Romario

Romario
Romário (2015)
Personnel
Surname	Romario de Souza Faria
birthday	January 29, 1966
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size	167 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1979-1980	Olaria AC
1981-1985	CR Vasco da Gama
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1985-1988	CR Vasco da Gama	47 (17)
1988-1993	PSV Eindhoven	109 (98)
1993-1995	FC Barcelona	46 (34)
1995-1996	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	16 0(8)
1996	Valencia CF	5 0(4)
1996-1997	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	7 0(3)
1997	Valencia CF	6 0(1)
1998-1999	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	39 (26)
1999-2002	CR Vasco da Gama	46 (41)
2002-2003	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	26 (16)
2003	Al-Sadd	3 0(0)
2003-2004	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	34 (18)
2005-2006	CR Vasco da Gama	32 (22)
2006	Miami FC	25 (19)
2006	Adelaide United	4 0(1)
2007-2008	CR Vasco da Gama	6 0(3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1987-2005	Brazil	71 (55)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2008	CR Vasco da Gama
1 Only league games are given.

Romário de Souza Faria (born January 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian politician and former soccer player who was one of the most famous strikers in the world.

In 1994 Romário was named world champion and in the same year named world footballer of the year . He was included in the list of the 125 best football players alive in 2004 . In October 2010 he was elected for the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the legislative period 2011 to 2015 of the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian National Congress. Since February 2015 he has represented his home state as one of three senators in the Federal Senate of Brazil.

Career in clubs

Romário, often called "Baixinho" (the short one) in Brazil because of his small body size, began his professional career in 1985 with CR Vasco da Gama , where he twice won the state championship in Rio de Janeiro ( Campeonato Carioca ).

PSV Eindhoven and FC Barcelona

From 1988 to 1992, the two-footed Romário played in the Eredivisie for PSV Eindhoven . His coach was the Dutchman Guus Hiddink , who called Romário "the most interesting player I have ever worked with" and especially praised his enormous presence and strong nerves in important games in which he often scored the winning goal. With PSV he won the league title in 1989, 1991 and 1992, he himself was voted Footballer of the Year in the Netherlands in 1989 and scored a total of 174 goals for PSV Eindhoven.

In 1993 he moved to Spain for FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of six million dollars . His coach was Johan Cruyff , who characterized Romário as the "genius of the penalty area". Together with players like Michael Laudrup and Christo Stoitschkow , Romario formed a well-noticed and successful attack. With 30 goals in 33 games, he was the Spanish top scorer ( Pichichi ) and won the first of two Spanish championship titles with Barcelona. In addition, FC Barcelona reached the final of the 1993/94 UEFA Champions League with Romario , where the team lost 4-0 to AC Milan . At El Clásico against Real Madrid , he scored a hat-trick in a memorable game in Madrid and set up a goal to make it 5-0. In 1994 he successfully defended his title and won the Spanish Supercup .

Between Rio de Janeiro and Valencia

In 1995 he returned to Brazil - initially on loan - and played for Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . There he formed an attacking trio together with the two players Edmundo and Sávio , which the local press euphorically characterized as "the best storm in the world". In 1996 Flamengo won the Brazilian championship. 1996/97 and 1997/98 Romário worked on loan for Valencia CF; First engaged at the instigation of the coach Jorge Valdano , he clashed with his successor Claudio Ranieri and then switched again to Flamengo. There he was dismissed by club boss Edmundo Santos Silva in 1999 after a scandal due to his lifestyle.

From 2000 Romário played again for Vasco da Gama and won the Copa Mercosur and the Brazilian championship with the club . In 2000 he was also named South America's Footballer of the Year , and he was honored with the Bola de Ouro , the award for Brazilian Player of the Year. In 2001 he defended his title as top scorer in the Brazilian league, but Vasco da Gama could not build on the successes. From 2002 to 2004 he worked for Fluminense Rio de Janeiro . This time was interrupted by a short engagement with Al-Sadd in Qatar , which ended after ten weeks in April 2003 with early contract termination.

