doors of the agency to him for an immersion. The best Division 1 goalkeeper of 1999 blends with the humility that characterizes him into this multidisciplinary team, aware that only time and experience will establish its legitimacy.

Because of this new professional life, he does not want to owe anything to his name alone. “I told David from the start: ‘The boss is you and the agency is yours,’” Ulrich reports – even though he now holds 25% of the shares. shares. And to praise “the true signature, the originality and the sense of eco-responsibility” of the structure, which did not wait for it to make a name for itself in the hotel and catering sector, creating the establishments in Lisbon and Bordeaux from Cafés Oz, like the three Bordeaux Monzù. “Me, I only come as support,” minimizes the athlete.

However, its expertise in the sporting sector offers the agency a new development opportunity. David Dalidec agrees and is delighted to have to work “in the sports sector in the broadest sense to bring well-being”. But above all he praises “the completely different perspective that Ulrich brings to our practices, his rigor mixed with kindness”. Where the qualities of the coach that he was bring fluidity to customer/company relationships. An altruism at odds with the star system.

All his football glory remains at 52, Ulrich Ramé knows: “We only grow with others. » He assures him, on the ground as with David’s collaborators, “no one should overshadow anyone”.

The key dates of a sporting career

In 1978, at the age of 6, Ulrich Ramé started playing football at the Sporting Club of Challans (Vendée), then, at 15, joined the Angers training center. He played his first match in Ligue 1 with SCO in July 1993.
In 1997, Bordeaux recruited him as a substitute. Quickly established, he remained with the Girondins until 2011 as a player and captain, before making his return as performance director in 2014 then as coach in 2016.
On June 9, 1999, first selection for the French team during the Euro 2000 qualifiers. At the end of the 1998-1999 season, he was crowned French champion with the Girondins de Bordeaux and best goalkeeper in the championship.
From 2011 to 2013, Ulrich Ramé ended his playing career at Sedan (Ligue 2). He leaves professional football in the summer of 2022 after having been manager of the women’s section of PSG for a year.