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\"Romario\" redirects here. For other uses, see Romario (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Faria.

Rom\u00e1rio

Official portrait, 2023

Senator for Rio de Janeiro

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 February 2015

Preceded by

Francisco Dornelles

Second Vice President of the Federal Senate

In office
1 February 2021 \u2013 1 February 2023

President

Rodrigo Pacheco

Preceded by

Izalci Lucas

Succeeded by

Rodrigo Cunha

Member of the Chamber of Deputies

In office
1 February 2011 \u2013 1 February 2015

Constituency

Rio de Janeiro

Personal details

Born

29 January 1966 (age 59)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Political party

PL (2021\u2013present)

Other political
affiliations

PP (2001\u20132009)
PSB (2009\u20132017)
PODE (2017\u20132021)

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Spouses

M\u00f4nica Santoro

(m. 1988; div. 1995)

Danielle Favatto

(m. 1996; div. 2001)

Isabelle Bittencourt

(m. 2002; div. 2014)

Children

7, including Romarinho

Profession

Footballer, politician

Association football career

Position(s)

\nStriker

Youth career

1979\u20131980

\nOlaria

1981\u20131985

\nVasco da Gama

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1985\u20131988

\nVasco da Gama

\n141

\n(80)

1988\u20131993

\nPSV Eindhoven

\n110

\n(98)

1993\u20131995

\nBarcelona

\n46

\n(34)

1995\u20131996

\nFlamengo

\n59

\n(60)

1996\u20131997

\nValencia

\n11

\n(5)

1997

\n\u2192 Flamengo (loan)

\n22

\n(21)

1998\u20131999

\nFlamengo

\n65

\n(34)

2000\u20132002

\nVasco da Gama

\n73

\n(79)

2002\u20132004

\nFluminense

\n73

\n(45)

2003

\n\u2192 Al Sadd (loan)

\n3

\n(0)

2005\u20132006

\nVasco da Gama

\n50

\n(35)

2006

\nMiami FC

\n25

\n(19)

2006

\n\u2192 Adelaide United (loan)

\n4

\n(1)

2007

\nVasco da Gama

\n15

\n(13)

2009

\nAmerica-RJ

\n1

\n(0)

2024\u2013

\nAmerica-RJ

\n0

\n(0)

Total

\n698

\n(542)

International career

1985

\nBrazil U20

\n11

\n(11)

1988

\nBrazil U23

\n7

\n(8)

1987\u20132005

\nBrazil

\n70

\n(55^[a])

Managerial career

2007

\nVasco da Gama (interim)

2008

\nVasco da Gama

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Brazil\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1994 United States	\n
FIFA Confederations Cup\n
Winner	1997 Saudi Arabia	\n
Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
Winner	1989 Brazil	\n
Winner	1997 Bolivia	\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Silver$	1988 Seoul	Team\n
CONCACAF Gold Cup\n
$\"Third$	1998 USA	\n
South American U-20 Championship\n
Winner	1985 Paraguay	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rom\u00e1rio de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Rom\u00e1rio (Brazilian Portuguese: [\u0281o\u02c8ma\u027eiu]), is a Brazilian politician and former professional footballer.^[1] A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over 700 goals and is one of the few players to score at least 100 goals for three clubs.^[2] He is considered one of the greatest players of all time.^[3]^[4] Rom\u00e1rio starred for Brazil in their 1994 FIFA World Cup triumph, receiving the Golden Ball as player of the tournament. He was named FIFA World Player of the Year the same year. He came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll in 1999, was elected to the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, and was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.^[5]^[6]\n

At club level, after developing his early career in Brazil, Rom\u00e1rio moved to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands in 1988. During his five seasons at PSV the club became Eredivisie champions three times, and he scored a total of 165 goals in 167 games. In 1993, he moved to Barcelona and became part of Johan Cruyff's \"Dream Team\", forming an exceptional strike partnership with Hristo Stoichkov. He won La Liga in his first season and finished as the top goalscorer with 30 goals in 33 matches. During the second half of his career Rom\u00e1rio played for clubs within the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He won the Brazilian league title with Vasco da Gama in 2000 and was top scorer three times in the league. At the end of his career he also played briefly in Qatar, the United States and Australia.\n

