Romário will return to playing soccer professionally; he is 58 years old

Fifteen years after retiring, the legendary Brazilian attacker Romário is back: America de Rio de Janeiro, the club he presides, signed him to try to climb division in the Carioca Championship.

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“I’m not going to compete in the championship, but I am going to play some games with my heart’s team and fulfill one more dream: playing alongside my son,” he announced on his Instagram account.

He ‘Shortly‘, 58 years old, considered one of the best forwards in history, will defend the colors of the team he presides since January and in which he played briefly in 2009.

He world champion with Brazil in 1994 was registered to compete in the second division of the state tournament Rio de Janeiro (Carioca Series A2 Championship), which starts in May and ends in August.

Romário will even receive a minimum wage, which is will stipulate in the contract and which will be returned as a donation to Americaaccording to the local press.

The winner of the competition will play in the beginning of 2025 carioca first divisionwhere teams of Rio who participate in the Brazilian elite, such as Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Botafogo.

Romário was elected president of America in November for a three-year term. He combines that position with that of federal senator for Riofor which he was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2022.

In 2009when he was the team’s football manager, briefly interrupted his retirementannounced a year earlier, to perform for the beloved eleven of his father Edevair, who died in 2008.

He played for about 30 minutes. in the match that gave them the title of Rio’s fourth division.

His father, a fervent ‘Mecão’ fan, I dreamed of seeing him defend the clubsomething that did not happen in the best moments of “Chapulín’s” successful career.

In America, Romário will share with his sonstriker Romarinho, signed in March, and forward André Felipeformer teammate of Neymar at Santos and with passages at Dinamo kyiv, Bordeaux in France and Sporting Lisbon, among others.

Founded in 1904 and winner of seven Carioca Championships of the first division, America is going through a harsh economic crisis.

As president, Romário has the mandate to clean up finances and get the team to compete in a national competition in 2025.

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