Rômulo (footballer, born 1982)

Rômulo Marques Antoneli or simply Rômulo (born 25 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Rômulo

Rômulo in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Rômulo Marques Antoneli
Date of birth	(1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Inhaúmas-GO, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2000–2001	Botafogo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Botafogo
2003	Ituano
2003	→ Comercial-SP (loan)
2004–2005	Ituano	31	(17)
2005	→ Mainz 05 (loan)	8	(0)
2005–2006	→ Grêmio (loan)	26	(11)
2007	Cruzeiro	2	(2)
2007–2008	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)[2]	31	(12)
2008–2010	Cruzeiro
2009	→ Strasbourg (loan)	1	(0)
2009	→ Coritiba (loan)[1]	5	(1)
2010	Atlas	3	(0)
2010	Guarani	8	(1)
2011	Grêmio Prudente
2011	Brasiliense	6	(2)
2011	Westerlo	0	(0)
2011	Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	4	(0)
2012	Fortaleza
2013	CRAC
2013	Audax Rio
2013	Valletta	3	(1)
2014	Trindade	11	(2)
2014	CRAC	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Rômulo was born in Inhaúmas-GO, Brazil.

After weeks of speculation, where it was thought that he might even go to Deportivo de La Coruña,^[3] Cruzeiro produced a bid twice as high as Grêmio's for the player.^[4] He did eventually move to Cruzeiro, but Cruzeiro later loaned him out to Beitar Jerusalem in August 2007 for one year.^[5] Rômulo joined the French Ligue 2 club RC Strasbourg on a six-month loan from Cruzeiro, on 8 September 2009 Coritiba signed the forward on loan from Cruzeiro until December 2009.

When the loan ended, he was transferred to Atlas of Mexico.^[6] After spending six months in Mexico, he returned to his home country Brazil and joined Guarani. Then, he moved to Grêmio Prudente from Guarani in January 2011.^[7] On 29 June 2011, Rômulo joined Belgian side Westerlo from Brasiliense, signing a one-year contract.^[8] But after just over two months at Belgium side, he moved to Israeli club Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon. In July 2013, he joined Maltese club Valletta on a one-year deal.^[9]

Honours

Club

• Goiás State League: 2002
• Brazilian League (3rd division): 2003
• Israeli Premier League: 2007–08^[1]
• Israel State Cup: 2007–08^[1]

Individual

• Goiás State League's top scorer: 2003