In October 2004, the well-known spirited Romário was dismissed after an argument with the Fluminense coach and then returned to CR Vasco da Gama . In the 2005 season, the almost 40-year-old Romário scored 22 goals for Vasco, becoming the top scorer in the Brazilian league; Romário had been advised of the end of his career by critical voices in the media before the start of the season .

USA and Australia

At the end of March 2006, he moved to the US club Miami FC , which is owned by the Brazilian company Traffic Sports and took part in the USL First Division . At the end of September he signed a contract for four games with the Australian A-League club Adelaide United .

For the fourth time Vasco da Gama

From January 2007 he was again under contract with Vasco da Gama. However, at first he did not receive a license from FIFA , as the FIFA regulations stipulate that a player may only play for a maximum of two clubs in one season. Vasco would have been the third team after Miami FC and Adelaide United. Later, however, FIFA gave in because the season in Brazil is not based on the European game calendar.

On May 20, 2007 Romário scored his 1000th goal of his football career against Sport Recife , an achievement that only his two compatriots Pelé and Arthur Friedenreich as well as Gerd Müller and Franz Binder had achieved before him. In his team's 3-1 win over Sport Recife, Romário scored a penalty in the 48th minute to make it 3-0. The game was then paused for over 20 minutes to celebrate Romario's highly regarded performance. The goal counts of Romário were not recognized by FIFA, because Romário also counted 98 goals from his youth and goals in charity games, 902 goals had been in official games including friendly games up to this point. Nevertheless, FIFA congratulated Romário on his achievement.

In October 2007, Romário tested positive for finasteride at the age of 41 . According to his own statements, he used a hair loss remedy that contained the banned substance for a few months. In February 2008, Romário announced that he would end his active career on March 30, 2008. Since he was banned from taking the hair restorer until mid-April 2008, he no longer played a game. In early February 2008 Romário resigned as player- coach of Vasco da Gama after a dispute with club owner Eurico Miranda . On February 14, 2008, his suspension was lifted by a commission, which came to the conclusion that Romário was not guilty of doping. However, on April 15, 2008 Romário announced: “It is final: I will not play anymore! I have stopped. It was always a lot of fun. ”He cited a lack of fitness as the reason for his resignation, as he did not train during the suspension.

America FC official

After his active career, Romário began looking for sponsors and partners as an ambassador for the lower class America Rio de Janeiro . America FC currently plays in the second division of the Rio de Janeiro regional championship. On August 13, 2009, the 43-year-old Romário announced a comeback as a player: “I'll play in one or two official games to fulfill my father's dream.” Romario's father Edevair had been a fan of the club all his life. On November 25 , 2009 he made his comeback in a game against Artsul, but remained without a goal. He also hired his former strike partner Bebeto as a coach, but he soon dismissed him.

Career in the national team

For the Brazilian national soccer team Romário scored 55 goals in 70 international matches; this makes him the fourth most successful scorer of all time in the Seleção, behind Pelé , Ronaldo and Neymar . He made his debut against Ireland on May 23, 1987 in Dublin , and scored his first goal against Finland five days later in Helsinki . At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , he won the silver medal of the football tournament with the national team; in the course of the tournament he scored seven goals and was the tournament's top scorer. In 1989, Brazil won the Copa America . Romário scored once in the three finals against each opponent. Behind Bebeto, he was the most successful Brazilian goalscorer in this tournament.

World Cup 1990 and subsequent turbulence

At the Football World Cup in Italy in 1990 , Romário came only to one use (against Scotland ), as he arrived handicapped due to an ankle injury. He also had differences with the sports management, as he, like some other players, took his own physiotherapist with him to Italy. Within the team, which had broken up into groups, Romário was like a non-integrated foreign body. Brazil was the only team to win all preliminary round matches, but was very defensive-oriented compared to the two previous tournaments. It was eliminated in the round of 16 against the great rival Argentina, led by Diego Maradona , with a 1-0 draw. Romário rejected his nomination for the Copa América 1991 because, according to his own statement, he wanted to take a vacation during that time. In the following years, Romário caused considerable turbulence in the Seleção. At the end of 1992 he was called to a friendly against Germany in Porto Alegre . The new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira left him on the bench. Romário publicly expressed his dissatisfaction afterwards and said that he would not have even come from the Netherlands if he had known beforehand that he would not play.

