Romário

Romário (born 29 January 1966) is a Brazilian politician and retired football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time.^[1]

Romário Faria
Official Senate portrait of Romário, 2015
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2015
Second Vice President of the Federal Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2021
President	Rodrigo Pacheco
Preceded by	Izalci Lucas
Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2015
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966 (age 59) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	PL (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	PP (2001–09) PSB (2009–17) PODE (2017–21)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse(s)	Mônica Santoro ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1995)​ Danielle Favatto ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2001)​ Isabelle Bittencourt ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2012)​
Children	6
Profession	Footballer, politician
Association football career Position(s) Striker Youth career 1979–1980 Olaria 1981–1985 Vasco da Gama Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1985–1988 Vasco da Gama 141 (80) 1988–1993 PSV Eindhoven 145 (129) 1993–1995 Barcelona 65 (39) 1995–1996 Flamengo 79 (68) 1996–1997 Valencia 12 (6) 1997 → Flamengo (loan) 36 (35) 1998–1999 Flamengo 94 (81) 2000–2002 Vasco da Gama 136 (131) 2002–2004 Fluminense 75 (47) 2003 → Al Sadd (loan) 3 (0) 2005–2006 Vasco da Gama 54 (39) 2006 Miami FC 26 (19) 2006 → Adelaide United (loan) 4 (1) 2007 Vasco da Gama 19 (15) 2009 America Football Club 1 (0) Total 890 (690) International career 1985 Brazil U20 11 (11) 1988 Brazil U23 7 (8) 1987–2005 Brazil 70 (56) Managerial career 2007–2008 Vasco da Gama Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 1994 USA FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1997 Saudi Arabia Copa América Winner 1989 Brazil Winner 1997 Bolivia CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 USA Olympic Games Runner-up 1988 Seoul Team South American U-20 Championship Winner 1985 Paraguay Beach soccer FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2005 Brazil *Club domestic league appearances and goals

In February 2015, he was elected to the Brazilian Senate. In February 2021, he became Second Vice President of the Senate.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Season	Club	League			Regional league		Cup		Continental		Other[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vasco da Gama	1985	Série A	7	0	21	11	—		0	0	—		28	11
	1986	Série A	23	9	25	20	—		—		—		48	29
	1987	Série A	17	8	24	16	—		—		—		41	24
	1988	Série A	0	0	24	16	—		—		—		24	16
	Total		47	17	94	63	—		—		—		141	80
PSV	1988–89	Eredivisie	24	19	—		5	4	2	2	3	1	34	26
	1989–90	Eredivisie	20	23	—		3	2	4	6	—		27	31
	1990–91	Eredivisie	25	25	—		3	5	2	0	—		30	30
	1991–92	Eredivisie	15	9	—		1	0	2	0	1	0	19	9
	1992–93	Eredivisie	26	22	—		3	3	9	7	1	0	39	32
	Total		110	98	—		15	14	19	15	5	1	149	128
Barcelona	1993–94	La Liga	33	30	—		2	0	10	2	2	0	47	32
	1994–95	La Liga	13	4	—		0	0	5	3	—		18	7
	Total		46	34	—		2	0	15	5	2	0	65	39
Flamengo	1995	Série A	16	8	21	26	5	1	4	2	—		46	37
	1996	Série A	3	0	19	26	5	1	0	0	6	4	33	31
	Total		19	8	40	52	10	2	4	2	6	4	79	68
Valencia	1996–97	La Liga	5	4	—		0	0	0	0	—		5	4
	1997–98	La Liga	6	1	—		1	1	—		—		7	2
	Total		11	5	—		1	1	0	0	—		12	6
Flamengo	1997	Série A	4	3	18	18	8	7	0	0	6	7	36	35
	1998	Série A	20	14	11	10	4	6	3	4	2	1	40	35
	1999	Série A	19	12	15	16	7	7	7	8	6	3	54	46
	Total		43	29	44	44	19	20	10	12	14	11	130	116
Vasco da Gama	2000	Série A	28	20	17	19	2	1	14	14	10	12	71	66
	2001	Série A	18	21	6	11	0	0	9	5	6	3	39	40
	2002	Série A	0	0	4	8	7	5	—		14	13	25	26
	Total		46	41	27	38	9	6	18	16	35	31	135	132
Fluminense	2002	Série A	26	16	0	0	0	0	—		—		26	16
	2003	Série A	21	13	4	5	0	0	0	0	—		25	18
	2004	Série A	13	5	9	6	2	2	—		—		24	13
	Total		60	34	13	11	2	2	—		—		75	47
Al-Sadd (loan)	2002–03	Qatar Stars League	3	0	—		0	0	—		—		3	0
Vasco da Gama	2005	Série A	30	22	10	7	3	1	—		—		43	30
	2006	Série A	0	0	10	6	1	3	0	0	—		11	9
	Total		30	22	20	13	4	4	—		—		54	39
Miami FC	2006	USL 1st	25	19	—		1	0	—		—		26	19
Adelaide United	2006–07	A-League	4	1	—		—		0	0	—		4	1
Vasco da Gama	2007	Série A	6	3	9	10	3	2	1	0	—		19	15
América-RJ	2009	Campeonato Carioca Série B1	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			450	311	248	231	66	51	67	50	62	47	893	690

1. Includes UEFA Super Cup (1988), Intercontinental Cup (1988), Dutch Super Cup (1991, 1992), Supercopa de España (1993), FIFA Club World Cup (2000).

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

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

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Romário goal.

