Romario

1985/88 Vasco da Gama (BRA) 142 games, 80 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 47 games, 17 goals)

(Rio Championship: 95 games, 63 goals)

1988/93 PSV Eindhoven (NET) 148 games, 128 goals

(Dutch Championship: 109 games, 98 goals)

(Dutch Cup: 10 games, 13 goals)

(Dutch Super Cup: 2 games)

(European Champion Clubs' Cup: 20 games, 16 goals)

(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2 games)

(UEFA Super Cup: 2 games)

(Intercontinental Cup: 1 game, 1 goal)

1993/95 FC Barcelona (SPA) 66 games, 39 goals

(Spanish Championship: 46 games, 34 goals)

(Spanish Cup: 2 games)

(Spanish Super Cup: 2 games)

(Champions League: 15 games, 5 goals)

1995/96 Flamengo (BRA) 83 games, 70 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 19 games, 8 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 14 games, 4 goals)

(Rio Championship: 46 games, 56 goals)

(Supercopa Sudamericana: 4 games, 2 goals)

1996/97 Valencia CF (SPA) 5 games, 4 goals

(Spanish Championship: 5 games, 4 goals)

1997 Flamengo (BRA) 36 games, 35 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 4 games, 3 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 8 games, 7 goals)

(Rio Championship: 24 games, 25 goals)

1997/98 Valencia CF (SPA) 7 games, 2 goals

(Spanish Championship: 6 games, 1 goal

(Spanish Cup: 1 game, 1 goal)

1998/99 Flamengo (BRA) 85 games, 70 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 39 games, 26 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 2 games, 2 goals)

(Rio Championship: 34 games, 30 goals)

(Copa Mercosur: 10 games, 12 goals)

1999/2001 Vasco da Gama (BRA) 136 matches, 131 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 46 matches, 42 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 9 matches, 6 goals)

(Rio Championship: 33 matches, 34 goals)

(Copa Libertadores: 20 matches, 16 goals)

(Copa Mercosur/Club World Cup: 27 matches, 24 goals)

(Others: 11 matches, 9 goals)

2001/03 Fluminense (BRA) 51 matches, 34 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 47 matches, 29 goals)

(Rio Championship: 4 matches, 5 goals)

2003 Al-Sadd Doha (QAT) 3 matches

2003/04 Fluminense (BRA) 26 matches, 13 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 15 matches, 5 goals)

(Rio Championship: 9 matches, 6 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 2 matches, 2 goals)

2004/06 Vasco da Gama (BRA) 56 matches, 41 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 31 matches, 22 goals)

(Brazilian Cup: 3 matches, 4 goals)

(Rio Championship: 20 matches, 13 goals)

(Others: 2 matches, 2 goals)

2006 Miami FC (USA) 26 matches, 19 goals

2006/07 Adelaide UTD (AUS) 4 matches, 1 goal

2007/08 Vasco de Gama (BRA) 18 matches, 15 goals

(Brazilian Championship: 6 matches, 3 goals)

(Brazil Cup: 3 matches, 2 goals)

(Rio Championship: 9 matches, 10 goals)

2009 America RJ (BRA) 1 match

With the National Team :

70 caps, 55 goals

(Friendly matches: 4 caps, 19 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 8 caps, 11 goals)

(World Cup: 8 caps, 5 goals)

(Copa America: 13 caps, 7 goals)

(Gold Cup: 5 caps, 3 goals)

(Confederations Cup: 4 caps, 7 goals)

(Tournoi de France: 3 caps, 2 goals)

1st cap: May 23, 1987 against Ireland (0-1)

Last cap: April 27, 2005 against Guatemala (3-0)

Olympic: 8 caps, 9 goals

U20: 11 caps, 11 goals

Romario de Souza Faria

Born January 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro (BRE)

Brazilian, Striker, 1m69

Nicknames: Baixinho, Peixe

Romario was born on January 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He grew up in poverty and misery in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. He struggled to get his first professional contract. He finally signed at 17 with Vasco de Gama. In a very short time, he established himself in the club and earned the nickname “O baixhino”. Despite his young age, he already showed himself to be one of the best finishers on the planet.

Thanks to his immense talent, he finished as the top scorer in the Rio Championship in 1986 with 20 goals and in 1987 with 16 goals. At the same time, he was called to join the Seleçao for whom he played for the first time at the age of 21 in 1987. Then in 1988, he joined the Brazilian team that participated in the Seoul Olympic Games, he finished top scorer of the competition with 7 goals in 6 games and won the silver medal.

Romario is a small striker, 1m69 who is described as an unpredictable player as his offensive range is complete. Capable of dribbling several defenders then scoring or simply sending a powerful shot into the top corner from outside the area, he is one of the most promising players of his generation.