World Champion 1994

At times he was then ignored by Parreira and not used in the first seven qualifying games for the 1994 soccer World Cup in the USA ; instead, the old star Careca and Bebeto formed the Seleção's preferred storm duo. The Seleção lost their first World Cup qualifier in this phase and Parreira came under increasing public pressure due to the disappointing performance.

In the decisive qualifying game against Uruguay in September 1993 Romário was called back to the Seleção by the immense pressure of fans and media from Parreira. In front of 100,000 spectators at the Maracanã Stadium , Romário showed an outstanding performance and scored both goals to make it 2-0. He then publicly guaranteed Brazil's title win at the upcoming World Cup. In the three test matches before the World Cup, he scored five goals and Parreira announced “We can become world champions if God and Romário want it”.

Romário had the expected decisive share in the Brazilian victory at the 1994 World Cup, in which he was also voted the best player of the tournament ( Golden Ball ). In a very sober and controlled team he stood out as the only “artist” on the ball. He scored five goals and converted a penalty in a penalty shootout in the final against a strictly defensive Italy led by Roberto Baggio . Romários attack partner at the World Cup was Bebeto, for whom he also excelled as a preparer during the tournament. In the same year he was voted world footballer after finishing second the previous year. Johan Cruyff commented on Romário's dominant role in the tournament that he had no doubt that Brazil would not have become world champions had Romário not played.

After the World Cup, the young Ronaldo gradually became Romário's strike partner in the Seleção; at the finals in the USA he was Romarios' roommate, but had no use in the tournament. At the 1997 final of the Confederations Cup in Riyadh , both of them scored three goals each to make it 6-0. Romário himself was the top scorer of the tournament with seven goals from five matches and received the Golden Shoe for it ; He was also honored with the "Silver Ball", while the Golden Ball went to his teammate Denílson .

Departure before the start of the 1998 World Cup and afterwards

For the 1998 World Cup in France , Romario and Ronaldo were again scheduled as the Brazilian storm duo, but Romário previously pulled a muscle stretch in training. Despite medical treatment, studies showed that he would not be fully fit again in time for the start of the tournament; In addition, the sporting leadership doubted whether Romário could play in the preliminary round despite the pain. He himself assured this, but he still had to leave against his will at the start of the tournament, while Bebeto moved up and took his regular place. Then he began a public war with coach Mário Zagallo and his assistant Zico . He had had a tense relationship with Zagallo for a long time anyway, as he had refused to give him his beloved jersey number 11 in his former position as assistant to coach Carlos Alberto Parreira in the friendly against Germany in 1992. Above all, he blamed Zico for his forced expulsion and denigrated him in his own Café do Gol with a drawing on the toilet area, which the latter responded with a lawsuit. As a result, he also had another exchange of blows in the media with Pelé; Over the years, he had repeatedly criticized his lifestyle as unprofessional. Two days after Brazil's quarter-final victory over Denmark , Romário was already active again with his club Flamengo and also scored a goal against SC Internacional ; He subsequently proved his fitness and refuted the team leadership. Brazil, on the other hand, clearly lost the final against France 3-0 after Ronaldo had shown a completely desolate performance throughout the game. In this final in particular, Romário's leadership qualities were sorely missed. Romario's substitute Bebeto had disappointed throughout the tournament and was unable to convince.

Romário was not considered by the new coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo . In 2001 Romário refused to take part in the Copa America to perform an eye operation, but instead played a few friendly matches with his club Vasco da Gama in Mexico , which led to a dispute with Luiz Felipe Scolari , who had meanwhile taken over from Luxemburgo as coach . Before the football World Cup in 2002 , the now 36-year-old Romário ensured with very good performances in the club (in the first half of 2002 he scored 26 goals for Vasco da Gama) that fans, media and also President Fernando Henrique Cardoso now vehemently his nomination demanded for the Seleção. This had been disappointing in the World Cup qualification and in the end only qualified as the third-placed team in the South American qualifying group. Luiz Felipe Scolari refused to do so. As a reason, he gave Rómario's previous lack of discipline and that he supposedly did not fit into his game philosophy. He traveled without him to Japan and South Korea , where Brazil won its fifth title. Romários disregard was symbolic of Brazil's departure from the 'beautiful game' of past decades.