Considered a master of the confined space of the penalty area, his rapid speed over short distances (aided by his low centre of gravity) took him away from defenders, and he was renowned for his trademark toe poke finish.^[7]^[8] With 55 goals in 70 appearances,^[a] Rom\u00e1rio is the fourth-highest goalscorer for the Brazil national team, behind Neymar, Pel\u00e9 and Ronaldo.^[9] He is third on the all-time list of Brazilian league's top scorers with 155 goals. He is the ninth-highest goalscorer in the history of football with 784 goals in 1002 official games.^[10]\n

\nRomario started his political career in 2010, when he was elected deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was then elected senator in 2014. In 2017, he switched parties for Podemos, and in 2021, he joined the Liberal Party.

Season\n	Club\n	League\n	Regional league\n	Cup\n	Continental\n	Other^[b]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Vasco da Gama\n	1985\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	7	0	21	11	\u2014	0	0	\u2014	28	11\n
1986\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	23	9	25	20	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	48	29\n
1987\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	17	8	24	16	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	41	24\n
1988\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	0	0	24	16	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	24	16\n
Total\n	47	17	94	63	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	141	80\n
PSV\n	1988\u201389\n	Eredivisie\n	24	19	\u2014	5	4	2	2	3	1	34	26\n
1989\u201390\n	Eredivisie\n	20	23	\u2014	3	2	4	6	\u2014	27	31\n
1990\u201391\n	Eredivisie\n	25	25	\u2014	3	5	2	0	\u2014	30	30\n
1991\u201392\n	Eredivisie\n	15	9	\u2014	1	0	2	0	1	0	19	9\n
1992\u201393\n	Eredivisie\n	26	22	\u2014	3	3	9	7	1	0	39	32\n
Total\n	110	98	\u2014	15	14	19	15	5	1	149	128\n
Barcelona\n	1993\u201394\n	La Liga\n	33	30	\u2014	2	0	10	2	2	0	47	32\n
1994\u201395\n	La Liga\n	13	4	\u2014	0	0	5	3	\u2014	18	7\n
Total\n	46	34	\u2014	2	0	15	5	2	0	65	39\n
Flamengo\n	1995\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	16	8	21	26	5	1	4	2	\u2014	46	37\n
1996\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	3	0	19	26	5	1	0	0	6	4	33	31\n
Total\n	19	8	40	52	10	2	4	2	6	4	79	68\n
Valencia\n	1996\u201397\n	La Liga\n	5	4	\u2014	0	0	0	0	\u2014	5	4\n
1997\u201398\n	La Liga\n	6	1	\u2014	1	1	\u2014	\u2014	7	2\n
Total\n	11	5	\u2014	1	1	0	0	\u2014	12	6\n
Flamengo\n	1997\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	4	3	18	18	8	7	0	0	6	7	36	35\n
1998\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	20	14	11	10	4	6	3	4	2	1	40	35\n
1999\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	19	12	15	16	7	7	7	8	6	3	54	46\n
Total\n	43	29	44	44	19	20	10	12	14	11	130	116\n
Vasco da Gama\n	2000\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	28	20	17	19	2	1	14	14	10	12	71	66\n
2001\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	18	21	6	11	0	0	9	5	6	3	39	40\n
2002\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	0	0	4	8	7	5	\u2014	14	13	25	26\n
Total\n	46	41	27	38	9	6	18	16	35	31	135	132\n
Fluminense\n	2002\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	26	16	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	26	16\n
2003\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	21	13	4	5	0	0	0	0	\u2014	25	18\n
2004\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	13	5	9	6	2	2	\u2014	\u2014	24	13\n
Total\n	60	34	13	11	2	2	\u2014	\u2014	75	47\n
Al-Sadd (loan)\n	2002\u201303\n	Qatar Stars League\n	3	0	\u2014	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	3	0\n
Vasco da Gama\n	2005\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	30	22	10	7	3	1	\u2014	\u2014	43	30\n
2006\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	0	0	10	6	1	3	0	0	\u2014	11	9\n
Total\n	30	22	20	13	4	4	\u2014	\u2014	54	39\n
Miami FC\n	2006\n	USL 1st\n	25	19	\u2014	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	26	19\n
Adelaide United\n	2006\u201307\n	A-League\n	4	1	\u2014	\u2014	0	0	\u2014	4	1\n
Vasco da Gama\n	2007\n	S\u00e9rie A\n	6	3	9	10	3	2	1	0	\u2014	19	15\n
