Romário Baró

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Baró.
Romário Baró
Personal information
Full name Romário Manuel Silva Baró
Date of birth (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Basel
(on loan from Porto)
Number 8
Youth career
2011–2012 Povoense
2012–2014 Sporting
2014–2019 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Porto B 46 (5)
2019– Porto 25 (0)
2021–2022 → Estoril (loan) 15 (0)
2022–2023 → Casa Pia (loan) 18 (0)
2024– → Basel (loan) 9 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Portugal U16 11 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 15 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 10 (1)
2019–2021 Portugal U21 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European U21 Championship
Runner-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021

Romário Manuel Silva Baró (born 25 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Porto. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Baró represented Portugal internationally at youth level.

Club career

Born in Bissau in Guinea-Bissau, Baró played in Sporting CP's youth teams before joining FC Porto in 2014.[1] He made his professional debut for the reserves in LigaPro on 21 January 2018, playing the last three minutes of a 1–1 home draw against F.C. Arouca as a substitute for Rui Moreira.[2] He made ten appearances over the season and scored once, to open a 3–0 win over S.C. Covilhã on 18 March, also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.[3]

In the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Baró scored six goals in ten appearances as Porto won the title. In the final, he assisted Afonso Sousa for the last goal of a 3–1 win over Chelsea in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] With the B-team in the second division, he scored four goals in 28 games over the season, and was sent off for dissent on 1 September 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Académico de Viseu FC.[5]

Baró was given the first team's number 8 shirt ahead of the 2019–20 season, inheriting it from Yacine Brahimi.[6] He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg on 7 August, starting in a 1–0 win away to FC Krasnodar and making way for Luis Díaz on 55 minutes.[7] Ten days later he played his first game in the Primeira Liga, again starting a 4–0 home win against Vitória FC.[8]

On 1 September 2021, he joined Estoril in the Primeira Liga on loan.[9]

International career

Baró has represented Portugal at various youth levels.[10] At the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Portugal finished as runners-up to Germany, he appeared in quarterfinal and semifinal games.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 January 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 10 1 — — — — 10 1
2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 28 4 — — — — 28 4
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Total 46 5 — — — — 46 5
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 9 0 4 0 3 0 2[a] 0 — 18 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 10 0 2 0 0 0 3[b] 0 1[c] 0 16 0
2023–24 Primeira Liga 6 0 1 0 1 0 1[b] 0 1[c] 0 10 0
Total 25 0 7 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 44 0
Estoril (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 15 0 2 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Casa Pia (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 18 0 3 0 3 0 — — 24 0
Career total 104 5 12 0 7 0 6 0 2 0 131 5
  1. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Porto Youth

Porto

References

  1. ^ Morais, André (30 January 2018). "A ascensão de Romário Baró, aposta futura do FC Porto" [The rise of Romário Baró, FC Porto's future bet]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "FC Porto B empata a uma bola na receção ao Arouca" [FC Porto B draw 1–1 hosting Arouca] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ "FC Porto interrompe ciclo negativo de cinco jogos frente ao Sp. Covilhã" [FC Porto break negative run of five games against Sp. Covilhã] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ Krishnan, Joe (29 April 2019). "Chelsea lose Uefa Youth Cup Final as FC Porto run out 3-1 winners in Nyon". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "FC Porto B consegue primeira vitória na II Liga frente ao Académico de Viseu" [FC Porto B get first II Liga victory against Académico de Viseu]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Os jogadores e a numeração do plantel do FC Porto 19/20" [FC Porto's 19/20 players and squad numbers]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Marchesín e Romário Baró estreiam-se na Champions frente ao Krasnodar" [Marchesín and Romário Baró debut in the Champions League against Krasnodar]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. ^ ""Qualidade intacta", afirmou Romário Baró depois de cumprir um sonho" ["Quality intact", affirmed Romário Baró after fulfilling a dream]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Estoril Praia signs Romário Baró". Estoril. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Jogador Romário Baró" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Spain U21 v Portugal U21 report". UEFA. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  12. ^ Romário Baró at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  13. ^ Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. ^ "FC Porto é o campeão nacional 2019/2020" [FC Porto is the 2019/2020 national champion] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Taça de Portugal: FC Porto conquista "dobradinha"" [Portuguese Cup: FC Porto wins "double"] (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Taça de Portugal. Sérgio Conceição é o terceiro treinador a vencer quatro finais" [Portugal Cup. Sérgio Conceição is the third manager to win four finals] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  17. ^ "FC Porto bate Benfica e conquista Supertaça pela 22ª vez" [FC Porto beats Benfica and conquers Super Cup for the 22nd time] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.