Romário Pires
Romário Santos Pires (born 16 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.
 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 | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| Number | 52 | ||
| 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– | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2023 | |||
After starting out with several teams in his native Brazil, he went on to compete professionally in Romania and Israel.
Personal life
Pires is named after the former Brazilian international Romário, of which his father was a fan.[1] He married a Romanian handballer in 2020,[2] with the couple having one daughter.
Career statistics
- As of 13 March 2023[3]
| Club | Season | League | 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 41 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||
| Career totals | 300 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 344 | 19 | ||
- Three Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and One Appearance in the Supercupa României
- Appearances in Toto Cup
- Appearance in the 2020–21 Relegation play-offs
- Appearances in the 2021–22 Promotion play-offs
Honours
Petrolul Ploiești[4]
- Cupa României: 2012–13
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2013
Maccabi Haifa[4]
Astra Giurgiu[4]
- Cupa României runner-up: 2018–19
References
- "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
- Romário Santos Pires at Soccerway
- Romário Pires at Soccerway
External links
- Romário Pires at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Romário Pires at WorldFootball.net
- Romário Pires at FootballDatabase.eu
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