Am\u00e9rica-RJ\n	2009\n	Campeonato Carioca S\u00e9rie B1\n	0	0	1	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Career total\n	450	311	248	231	66	51	67	50	62	47	893	690\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Brazil\n	1987	6	4\n
1988	7	2\n
1989	11	4\n
1990	1	0\n
1991\n	0\n	0\n
1992	2	0\n
1993	1	2\n
1994	10	10\n
1995\n	0\n	0\n
1996\n	0\n	0\n
1997	17	19\n
1998	7	3\n
1999\n	0\n	0\n
2000	2	7\n
2001	5	3\n
2002\n	0\n	0\n
2003\n	0\n	0\n
2004\n	0\n	0\n
2005	1	1\n
Total	70	55^[a]\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1\n	28 May 1987\n	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland\n	$\"\"$ Finland\n	1\u20131\n	3\u20132\n	Friendly\n	^[103]\n
2\n	1 June 1987\n	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel\n	$\"\"$ Israel\n	1\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n	^[104]\n
3\n	3\u20130\n
4\n	28 June 1987\n	Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Chateau Carreras, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina\n	$\"\"$ Venezuela\n	5\u20130\n	5\u20130\n	1987 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	\n
5\n	7 July 1988\n	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia\n	$\"\"$ Australia\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup\n	^[105]\n
6\n	17 July 1988\n	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup\n	^[106]\n
7\n	12 July 1989\n	Est\u00e1dio do Maracan\u00e3, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Argentina\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1989 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	\n
8\n	14 July 1989\n	Est\u00e1dio do Maracan\u00e3, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Paraguay\n	3\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	1989 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	^[107]\n
9\n	16 July 1989\n	Est\u00e1dio do Maracan\u00e3, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Uruguay\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	1989 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	^[108]\n
10\n	30 July 1989\n	Estadio Br\u00edgido Iriarte, Caracas, Venezuela\n	$\"\"$ Venezuela\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	1990 World Cup qualifier\n	^[109]\n
11\n	19 September 1993\n	Est\u00e1dio do Maracan\u00e3, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Uruguay\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1994 World Cup qualifier\n	^[110]\n
12\n	2\u20130\n
13\n	5 June 1994\n	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada\n	$\"\"$ Canada\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20131\n	Friendly\n	^[111]\n
14\n	8 June 1994\n	Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States\n	$\"\"$ Honduras\n	1\u20130\n	8\u20132\n	Friendly\n	^[112]\n
15\n	2\u20130\n
16\n	5\u20131\n
17\n	12 June 1994\n	Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, United States\n	$\"\"$ El Salvador\n	1\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n	^[113]\n
18\n	20 June 1994\n	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States\n	$\"\"$ Russia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1994 FIFA World Cup\n	^[114]\n
19\n	24 June 1994\n	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States\n	$\"\"$ Cameroon\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	1994 FIFA World Cup\n	^[115]\n
20\n	28 June 1994\n	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States\n	$\"\"$ Sweden\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	1994 FIFA World Cup\n	^[116]\n
21\n	9 July 1994\n	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States\n	$\"\"$ Netherlands\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20132\n	1994 FIFA World Cup\n	^[117]\n
22\n	13 July 1994\n	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States\n	$\"\"$ Sweden\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	1994 FIFA World Cup\n	^[118]\n
23\n	2 April 1997\n	Est\u00e1dio Nacional Man\u00e9 Garrincha, Bras\u00edlia, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Chile\n	1\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n	^[119]\n
24\n	3\u20130\n
