Romário Santos Pires (born 16 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.[1]
![]() Pires with Universitatea Cluj in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Romário Santos Pires | ||
Date of birth | (1989-01-16) 16 January 1989 (age 33) | ||
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 | |||
2007–2010 | Botafogo | ||
2008 | → Boavista SC (loan) | ||
2009 | → Botafogo da Paraíba (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
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 | 81 | (4) |
2019 | Astra Giurgiu | 11 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Hermannstadt | 61 | (7) |
2021–2022 | Farul Constanța | 15 | (0) |
2022– | Universitatea Cluj | 29 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2022 |
After starting out with several teams in his native Brazil, he went on to compete professionally in Romania and Israel.
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.
Petrolul Ploiești[4]
Maccabi Haifa[4]
Astra Giurgiu[4]
FC Universitatea Cluj – current squad | |
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