At the age of 58, Brazilian Romario retires and returns to the field

Brazil – Brazilian star Romario, who won the 1994 World Cup with the Samba national team, will return to playing football at the age of 58 for the Brazilian Club America, which he has been president of since the beginning of this year, 2024.

The former striker for clubs such as Barcelona, ​​​​Spain, and PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands, revealed this in a video clip on the team’s social networking sites, in which he shows the document proving his registration as a football player in the tournament.

As a potential player for Team America, a small but established team in Rio de Janeiro, Romalrio, who retired from football in 2009, would be a teammate of Romarinho, one of his sons, and striker Andre, who played alongside Neymar and Paulo Henrique Ganso at Santos.

Romario, who maintains his level thanks to the small matches he plays with his friends on the beach, explained that he intends to talk to America coach Marcos Alexander regarding the best way he can use him on the field.

According to the Rio team, Romario has signed a contract to play until next December, for which he will receive a minimum salary as a bonus, which the former footballer himself promised to donate to the club.

Romario excelled during his playing career with PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Valencia, in addition to his notable local experiences with Vasco da Gama, Flamengo and Fluminense, before touring the American and English leagues, with a short period he spent at Al Sadd of Qatar.

Source: “Agencies”