25\n	30 April 1997\n	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States\n	$\"\"$ Mexico\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n	^[120]\n
26\n	3\u20130\n
27\n	4\u20130\n
28\n	31 May 1997\n	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway\n	$\"\"$ Norway\n	1\u20131\n	2\u20134\n	Friendly\n	^{[citation needed]}\n
29\n	8 June 1997\n	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France\n	$\"\"$ Italy\n	3\u20133\n	3\u20133\n	Tournoi de France\n	^[121]\n
30\n	10 June 1997\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ England\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	Tournoi de France\n	^[122]\n
31\n	13 June 1997\n	Estadio Ram\u00f3n Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia\n	$\"\"$ Costa Rica\n	5\u20130\n	5\u20130\n	1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	^[123]\n
32\n	26 June 1997\n	Estadio Ram\u00f3n Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia\n	$\"\"$ Peru\n	3\u20130\n	7\u20130\n	1997 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n	^[124]\n
33\n	5\u20130\n
34\n	7 December 1997\n	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa\n	$\"\"$ South Africa\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20131\n	Friendly\n	^[125]\n
35\n	12 December 1997\n	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\n	$\"\"$ Saudi Arabia\n	2\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup\n	^[126]\n
36\n	3\u20130\n
37\n	16 December 1997\n	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\n	$\"\"$ Mexico\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20132\n	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup\n	^[127]\n
38\n	19 December 1997\n	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\n	$\"\"$ Czech Republic\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup\n	^[128]\n
39\n	21 December 1997\n	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\n	$\"\"$ Australia\n	3\u20130\n	6\u20130\n	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup\n	^[129]\n
40\n	4\u20130\n
41\n	6\u20130\n
42\n	5 February 1998\n	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States\n	$\"\"$ Guatemala\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup\n	^[130]\n
43\n	8 February 1998\n	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States\n	$\"\"$ El Salvador\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup\n	^[131]\n
44\n	15 February 1998\n	$\"\"$ Jamaica\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup\n	^[132]\n
45\n	3 September 2000\n	Est\u00e1dio do Maracan\u00e3, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Bolivia\n	1\u20130\n	5\u20130\n	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n	^[133]\n
46\n	3\u20130\n
47\n	4\u20130\n
48\n	8 October 2000\n	Estadio Jose Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela\n	$\"\"$ Venezuela\n	3\u20130\n	6\u20130\n	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n	^[134]\n
49\n	4\u20130\n
50\n	5\u20130\n
51\n	6\u20130\n
52\n	7 March 2001\n	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico\n	$\"\"$ Mexico\n	2\u20132\n	3\u20133\n	Friendly\n	^[135]\n
53\n	3\u20133\n
54\n	25 April 2001\n	Est\u00e1dio do Morumbi, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Peru\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	2002 World Cup qualifier\n	^[136]\n
55\n	27 April 2005\n	Est\u00e1dio do Pacaembu, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil\n	$\"\"$ Guatemala\n	2\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	Friendly\n	^[137]\n

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Club career

Early years

1988\u20131993: PSV Eindhoven

1993\u20131995: Barcelona

1995\u20131999: Flamengo and Valencia

2000\u20132005: Vasco and Fluminense

Later career

Thousandth goal

Player/Manager of Vasco da Gama

Retirement and comeback

International career

1990 World Cup

1994 World Cup

The Ro-Ro attack

1998 and 2002 World Cup absence

Last game for Brazil

Footvolley and beach soccer

Style of play and recognition

Media and sponsorship

Political career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

List of international goals scored by Rom\u00e1rio

Honours

See also

References

External links

Romário

Talks

25 November, 2009