Romeu Almeida

Romeu
Personal information
Full name Romeu António Soares de Almeida
Date of birth (1974-10-08) 8 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Feira, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–1993 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Infesta 75 (7)
1996–2001 Porto 15 (0)
1996–1997 → Felgueiras (loan) 29 (2)
1997–1998 → Marítimo (loan) 40 (8)
1999 → Leça (loan) 8 (3)
2001–2005 Vitória Guimarães 108 (21)
2005–2006 Belenenses 21 (2)
Total 296 (43)
International career
2002 Portugal 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Romeu António Soares de Almeida (born 8 October 1974), known simply as Romeu, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Romeu was born in Feira (Santa Maria da Feira). Over the course of nine seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 184 games and 31 goals, mainly with C.S. Marítimo (two years) and Vitória de Guimarães (four). In 2002–03, he scored a career-best ten goals in 29 matches as the latter team finished fourth and nearly qualified to the UEFA Cup.

Romeu, who also unsuccessfully represented FC Porto for two seasons, retired in June 2006 at the age of 31 after a poor campaign with C.F. Os Belenenses, both individually (two goals) and collectively (15th place for the Lisbon club).

International career

Courtesy of his stellar year with Guimarães, Romeu earned two caps for Portugal in October 2002: on the 16th, in his last appearance, he helped the national team come from behind 0–2 in Sweden to win it 3–2, netting the equaliser in the 53rd minute.[1][2]

Romeu Almeida: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 October 2002 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Sweden 2–2 2–3 Friendly

Honours

Porto

References

  1. ^ "O dia em que Figo deu murro na mesa" [The day Figo took a stand]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 April 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Sílvio é o 14.º a estrear-se com Agostinho Oliveira" [Sílvio is debutant number 14 with Agostinho Oliveira]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ "FC Porto 3–0 Rio Ave". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Bragança-FC Porto, 1–2: Uma exibição mínima mas lá deu para a vitória" [Bragança-FC Porto, 1–2: Minimal display but good enough for the win]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 February 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2017.