After the Olympic Games, he was recruited by PSV Eindhoven who saw in him the future great striker of his team. In 6 seasons in the Netherlands, he won 6 trophies, 3 Dutch Championships, 2 National Cups and 1 Super Cup, all while finishing 3 times top scorer in the Dutch championship with each time a linear progression in his efficiency.

In 1993, it was the consecration when FC Barcelona chose to recruit him. He was then the second Brazilian to impose himself in attack of the Spanish team since Evaristo. Under the coaching of Johan Cruyff, the Brazilian very quickly became the best player of his team and one of the best players in the world. And the year 1994 was the consecration, he won the World Cup by being elected top scorer of the tournament, he finished top scorer of La Liga with 30 goals scored, winning the championship, and he reached the final of the Champions League.

During this famous World Cup he will finish 3rd top scorer of the competition with 5 goals scored. Alongside Bebeto, the player is at the top of his game and strings together brilliant actions. This is his country's first world title in 24 years and the Pelé years. With his phenomenal year, he was voted the best FIFA player in 1994.

Subsequently, after 2 wonderful seasons at FC Barcelona, ​​he decided to leave the club to join Brazil and Flamengo. During his first stint in Spain, he showed some capriciousness, which Johan Cruyff accepted in the face of his immense talent. The strong anecdote of his time in Barcelona is that of his wish to be excused during a match in order to attend the Rio carnival, Cruyff then told him to score 2 goals in order to be able to leave the field and leave. Thing said, thing done, the little striker scored a double in 20 minutes and he came out at half-time, then taking his plane to Rio.

The rest of his career was atypical, the player who was then at the top of his game in one of the best clubs in the world decided to return to Brazil, to find his life of madness and excess. Homesick, he put down his suitcases at Flamengo where he was extremely decisive, in 85 matches, he scored 70 goals.

Then, he decided to return to Europe in the form of two 6-month stints. A double failed experience. He then went into globetrotting mode where he chained clubs and goals. In Brazil in particular, he played until 2009, where then aged 43 he finally retired with a crazy total of goals scored, 772 goals.

With the Brazilian national team, he is one of the greatest figures in the history of the Seleçao, playing 70 times for 55 goals and 14 assists. With the Brazilian first team, he is one of the most successful players of the last 50 years with 4 titles. A World Cup, 1 Confederations Cup and 2 Copa America. He could have won more trophies, the player was left out of the Brazilian group of 2002, the coach of the time not supporting his excesses and his lifestyle.

- Golden Eleven in 1994

- Bronze Eleven in 1993

- FIFA Best Footballer of the Year in 1994

- Bola de Ouro in 2000

- Bola de Prata in 2000, 2001 and 2005

- Best Player in the Brazilian Championship in 2000

- Revelation of the Brazilian Championship in 1985

- Brazilian Championship Tribute Award in 2007

- Top scorer in the Spanish Championship in 1994 (30 goals) (FC Barcelona)

- Top scorer in the Dutch Championship in 1989 (19 goals), 1990 (23 goals) and 1991 (25 goals) (PSV Eindhoven)

- Top scorer in the Brazilian Championship in 2000 (39 goals), 2001 (21 goals) and 2005 (29 goals) (Vasco de Gama)

- Top scorer in the Champions League in 1990 (7 goals) (PSV Eindhoven) and 1993 (7 goals) (FC Barcelona)

- Top scorer in the Copa Mercosur in 1999 (8 goals) (Flamengo) and 2000 (11 goals) (Vasco de Gama)

- Top scorer in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 (7 goals)

- 3rd top scorer in the World Cup in 1994 (5 goals)

- Top scorer in the Rio Championship in 1986 (20 goals), 1987 (16 goals) (Vasco de Gama), 1996 (26 goals), 1997 (18 goals), 1998 (10 goals), 1999 (19 goals) (Flamengo) and 2000 (19 goals) (Vasco de Gama)

- Top scorer of the Rio-São Paulo tournament in 1997 (7 goals) (Flamengo) and 2000 (12 goals) (Vasco de Gama)

- Top scorer of the Confederations Cup in 1997 (7 goals)

- Top scorer of the United States Championship in 2006 (18 goals) (Miami FC)

- Voted best South American player of the year in 2000

- Voted best player of the World Cup in 1994

- Voted best player of the Intercontinental Cup in 2000

- 2nd best player of the Confederations Cup 1997

- Voted among the "legends" of football by Golden Foot in 2007

- Voted "Champion of Champions" by L'Equipe in 1994

- Received the EFE Trophy in 1994

- Voted Vasco de Gama's Player of the Year in 2000, 2001 and 2002

- Named to the 1994 World Cup Team of the Year

- Named to the 1998 Gold Cup Team of the Year

- Named to the FIFA Dream Team of the World Cup in 2002

- Named to the "Marca" All-Time Team of the Year in 2004

- Named to the FIFA 100

- Inducted into the Brazilian Football Hall of Fame

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