Name

Romario de Souza Farias

Date of Birth

29.01.1966 (Rio de Janeiro)

Height

1.67m

Position

Striker

Nationality

Brazilian

3 x Dutch League : 1988-1989, 1990-1991, 1991-1992
2 x Dutch Cup : 1988-89, 1989-90
1 x Spanish Championship : 1993-1994
2 x Copa America : 1989, 1997
1 x World Cup : 1994
2 x Dutch League Top Scorer : 1988-89, 1990-1991
3 x Brazilian League Top Scorer : 2000, 2001, 2005
1 x Spanish League Top Scorer : 1993-1994
1 x FIFA World Player of the Year : 1994
 

Season

Team

Games

Goals

Assists

Position

1985

Vasco da Gama

32

9

-

11th

1986

Vasco da Gama

40

32

-

15th

1987

Vasco da Gama

41

32

-

10th

1988-1989

PSV

24

19

-

1st

1989-1990

PSV

20

23

-

2nd

1990-1991

PSV

25

25

-

1st

1991-1992

PSV

14

9

-

1st

1992-1993

PSV

26

22

-

2nd

1993-1994

Barcelona

33

30

-

1st

1994-1995

Barcelona

13

4

-

4th

1995

Flamengo

16

8

-

21st

1996

Flamengo

30

23

-

13th

1996-1997

Valencia

5

4

-

10th

1997-1998

Valencia

6

1

-

9th

1998

Flamengo

20

14

-

11th

1999

Flamengo

19

12

-

12th

2000

Vasco da Gama

26

20

-

-

2001

Vasco da Gama

18

21

-

11th

2002

Fluminense

26

17

-

7th

2003

Al Saad

6

0

-

-

2003

Fluminense

21

13

-

19th

2004

Fluminense

13

5

-

9th

2005

Vasco da Gama

31

23

-

12th

2006

Miami (2)

23

19

-

5th

 

Vasco da Gama

188

137

-

0.73 GPG

 

PSV

109

98

-

0.90 GPG

 

Barcelona

46

34

-

0.74 GPG

 

Flamengo

85

57

-

0.67 GPG

 

Valencia

11

5

-

0.45 GPG

 

Fluminense

60

35

-

0.58 GPG

 

Al Saad

6

0

-

0.00 GPG

 

Miami

23

19

-

0.83 GPG

 

Brazil

70

55

-

0.79 GPG

 

Career

598

440

-

0.74 GPG

           
A temperamental but brilliant striker. Romario was superb in Brazil's 1994 World Cup
success. Love of the nightlife and loathing of training have meant he's had his fair
share of trouble with management but he remains prolific well into his 30's.