Romarinho (footballer, born 1993)

In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Romarinho
Personal information
Full name Romário de Souza Faria Filho
Date of birth (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)
Youth career
2007–2012 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Brasiliense 10 (1)
2015 Vasco da Gama 2 (0)
2016 Zweigen Kanazawa 5 (0)
2017 Macaé 4 (0)
2017 Tupi 14 (1)
2018 Figueirense 3 (0)
2019 Tupi 8 (1)
2019 Maringá 4 (0)
2020 Joinville 7 (0)
2021 Novo Hamburgo 5 (0)
2022 Icasa 0 (0)
2023 Blumenau 5 (0)
2023 Atlético Catarinense 0 (0)
2023–2024 Club Destroyers 0 (0)
2024– América-RJ 14 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Romário de Souza Faria Filho (born 20 September 1993), commonly known as Romarinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. He made two substitute appearances for Vasco da Gama in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, but spent most of his career in the lower leagues of Brazilian football.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Spain, Romarinho joined Vasco da Gama's youth setup in 2007. On 5 December 2012, he rescinded with the club,[1] and moved to Brasiliense a day later.[2]

Romarinho made his senior debuts during the 2013 campaign, scoring a goal in the year's Campeonato Brasiliense 3–0 win over Brasília.[3] On 5 January 2015 he left Brasiliense,[4] and immediately returned to his first club Vasco.[5]

Romarinho made his Série A debut on 29 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Julio dos Santos in a 0–1 home loss against Figueirense.[6]

At the end of 2015, Romarinho agreed to spend the upcoming year with Zweigen Kanazawa in the J. League Division 2,[7] and he returned to a contract at Macaé for the 2017 Campeonato Carioca.[8] At its conclusion, he joined Tupi for the year's Série C campaign,[9] He scored just once in his spell in Minas Gerais, a consolation in a 3–2 home loss to Bragantino on 9 September.[10]

In December 2017, Romarinho signed for Figueirense.[11] He played only three matches as they won the Campeonato Catarinense, scoring on 24 January to win the home game against Brusque.[12] Despite his low involvement – partially due to competition from Henan – his contract was extended to the end of the year, taking in the Alvinegro team's Série B campaign.[13]

Romarinho returned to Tupi in January 2019.[14] Three months later, after finishing the 2019 Campeonato Mineiro with eight games and one goal, he signed for Maringá for the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.[15]

On 9 December 2019, Romarinho returned to Santa Catarina, joining Joinville for the upcoming state league season.[16]

For 2021, Romarinho transferred to Campeonato Gaúcho side Novo Hamburgo. He played five state league games before leaving for personal reasons on 26 March.[17]

In January 2022, Romarinho signed with Icasa of the Campeonato Cearense for the year. Having played just 25 minutes, he left by mutual consent in March before the Série D season began.[18]

Personal life

Romarinho's father, Romário, is also a footballer and a forward. He too was brought through the youth system at Vasco.[19] In 2024, aged 58, his father came out of retirement and was registered as a player-president for America in the 2024 Campeonato Carioca Série A2 to play alongside Romarinho.[20][21]

Honours

Brasiliense
Figueirense

References

  1. ^ "Romarinho, filho de Romário, rescinde contrato com Vasco" [Romarinho, son of Romário, rescinds contract with Vasco] (in Portuguese). Terra. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Após rescindir com o Vasco, Romarinho acerta com o Brasiliense" [After rescinding with Vasco, Romarinho signs with Brasiliense] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Romarinho marca, e Brasiliense é campeão na reinauguração do Mané" [Romarinho scores, and Brasiliense is the champion in the reopening of Mané] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Romarinho acerta rescisão com o Brasiliense e será novo jogador do Vasco da Gama" [Romarinho agrees rescision with Brasiliense and will be the new player of Vasco da Gama] (in Portuguese). Brasiliense's official website. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Vasco acerta retorno de Romarinho e define lista para a pré-temporada" [Vasco completes the return of Romarinho and defines list for the pre-season] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Muralha cresce, Marcão decide no fim, e Figueirense agrava crise do Vasco" [Muralha grows, Marcão decides in the end, and Figueirense aggravates Vasco's crisis] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Filho de Romário, Romarinho assina contrato com clube da Série B do Japão" [Romário's son Romarinho signs contract with J. League Division 2 club] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ^ Huber, Fred (22 December 2016). "Voo solo: após experiência no Japão, Romarinho tenta dar salto no Carioca" [Solo flight: after experience in Japan, Romarinho is trying to jump into the Carioca] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Tupi-MG anuncia contratação do atacante Romarinho, filho de Romário" [Tupi-MG announce signing of striker Romarinho, son of Romário] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  10. ^ Lemos, Raphael (10 September 2017). "Romarinho explica gesto de silêncio para torcida: "Fala muita besteira"" [Romarinho explains shush gesture to fans: "They speak a lot of rubbish"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Atacante Romarinho é reforço do Figueirense para a temporada 2018" [Striker Romarinho is reinforcement for Figueirense in the 2018 season] (in Portuguese). Figueirense FC. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Romarinho faz, Figueirense bate o Brusque e segue 100% no Estadual" [Romarinho scores, Figueirense beat Brusque and continue with 100% record in state championship] (in Portuguese). DC. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Figueirense anuncia a renovação de contrato com o Romarinho" [Figueirense announce renewal of Romarinho's contract] (in Portuguese). DC. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Em terceiro na tabela, América-MG recebe Tupi no Independência" [Third in the table, América-MG host Tupi at Independência] (in Portuguese). Esportes Mais. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Maringá anuncia Romarinho como reforço para a Série D do Brasileiro" [Maringá announces Romarinho as addition for Brasileiro Série D] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Filho de Romário, atacante Romarinho é o quarto reforço do Joinville para o Catarinense" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Romarinho deixa o Novo Hamburgo" [Romarinho leaves Novo Hamburgo] (in Portuguese). Peleia FC. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Romarinho acerta saída do Icasa após 25 minutos em campo" [Romarinho nears exit from Icasa after 25 minutes on the pitch] (in Portuguese). Futebol Cearense. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Conheça o atacante Romarinho — não o do Corinthians, mas o filho do Baixinho" [Know the forward Romarinho — not the Corinthians forward, but the son of Baixinho] (in Portuguese). Veja. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  20. ^ Garrick, Omar. "Romario registers as player in Brazil at age of 58". The New York Times.
  21. ^ https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/index/romario-e-inscrito-no-bid-e-oficializa-retorno-aos-gramados