Now that his playing days are over, Ramsey aspires to succeed as a coach.
He has most of his qualifications and has already had a taste of senior management, having taken charge of his boyhood club Cardiff City for three games at the end of last season when they were relegated from the Championship.
Since then, having unofficially been part of Wales head coach Craig Bellamy’s staff, Ramsey is being touted for a bright future.
“[I]100% want to dedicate themselves to coaching. “That’s something that really excites me,” he says.
“I had that experience with Cardiff and I loved it, even though the circumstances were difficult. I felt like I got a really good reaction from the team.
“I’ve been on the pitches in Wales with Bellers and their amazing staff too, and I’ve worked with the Cardiff under-18s.
“We’ll have to see what opportunities may arise soon and go from there.”
First, Ramsey has to run a marathon.
Ceri Menai-Davis, who has run the London Marathon before, estimates that Ramsey has raised more than £25,000 for her charity – and that’s not counting donations for Sunday’s race.
They have been friends for more than a decade and Ramsey’s displays of support for the charity, as well as his fundraising, include the butterfly symbol he used as a goal celebration during his career.
On Sunday, the most powerful reminder of Hugh’s life will be his father’s enormous physical exertion and his son’s shoes on his shoulders.
“He was the most amazing, courageous, courageous young man,” Ceri says. “The reason I do marathons is that, just before Hugh died, I stupidly threw myself into a marathon in 2021.
“I never thought I’d get in, but I got in, I started training for it, and Hugh never got to see me run that marathon because I did it two weeks after he died, and we buried him the next day with my medal.
“Last year I was carrying a 50-pound backpack, which was the weight Hugh weighed when he passed away. This was to show how much he weighs on you as a father.
“This year, with Hugh’s shoes, he walked into the hospital with these shoes and unfortunately he never came out. I wanted him to cheer me up when I did it in 2021, but unfortunately he never did.
“I did Paris in his shoes. He never got to see Paris, so I showed him the Eiffel Tower and we chatted the whole way. In London, he’ll be there with me on my shoulders and we’ll cross the finish line together.”