# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/romario
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:32:56.464Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/romario"
name: "Romário"
slug: "romario"
description: "A striker whose goal-scoring bordered on the supernatural — 784 in 1002 matches — and who carried Brazil to the 1994 World Cup title, then walked into politics and won there too."
tagline: "Former Brazilian footballer, politician and Senator of Brazil since 2015"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senadores_da_57%C2%AA_Legislatura_(52689451805).jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1966-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           81.51
  momentum:             10.06151144846463
  historical:           31.262568
  currentAttention:     37.04197065333224
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  9
  category: 16
totalFollowers: 643000
tags:
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    slug: "footballers"
  - name: "Football / Soccer Player"
    slug: "football-soccer-player"
  - name: "Soccer"
    slug: "soccer"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Football"
    slug: "football"
  - name: "Brazil"
    slug: "brazil"
  - name: "Americas"
    slug: "americas"
  - name: "20th Century"
    slug: "20th-century"
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/RomarioOnze"
    handle:    "RomarioOnze"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@romariofaria"
    handle:    "romariofaria"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/romariodesouzafaria"
    handle:    "romariodesouzafaria"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739838/"
    handle:    "nm0739838"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.romario.com.br"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUmY6hhe6qOzf_syVE-8Gg"
    handle:    "@romariotvoficial"
    followers: 643000
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روماريو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рамарыу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ромарио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "রোমারিও"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Romário de Souza Faria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio_de_Souza_Faria"
    title: "Romário de Souza Faria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڕۆماریۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ρομάριο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "روماریو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Romário"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1r%C3%ADo"
    title: "Romárío"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 29 January 1966, Romário de Souza Faria started in Brazil before moving to PSV Eindhoven in 1988, where he hit 165 goals in 167 games across five seasons and three Eredivisie titles. In 1993 he joined Barcelona, slotted into Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team" beside Hristo Stoichkov, and won La Liga while topping the scoring charts with 30 in 33. A year later he delivered Brazil's fourth World Cup, named player of the tournament and FIFA World Player of the Year. His second-half career unfolded mostly in Rio — a 2000 Brazilian title with Vasco da Gama, three league golden boots, stints in Qatar and the United States — before he retired as the ninth-highest scorer in football history. In 2010 he ran for deputy, won, became senator in 2014, and now sits as Senior Senator for Rio de Janeiro.