| Romário de Souza Faria | |
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Romário in 2015
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| Federal Senator from Rio de Janeiro | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2015 | |
| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
| Preceded by | Francisco Dornelles |
| Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Brazilian Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Isabelle Bittencourt (m. 2002) |
| Profession | Footballer |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Romário de Souza Faria | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 51⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Olaria | ||
| 1981–1985 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1988 | Vasco da Gama | 47 | (17) |
| 1988–1993 | PSV Eindhoven | 107 | (96) |
| 1993–1995 | Barcelona | 46 | (34) |
| 1995–1996 | Flamengo | 19 | (8) |
| 1996–1997 | Valencia | 11 | (5) |
| 1997 | → Flamengo (loan) | 4 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Flamengo | 39 | (26) |
| 2000–2002 | Vasco da Gama | 46 | (41) |
| 2002–2004 | Fluminense | 60 | (34) |
| 2003 | → Al Sadd (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Vasco da Gama | 31 | (22) |
| 2006 | Miami FC | 25 | (19) |
| 2006 | Adelaide United | 4 | (1) |
| 2007 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | (3) |
| 2009 | America (RJ) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 448 | (309) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–2005 | Brazil | 70 | (55[1]) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2008 | Vasco da Gama | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals) | |||
International career
As a member of the Brazilian national team, Romário won the silver Olympic medal in Seoul in 1988, finishing as the top-goalscorer with seven goals in six matches.[11] He attained the status of national hero at the 1989 Copa America as he scored the only goal in the final against Uruguay to end Brazil’s long trophy drought in front of their own fans at the Maracanã.[11] He was part of the Brazilian squad in the World Cups of 1990 and 1994. He scored 71 goals in 85 international matches (including youth and Olympic teams), being the second highest goalscorer in the history of the Brazilian team, only behind Pelé.
1990 World Cup
Romário was one of the most talked about stars leading up to the 1990 World Cup in Italy, but picked up a serious injury three months before the big kick-off.[11] Despite doing everything to recover in time and being rewarded with a spot in the squad, his lack of fitness meant he was restricted to playing only 66 minutes in one match, againstScotland.[11] Brazil were eliminated in round of 16 by their rivals Argentina.
1994 World Cup
In 1992, during Romário's successful season at PSV Eindhoven, he was called up to the national team for a friendly match against Germany on 16 December 1992 in Porto Alegre – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira left Romário as a reserve, after which he expressed his dissatisfaction, saying he would not have come over from Netherlands if he had known he was not going to play. These declarations caused Parreira to ban Romário from the Brazilian team.[42]
Brazil played the first seven matches of the 1994 World Cup qualification without Romário, and suffered their first loss ever in World Cup qualifying against Bolivia. His exclusion provoked a wave of outrage, with journalists and fans calling for his return to the team.[11] Brazil had to beat or tie against Uruguay at the Maracanã Stadium to finish first of their group. Before the match against Uruguay, Parreira gave up and called Romário. Back in his beloved number 11 jersey, prior to the game Romário stated: "I already know what is going to happen: I'm going to finish Uruguay".[43] Brazil won 2–0, with Romário scoring both goals, and qualified for the World Cup.[17] Parreira commented afterwards: "God sent Romário to the Maracanã".[43]
"They are both skillful players, outstanding players. They are matadors, killers inside the penalty area."
—Brazil coach at USA '94 Carlos Alberto Parreira on Romário and Bebeto.[9]
At the 1994 World Cup held in the United States, Romário partnered Bebeto in attack to lead his country to a record fourth World Cup title.[9] Romário scored five goals in the tournament: one in each of the three first round matches, against Russia, Cameroon, and a trademark toe-poke finish against Sweden.[44][45] He scored one against theNetherlands in the quarterfinals; and the game-winning header against Sweden in the semifinals.[45]
Romário also assisted Bebeto in the only goal of the match against the United States in San Francisco for the round of 16 elimination match. Although he didn't get on the scoresheet in the final in Los Angeles against Italy, which ended as a goalless draw, he converted Brazil's second penalty in the shoot-out, which ended in a 3–2 win for Brazil.[9] Romário won the World Cup Golden Ball as the most valuable player of the tournament, and was named in the World Cup All-Star Team.[9] Romário is also the last player to have won the Golden Ball and the World Cup in the same tournament.[9]
The Ro-Ro attack
In the subsequent years, Romário formed, along with fellow Brazilian forward Ronaldo, a feared attacking combo, which was colloquially referred to as the Ro-Ro duo. The first title which the strikers won while playing together in the front line, was the 1997 Copa América in Bolivia where they scored a total of eight goals. Later on in December 1997 they each scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win against Australia in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final.[46] Romário finished the tournament as the top-goalscorer with seven goals while Ronaldo added four. Just in 1997 the duo scored an impressive total of 34 international goals with 19 coming from Romário. The Ro-Ro attack was expected to headline the upcoming World Cup in France.
1998 and 2002 World Cup absence
Romário was left out of the 1998 World Cup squad. Medical exams had revealed that he had a muscular injury, and he received intensive treatment leading up to the tournament, but he did not recover completely and was dismissed the day of the deadline for the World Cup squad submissions.[47] Just after the decision was announced, Romário held a press conference where he broke down in tears while saying that "this is very sad for me, a big disappointment. This is a very difficult moment in my life".[48] Brazil lost the World Cup final against hosts France.
Prior to the 2002 World Cup, Romário, aged 36, was in considerably good form while playing for Vasco da Gama, but once again he was left out of the national squad by coachLuiz Felipe Scolari due to indiscipline. The final incident happened when he pulled out of the Brazil squad for the 2001 Copa America in Colombia. He told Scolari that he was having an eye operation, but he played friendlies for club side Vasco da Gama in Mexico and went on holiday instead.[49] The entire country, including President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, called for his inclusion,[17] and Romário gave a televised news conference in which he made his case and apologised, bursting into tears three times, though he said he couldn't remember doing or saying anything against the manager and the players.[50] The BBC's South American football correspondent, Tim Vickery, called Romário's news conference "bizarre" and reported that there were "increasingly credible rumours" that "senior players asked Scolari not to recall the veteran striker".[50] Scolari was unmoved and did not pick him, saying before his squad announcement that Romário's exclusion was "technical and tactical". After the announcement, he said that it was as a result of Romário's withdrawing from the Copa America: "People forget the details, but I do not. I almost got fired from the national team after [the Copa America]." (Brazil had been beaten in the quarter-finals by Honduras.)[49] Asked if he would watch Brazil's games on television, Romário, famous for late night partying throughout his career, replied: "The games start at six o'clock in the morning. At that time, I'm usually getting home."[17] Without Romário, Brazil went on to win the World Cup for the fifth time in history.
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