On April 27, 2005, he played his farewell game (just four years after his penultimate international match), in which he contributed a goal to the 3-0 win against Guatemala .

Titles, achievements and awards

society

• Dutch Cup (2): 1989, 1990
• Dutch championship (3): 1989 , 1991 , 1992
• Spanish Championship (1): 1994
• Copa Mercosur (2): 1999, 2000
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2000

National team

• Olympic Games : 2nd place in 1988
• World Champion (1): 1994
• Copa America (2): 1989 , 1997
• Confederations Cup (1): 1997
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup : 3rd place in 2005

Individual awards

• Footballer of the Year in the Honorary Division : 1989
• World Footballer of the Year : 1994
• World Sportsman of the Year ( L'Équipe ) 1994
• Best South American Player in Spain (EFE trophy): 1994
• Best Player of the World Cup : 1994
• World Cup All-Star Team : 1994
• Onze d'or : 1994
• South American Footballer of the Year : 2000
• Bola de Ouro : 2000
• FIFA 100
• Top scorer :
  • At the Campeonato Carioca : 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • At the Copa do Brasil : 1998 , 1999
  • In the Brazilian Série A : 2001, 2005
  • At the Olympic Games: 1988
  • In the Netherlands : 1989, 1990, 1991
  • At the KNVB Cup: 1989, 1990
  • UEFA Champions League : 1990, 1993
  • In Spain : 1994
  • Bronze shoe of the World Cup : 1994
  • At the Confederations Cup : 1997

Season statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		Int. Cup		Regional		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
CR Vasco da Gama	Série A	1985	7th	0	-	-	-	-	21st	11	-	-	28	11
		1986	23	9	-	-	-	-	25th	20th	-	-	48	29
		1987	17th	8th	-	-	-	-	24	16	-	-	41	24
		1988	0	0	-	-	-	-	24	16	-	-	24	16
total			47	17th	-	-	-	-	94	63	-	-	141	80
PSV Eindhoven	Eredivisie	1988/89	24	19th	3	4th	2	2	-	-	3	1	32	26th
		1989/90	20th	23	2	2	4th	6th	-	-	-	-	26th	31
		1990/91	25th	25th	2	6th	2	0	-	-	-	-	29	31
		1991/92	14th	9	1	0	2	0	-	-	1	0	18th	9
		1992/93	26th	22nd	1	3	9	7th	-	-	1	0	37	32
total			109	98	9	14th	19th	15th	-	-	5	1	142	128
FC Barcelona	Primera División	1993/94	33	30th	2	0	10	2	-	-	2	0	47	32
		1994/95	13	4th	-	-	5	3	-	-	1	0	19th	7th
total			46	34	2	0	15th	5	-	-	3	0	66	39
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Série A	1995	16	8th	5	1	4th	2	21st	26th	-	-	46	37
		1996	3	0	5	1	-	-	25th	30th	-	-	33	31
total			19th	8th	10	2	4th	2	46	56	-	-	79	68
Valencia CF	Primera División	1996/97	5	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4th
total			5	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4th
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Série A	1997	4th	3	8th	7th	-	-	24	25th	-	-	36	35
total			4th	3	8th	7th	-	-	24	25th	-	-	36	35
Valencia CF	Primera División	1997/98	6th	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	2
total			6th	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	2
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Série A	1998	20th	14th	4th	6th	3	4th	13	11	-	-	40	35
		1999	19th	12	7th	7th	7th	8th	21st	19th	-	-	54	46
total			39	26th	11	13	10	12	34	30th	-	-	94	81
CR Vasco da Gama	Série A	2000	27	19th	2	1	11	11	27	31	4th	3	71	65
		2001	19th	22nd	-	-	9	5	11	13	-	-	39	40
		2002	0	0	7th	5	-	-	5	8th	13	13	25th	26th
total			46	41	9	6th	20th	16	43	52	17th	6th	135	131
Fluminense FC	Série A	2002	26th	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26th	16
		2003	0	0	-	-	-	-	4th	5	-	-	4th	5
total			26th	16	-	-	-	-	4th	5	-	-	30th	21st
al-Sadd Sports Club	Qatar Stars League	2003	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
total			3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
Fluminense FC	Série A	2003	21st	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	13
		2004	13	5	2	2	-	-	9	6th	-	-	24	13
total			34	18th	2	2	-	-	9	6th	-	-	45	26th
CR Vasco da Gama	Série A	2005	32	24	2	1	-	-	10	7th	-	-	44	32
		2006	0	0	1	3	-	-	10	6th	-	-	11	9
total			32	24	3	4th	-	-	20th	13	-	-	55	41
Miami FC	USL First Division	2006	25th	19th	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	26th	19th
total			25th	19th	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	26th	19th
Adelaide United	A-League	2006	4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
total			4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
CR Vasco da Gama	Série A	2007	6th	3	3	2	1	0	9	10	-	-	19th	15th
total			6th	3	3	2	1	0	9	10	-	-	19th	15th

