Romário

Rom?rio de Souza Faria (born January 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro), better known simply as Rom?rio, is a Brazilian football player. He is one of a select group of players with over 50 goals in international matches and one of Brazil's most famous and outstanding forwards.

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He started his career playing for Vasco da Gama, where he won two State Championships (1987/88). Between 1988 and 1992 he played for PSV Eindhoven, who won the Dutch league in 1989, 1991 and 1992. In 1993 he moved to FC Barcelona and won the Spanish League the same year. In 1995 he returned to Brazil to play for Flamengo, spent the next two years in Valencia, and then returned to Flamengo until 2000.

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Then he played again for Vasco da Gama, winning with them the Mercosur Cup and the Brazilian League in 2000. From 2002 Romario played for Fluminense. On October 21, 2004 he was fired from the club after a conflict with the manager.

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As a member of the Brazilian national team, Rom?rio won the silver Olympic medal in Seoul in 1988. Partnering with Bebeto in the attack, he led his country to the title, scoring five goals in the tournament. Rom?rio was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1994, after being the runner-up in 1993. In 1998, after missing out the World Cup due to injury, he ended his international career with 55 goals in just 70 caps.

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Rom?rio was named by Pel? as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is due to sign for England non-league club Garforth Town A.F.C. for the 2005/06 season. Currently he plays for Vasco da Gama, and was the second leading scorer of Carioca Championship 2005 with seven goals. Rom?rio scored 218 goals in the history of this championship and over 900 in his career.

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On 2005, April 28th, Rom?rio played his last game with the Brazilian national team. He scored the second goal on Brazil's 3-0 win against Guatemala.

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Rom?rio is the 2nd highest scorer in the history of professional football, being surpassed only by Pel?. On March 23, 2005 scored his 900th goal (official FIFA count).

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