The senator and former footballer of the Brazilian national team, Romario de Souza Faria, He returns to professional football at the age of 58, was registered by América and is going to play in the second division.
The champion with Brazil in the 1994 United States World Cup He will be a player for the club in which he also serves as president and will play the Carioca Championship second division, which begins in May.
The Brazilian player Romario could not attend the 1998 World Cup in France due to a stubborn muscle injury. At that moment, the player maintained, crying inconsolably, that he was saying goodbye to the World Cup but not to football.
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Own Romario He revealed the news through a video on the team's social networks and in which he shows the document that certifies his registration as a footballer for the tournament. “News coming soon (sic),” says the idol of the Flamengo and Vasco da Gama.
Romario revealed in statements to the newspaper Folha de São Paulowho will have the “fantastic” opportunity to play some professional matches alongside his son, “a dream of any father”, but who, “unfortunately, at this moment cannot promise goals.”
The 1994 World Cup scorer will share a dressing room with Romarinhoone of his sons, in a small, but traditional one in Rio de Janeiro. Romariowho maintains his form thanks to the deliveries he disputes with friends on the beach, stated that he intends to talk with America's coach, Marcus Alexandre, about the best way in which he can be used on the field.
According to America from Brazil, Romario signed a contract to play until December. In addition, he will receive a minimum salary as a reward, which the former footballer himself promised to donate to the club.
Romario He has been an unconditional fan of América since he was little, a passion he inherited from his late father, Edevair de Souza Faria, which led him to assume the presidency of the small Rio de Janeiro club at the beginning of this year.
The former player of Barcelona He played his last game as a professional in 2009, precisely as a player for América, after his father asked him to reinforce the team that was then competing for access to the first division of the Carioca Championship.
Romario was another player who, wearing the Brazilian canarinha, entered the records of history. He was one of the players with the highest number of goals scored in the history of football, reaching 1,000 goals, approaching the record of Pelé, who burst the goal nets 1,284 times. The 1993-1994 season is considered the best in his career, as it left him with both scoring records wearing the Barcelona colors of Spain, as well as appointments and recognitions in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where his team lifted the trophy, and he , The gold ball.
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The tournament that will have Romario as a new protagonist it begins on May 12 and will be played by twelve clubs, including some that have been traditional in the first division of Rio de Janeiro such as Cabofriense and Olaria. Only the champion of the competition guarantees a place in the honor division.
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