Romário
Romário de Souza Faria
Former Brazilian footballer, politician and Senator of Brazil since 2015 (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Born
- 29 January 1966
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1985–2009
Clubs CR Vasco da Gama · PSV Eindhoven · FC Barcelona · Clube de Regatas do Flamengo · Valencia CF · Fluminense F.C. · Al Sadd Sports Club · Fort Lauderdale Strikers · Adelaide United Football Club · America Football Club · AFC Ajax
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
469
Club league goals
338
International caps
70
International goals
55
League goals / match
0.72
International goals / cap
0.79
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Vasco da GamaClub | 1985–2007 | League | 130 | 83 |
| Brazil men's national football teamNational team | 1987–2005 | Full caps | 70 | 55 |
| PSV EindhovenClub | 1988–1993 | League | 107 | 96 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1993–1995 | League | 46 | 34 |
| Clube de Regatas do FlamengoClub | 1995–1999 | League | 83 | 63 |
| Valencia CFClub | 1996–1997 | League | 11 | 8 |
| Fluminense F.C.Club | 2002–2004 | League | 60 | 34 |
| Al Sadd Sports ClubClub | 2003 | League | 3 | 0 |
| Adelaide United Football ClubClub | 2006 | League | 4 | 1 |
| Fort Lauderdale StrikersClub | 2006 | League | 25 | 19 |
| America Football ClubClub | 2009 | League | 0 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
Eredivisie
Domestic
- 1988–89 · PSV Eindhoven
- 1990–91 · PSV Eindhoven
- 1991–92 · PSV Eindhoven
- ×1
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Domestic
- 2000 · CR Vasco da Gama
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 1994 · Brazil men's national football team
- ×1
La Liga
Domestic
- 1993–94 · FC Barcelona
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
Performance award · FIFA
- 1994
- ×1
FIFA World Player of the Year
Individual award · FIFA
- 1994
Career timeline
1985
- Joins CR Vasco da Gama — Until 1988
1987
- Senior international debut: Brazil men's national football team — Until 2005
1988
- Joins PSV Eindhoven — Until 1993
1989
- Eredivisie winner — 1988–89 · PSV Eindhoven(provisional)
1991
- Eredivisie winner — 1990–91 · PSV Eindhoven(provisional)
1992
- Eredivisie winner — 1991–92 · PSV Eindhoven(provisional)
1993
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1995
1994
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball — 1994
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 1994(provisional)
- FIFA World Cup winner — 1994 · Brazil men's national football team
- La Liga winner — 1993–94 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1995
- Joins Clube de Regatas do Flamengo — Until 1996
1996
- Joins Valencia CF — Until 1997
1997
- Joins Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (loan) — Until 1997
1998
- Joins Clube de Regatas do Flamengo — Until 1999
2000
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winner — 2000 · CR Vasco da Gama(provisional)
- Joins CR Vasco da Gama — Until 2002
2002
- Joins Fluminense F.C. — Until 2004
2003
- Joins Al Sadd Sports Club (loan) — Until 2003
2005
- Joins CR Vasco da Gama — Until 2006
2006
- Joins Adelaide United Football Club — Until 2006
- Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers — Until 2006
2007
- Joins CR Vasco da Gama — Until 2007
2009
- Joins America Football Club — Until 2009
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
57.2
Rank #27
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 20% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence58.5+17.55 points
- Best window
- 1990–1994
- Individual award points in window
- 18
- Award availability in window
- 0.717
- Team honor points in window
- 19
- Peak index
- 34.59
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence71.9+17.99 points
- League goals per match
- 0.721 → 86.24
- International goals per cap
- 0.786 → 93.14
- International caps per year
- 3.68 → 40.26
Individual accoladesFull evidence37.3+7.46 points
- Contemporary award points
- 18
- Award availability coverage
- 0.807
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 22.31
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- FIFA World Player of the Year (1994)
- 12
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1994)
- 6
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence44.6+6.69 points
- Team honor points
- 23
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- FIFA World Cup (1994)
- 12
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2000)
- 2
- La Liga (1993–94)
- 3
- Eredivisie (1988–89)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1990–91)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1991–92)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence75.3+7.53 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 25 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 19 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Romário (Q178649)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Senadores da 57ª Legislatura (52689451805).jpgCC BY 2.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026