Footvolley and beach soccer

Romário, who has been an enthusiastic footvolley and beach soccer player since the 1990s, has played in several tournaments. He was one of the representatives of Brazil at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2005 .

Private

In his private life, the belligerent Romário is known for his excessive lifestyle, which repeatedly caused him problems in the national team and at various clubs such as Barcelona, ​​Flamengo and Fluminense.

Romário has two children from his first marriage and one child from his second marriage. From his third marriage he has a daughter who was born with Down syndrome . In 2001, Romário's father Edevair was kidnapped, but was released a little later under unknown circumstances. On May 4, 2010, Romários 16-year-old son Romárinho signed a professional contract with Vasco da Gama.

In 2005, he caused a stir when he took part in a soccer game that also featured a well-known Brazilian drug lord.

Romario has been in a relationship with pop singer Dixie Pratt since January 2015 .

Political career

Romário repeatedly expressed his interest in going into politics later in interviews. In 2009 he made this announcement true and joined the Partido Socialista Brasileiro , for which he was elected Congressman in Rio de Janeiro in 2010. After he announced his candidacy for the office of mayor of Rio de Janeiro in June 2016 , he withdrew it at the end of July for personal reasons.

Web links

Commons : Romário  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Romário in the nndb (English)
• Statistics and pictures on sambafoot.com
• Statistics on soccer-europe.com
• Romário in the database of transfermarkt.de
• http://de.fifa.com/classicfootball/winners/code=84/player=63547/interview.html
• Die Zeit (June 2013): Romário - his work against corruption

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Raphael Gomide, Com campanha profissional e politizada, Romário é eleito deputado federal , iG, October 3, 2010
2. ↑ "O Segredo de Hiddink", Marcel Rözer, Placar número 1321, Editora Abril, agosto de 2008, págs. 84-87
3. ↑ n-tv.de Game interrupted for 16 minutes, Romário scores his 1000th goal, May 21, 2007
4. ↑ sport1.de Romario fires coach Bebeto
5. ↑ sportschau.de
6. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung WM-Bibliothek: 1994 , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2006 ISBN 978-3-86615-163-5 , p. 126
7. ↑ "Por que Romário nicht zela por seu passado?", Lédio Carmona, Placar número 1277-A, Editora Abril, December 2004, págs. 68-73
8. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung WM library: 1994 , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2006 ISBN 978-3-86615-163-5 , p. 129
9. ↑ Romarinho sofrerá linha dura de dirigente que é seu "avô adotivo" no Vasco
10. ↑ Así es Dixie Pratt, la nueva y jovencísima novia de Romario
11. ↑ Marian Blasberg: The Lonely Rebel , ZEIT.Online, June 13, 2013

predecessor	title	successor
Ronald Koeman	Netherlands Footballer of the Year 1989	Jan Wouters