Rômulo (footballer, born 1982)

Rômulo
Rômulo in 2008
Personal information
Full name Rômulo Marques Antoneli
Date of birth (1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Inhaúmas-GO, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2001 Botafogo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Botafogo
2003 Ituano
2003 → Comercial-SP (loan)
2004–2005 Ituano 31 (17)
2005 → Mainz 05 (loan) 8 (0)
2005–2006 → Grêmio (loan) 26 (11)
2007 Cruzeiro 2 (2)
2007–2008 → Beitar Jerusalem (loan)[2] 31 (12)
2008–2010 Cruzeiro
2009 → Strasbourg (loan) 1 (0)
2009 → Coritiba (loan)[1] 5 (1)
2010 Atlas 3 (0)
2010 Guarani 8 (1)
2011 Grêmio Prudente
2011 Brasiliense 6 (2)
2011 Westerlo 0 (0)
2011 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 4 (0)
2012 Fortaleza
2013 CRAC
2013 Audax Rio
2013 Valletta 3 (1)
2014 Trindade 11 (2)
2014 CRAC 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rômulo Marques Antoneli or simply Rômulo (born 25 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Rômulo was born in Inhaúmas-GO, Brazil.

After weeks of speculation, where it was thought that he might even go to Deportivo de La Coruña,[3] Cruzeiro produced a bid twice as high as Grêmio's for the player.[4] He did eventually move to Cruzeiro, but Cruzeiro later loaned him out to Beitar Jerusalem in August 2007 for one year.[5] Rômulo joined the French Ligue 2 club RC Strasbourg on a six-month loan from Cruzeiro, on 8 September 2009 Coritiba signed the forward on loan from Cruzeiro until December 2009.

When the loan ended, he was transferred to Atlas of Mexico.[6] After spending six months in Mexico, he returned to his home country Brazil and joined Guarani. Then, he moved to Grêmio Prudente from Guarani in January 2011.[7] On 29 June 2011, Rômulo joined Belgian side Westerlo from Brasiliense, signing a one-year contract.[8] But after just over two months at Belgium side, he moved to Israeli club Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon. In July 2013, he joined Maltese club Valletta on a one-year deal.[9]

Honours

Club

Individual

  • Goiás State League's top scorer: 2003

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rômulo" (in Portuguese). Coritiba.com.br. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Marques Antoneli Romulo". Eng.football.org.il. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  3. ^ "El brasileño Rómulo tiene una oferta del Deportivo". as.com (in Spanish). 24 December 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. ^ Marouani, David (26 July 2007). "Shum's first choice proves to have an unhappy alter ego". Haaretz. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Beitars Achterbahnfahrt endet an der Spitze" (in German). FIFA. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  6. ^ Cruzeiro empresta atacante Rômulo ao Coritiba Archived 13 September 2009 at Wikiwix
  7. ^ "Do UOL Esporte: Grêmio Prudente contrata Rômulo, Jandson e Douglas e chega a 18 reforços" (in Portuguese). Noticias.bol.uol.com.br. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  8. ^ Westerlo strikt opnieuw een Braziliaanse spits Archived 2 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Valletta hand deal to Romulo, Conde leaves". Valletta FC. Retrieved 4 October 2013.