Romário Santos Pires (born 16 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
 Pires with Universitatea Cluj in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Romário Santos Pires | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Botafogo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Boavista SC (loan) | ||
| 2009 | → Botafogo da Paraíba (loan) | ||
| 2010 | → Olaira (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Duque de Caxias | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Marcílio Dias (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Macaé (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gloria Bistrița | 18 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Petrolul Ploiești | 20 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Maccabi Netanya (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | (2) |
| 2016 | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 80 | (4) |
| 2019 | Astra Giurgiu | 11 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Hermannstadt | 61 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Farul Constanța | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Universitatea Cluj | 36 | (2) |
| 2023 | Concordia Chiajna | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2023 | |||
After starting out with several teams in his native Brazil, he went on to compete professionally in Romania and Israel.
Personal life edit
Pires is named after the former Brazilian international Romário, of which his father was a fan.[2] He married a Romanian handballer in 2020,[3] with the couple having one daughter.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 14 September 2023[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Gloria Bistrița | 2012–13 | Liga I | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2012–13 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Maccabi Netanya (loan) | 2014–15 | Israeli Premier League | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 81 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 4 | |||
| Astra Giurgiu | 2018–19 | Liga I | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Hermannstadt | 2019–20 | Liga I | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 64 | 7 | ||||
| Farul Constanța | 2021–22 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Universitatea Cluj | 2021–22 | Liga II | 12 | 1 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||||
| Concordia Chiajna | 2023–24 | Liga II | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 308 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 353 | 19 | |||
- ^ One appearance in the Supercupa României, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Liga I relegation play-offs
Honours edit
Petrolul Ploiești[1]
- Cupa României: 2012–13
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2013
Maccabi Haifa[1]
Astra Giurgiu[1]
- Cupa României runner-up: 2018–19
Universitatea Cluj[1]
- Cupa României runner-up: 2022–23
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Romário Pires at Soccerway
- ^ "Brazilieni îndrăgostiţi de România! Romario şi Erico fac echipă la Astra. Reportaj inedit marca Telekom Sport" [Brazilians in love with Romania! Romario and Erico team up at Astra. Unique report of Telekom Sport] (in Romanian). telekomsport.ro. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Transferat pentru câteva ore la FCSB! Romario Pires: „Le-am dat mesaje colegilor mei!”. E căsătorit cu o româncă și vrea să obțină cetățenia română | EXCLUSIV
External links edit
- Romário Pires at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Romário Pires at FootballDatabase.eu
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