Rômulo José Pacheco da Silva (born 27 October 1995), simply known as Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Chengdu Rongcheng as a midfielder.
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Full name | Rômulo José Pacheco da Silva | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chengdu Rongcheng | |||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Bahia | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Bahia | 55 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2016 | → Bragantino (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017 | → Busan IPark (loan) | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Busan IPark | 94 | (28) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Chengdu Rongcheng | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Brazil U23 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2021 |
Rômulo was born in Recife, Pernambuco, and graduated with Bahia's youth setup. On 16 November 2014 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Corinthians.[1]
On 10 February 2015 Rômulo renewed his contract until 2018.[2]
On 6 February 2017, Rômulo signed with Korean second division side Busan IPark on a one year loan deal.[3] After a successful debut season in Korea, Rômulo signed a three year contract with the club.[4] In both 2018 and 2019, Rômulo was named in the official K League 2 team of the season. In the final game of the 2019 season, Rômulo scored a 77th minute penalty to give Busan the lead in the promotion-relegation playoff final against local rivals Gyeongnam FC. Busan went on to win the game 2-0 and achieve promotion to the K League 1.
On 15 April 2021 Rômulo would join Chinese second tier football club Chengdu Rongcheng.[5] In his debut seasons with the club he would establish himself as a regular within the team and aid them to promotion at the end of the 2021 league campaign.[6]
As of 22 January 2022
Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bahia | 2014 | Série A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 1 | ||
2015 | Série B | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 46 | 3 | |
2016 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
Total | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 6 | ||
Bragantino (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
Busan IPark (loan) | 2017 | K League 2 | 21 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
Busan IPark | 2018 | K League 2 | 36 | 10 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 41 | 13 | ||
2019 | K League 2 | 32 | 14 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 34 | 15 | |||
2020 | K League 1 | 26 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 4 | ||||
Total | 94 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 32 | ||
Chengdu Rongcheng | 2021 | China League One | 12 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 15 | 5 | ||
Career total | 154 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 208 | 45 |
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