List of international goals scored by Romário^[3]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	28 May 1987	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–1	3–2	Friendly	[4]
2	1 June 1987	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[5]
3				3–0
4	28 June 1987	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina	Venezuela	5–0	5–0	1987 Copa América
5	7 July 1988	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1–0	1–0	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup	[6]
6	17 July 1988	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia		1–0	2–0	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup	[7]
7	12 July 1989	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Argentina	2–0	2–0	1989 Copa América
8	14 July 1989	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	3–0	3–0	1989 Copa América	[8]
9	16 July 1989	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	1989 Copa América	[9]
10	30 July 1989	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualifier	[10]
11	19 September 1993	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Uruguay	1–0	2–0	1994 World Cup qualifier	[11]
12				2–0
13	5 June 1994	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Canada	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[12]
14	8 June 1994	Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, United States	Honduras	1–0	8–2	Friendly	[13]
15				2–0
16				5–1
17	12 June 1994	Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, United States	El Salvador	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[14]
18	20 June 1994	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States	Russia	1–0	2–0	1994 FIFA World Cup	[15]
19	24 June 1994	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States	Cameroon	1–0	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup	[16]
20	28 June 1994	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States	Sweden	1–1	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup	[17]
21	9 July 1994	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States	Netherlands	1–0	3–2	1994 FIFA World Cup	[18]
22	13 July 1994	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	Sweden	1–0	1–0	1994 FIFA World Cup	[19]
23	2 April 1997	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[20]
24				3–0
25	30 April 1997	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Mexico	2–0	4–0	Friendly	[21]
26				3–0
27				4–0
28	31 May 1997	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–1	2–4	Friendly	[22]
29	8 June 1997	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France	Italy	3–3	3–3	Tournoi de France	[23]
30	10 June 1997	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	England	1–0	1–0	Tournoi de France	[24]
31	13 June 1997	Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Costa Rica	5–0	5–0	1997 Copa América	[25]
32	26 June 1997	Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Peru	3–0	7–0	1997 Copa América	[26]
33				5–0
34	7 December 1997	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[27]
35	12 December 1997	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–0	3–0	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	[28]
36				3–0
37	16 December 1997	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Mexico	1–0	3–2	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	[29]
38	19 December 1997	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Czech Republic	1–0	2–0	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	[30]
39	21 December 1997	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Australia	3–0	6–0	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	[31]
40				4–0
41				6–0
42	5 February 1998	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Guatemala	1–1	1–1	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[32]
43	8 February 1998	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	2–0	4–0	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[33]
44	15 February 1998		Jamaica	1–0	1–0	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup	[34]
45	3 September 2000	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bolivia	1–0	5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]
46				3–0
47				4–0
48	8 October 2000	Estadio Jose Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	3–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[36]
49				4–0
50				5–0
51				6–0
52	7 March 2001	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Mexico	2–2	3–3	Friendly	[37]
53				3–3
54	25 April 2001	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	Peru	1–1	1–1	2002 World Cup qualifier	[38]
55	27 April 2005	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Guatemala	2–0	3–0	Friendly	[39]

Honours

Vasco da Gama Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2000[40] Campeonato Carioca: 1987, 1988[40] Copa Mercosur: 2000[40] PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92[40] KNVB Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90[40] Dutch Super Cup: 1992 Barcelona[40] La Liga: 1993–94[40] Supercopa de España: 1994 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1993-94 Flamengo Campeonato Carioca: 1996, 1999[40] Copa Mercosur: 1999 Al-Sadd Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2003[40] América-RJ Campeonato Carioca Second Division: 2009 Brazil Youth U-20 South American Championship: 1985 Olympic Silver Medal: 1988 Brazil FIFA World Cup: 1994[40] Copa América: 1989, 1997[40] FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997[40]

Individual U-20 South American Championship's top scorer: 1985 Campeonato Carioca's top scorer: 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Vasco da Gama Player of the Year: 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics top scorer Dutch League's top scorer: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91[40] Dutch Cup's top scorer: 1988–89, 1989–90 Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1989 UEFA Champions League top scorer: 1989–90, 1992–93[40] Onze de Bronze: 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year Silver Award: 1993 Pichichi Trophy: 1993–94[40] Trofeo EFE Best Ibero-American Soccer Player of the Spanish League: 1993–94 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1994[40] FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1994 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1994 Onze d'Or: 1994 FIFA World Player of the Year: 1994[40] L'Équipe Champion of Champions Sportsman of the year : 1994 South American Team of the Year: 1995, 2000, 2001[41] FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: 1997[40] FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Ball: 1997 Rio-São Paulo Tournament's top scorer: 1997, 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup All Star Team: 1998 Brazilian Cup's top scorer: 1998, 1999 Copa Mercosur's top scorer: 1999, 2000 Placar Golden Boot: 1999, 2000, 2002 Brazilian league's top scorer: 2000, 2001, 2005[40] FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2000 Bola de Ouro: 2000 Bola de Prata: 2000, 2001, 2005 South American Footballer of the Year: 2000 CBF Golden Boot: 2001, 2005 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002[42] FIFA 100: 2004 Rei do Gol Trophy: 2005 USL 1st's MVP: 2006 USL 1st's top scorer: 2006 Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão – Special Honor: 2007 Golden Foot Legends Award: 2007[43] Marca World Cups All-Time Team: 2014[44] International Football Hall of Fame – Pachuca, México[45] Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame Ballon d'Or: 1994 – Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)[46] Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2022[47]