Just how GOOD was Romário Actually?
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How good was Romário actually? #GOAT
New episode of a documentary series where I plan to present all the greatest players of all time and then give them a score so a ranking of the best players can be created. In this episode we take on Romário who played for Flamengo, Vasco Da Gama, PSV and Barcelona for most of his career, not only one of the greatest strikers of all time but one of the greatest players of all time. See how Romário ranks and just how good he actually was.
According to Cruyff, the best player he ever trained and "a kind of Messi"...
Romario was incredible. He was capable of really incredible feats...
I think best player he ever managed rather than trained would be a better way of phrasing it. It's well known Romario didn't like training.
@@thethomascobbgroup5001 Romario said he didn't like to train as the other and explained that he needed another kind of train and not all the stamina work. He knew he needed to work on speed burst and on shooting not the jogging and stuff. He was ahead for his time.
According to Valdano, Cruyff also said that Romario was like Maradona in the small box
Basically he was Maradona as a Brazilian striker : )
Legend says that one time he wanted to go to Brazilian carnival, but he had an game on spanish la liga., Cruyff than told he if he scored two goals he could go to Brazil. Romario scored two goals on the begining of first half and asked for substitution and said, I've plane waiting.
He was one of the reasons the Ballon'dor was open to players outside of Europe no?
The Main Reason
yeah, he won the FIFA award in 94 but Stoichkov won the Ballon d'Or. The next year they changed the rules and Weah won it.
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 true
His successor, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima then won the first Ballon d'Or for South American players too.
on his defense: yes, he was an enthusiast of the night life and gatherings, but no, he didn't use to drink like one would imagine. All football legends that played with him talk about how he'd go out and party, but not get fucked up, probably the reason he could play in high level for so long, top scorer of the Brazilian serie A at 40! (still his record of goals and oldest top scorer to this day.)
Imagine if he had C. Ronaldo's obsession with his career...
He did a lot more than booze, and was still one of the best 5 players ever. Guys like Messi and Ronaldo treat their bodies like temples, and it shows on the field.
Hristo Stoichkov, his best friend in Barcelona, once explained that Romario would be up all night but would only drink colas...
@@calamorta There are many Brazilian players who could reach C.Ronaldo's level of achievement in their career if they had the same behavior as him. But let's be realistic, between the CR lifestyle and the lifestyle of Romário, Ronaldo and so many other Brazilians, I'll stick to the Brazilian lifestyle!
He more into girls than booze
Legend! In my opinion he’ll always be 10/10 !!!!
Romario had partnerships with both Bebeto and Ronaldo during his time in the Brazilian national team.And Romario outscored both of them in those partnerships.
Oh Edmundo would need one video too. The crazy man who decided to leave Europe to play in Brazil because he missed Rio beach. Romário and Edmundo the two best players of brazilian football league during the 90's. Great friends and great rivals!
Need to cover Romario and Edmundo rivalry too.
Most of people outside Brazil didn’t know they was like brother, friends, enemies, opponents.
Even until this day they kinda diss each other ...
He's a 10/10 player for me in every way!!
I'm 30, Romario is still the best I've seen
In regards to his night life habits, he never drank, still doesn't. Was never into alcohol.
Seen? You would have been about 4 years old in the 94 World Cup.
@@johnmitchell2269 did he retire after the world cup?
@@johnmitchell2269 Dude played until his 40s... 😂
I really enjoy your videos After Italy won the Euros I think it would be fitting if you done a couple of videos on some Italian Legends 2 players I'd love to see you do is Alessandro Nesta and Fabio Cannavaro
i loved romario just from watching him in italia 90 even though brazil didnt do great that world cup his quality shone through and also thats were gazza captured my heart too
That's amazing given that Romario played in 1 game during that WC...the last group game v Scotland. He played 65 mins before being substituted. He didn't play in any other group game or the round of 16 game v Argentina where Brazil exited the competition.
Romario is my reason to be Flamengo. I was very young and starting to understand footbal when he came back to Brasil. He was my hero from young childhood in 94 from the world cup, up until college when he retired. I felt a lot when he left to vasco, and was cut in 98. But boy did i like when he scored
You quiet is a poet.
You need to put a shoe in your mouth, it’s gonna be better for everybody.
The reason why Brazil 🇧🇷 didn’t win the World Cup in 1998 was because Romario didn’t play
Though that crazy final was unfortunate
Or that r9 was poisoned
very agreed
I think Brazil didn't win because Zidane and Viera played
@@wandel51 Just remembered France didn’t qaulify for the world Cup in 1994
Thanks bro. Wanted this for so long
Watched him play when he played for Adelaide United. Am grateful to say I've seen him play and score leading up to his 1000th goal. A legend in the game!
Romario was insane. I remember watching him when I was younger.
Please do one on bergkamp his first touch was art
Romario make i love football, he’s my idol, I wanted to become like him. Thanks for this video.
O que esse cara jogou foi brincadeira, monstro demais
Superb, I have such fond memories from this era of football...
He was undoubtedly the legend of his era.
At world cup 1994 I think Hristo Stoichkov deserved the best player; 6 nice goals taking his country Bulgaria to the semifinal. Romario was the Crack. pure class and grace to definite.
As a spectator it would be great to watch Romario. As a manager it would be a nightmare to train him to do anything.
damnnn, 1000 goals, that is insane!
Romario scored more than a thousand goals in his entire career..... alot of his goals they dont wanna register, alot of politics
don't forget that romario had one of the best coaches a football player could ever wish for!
@9:54 the best of the best: the legendary johan cruyff together with romario.
johan cruyff always had a good eye for true football talent.
cruyff's favorite football player was pele and he recognized much from pele in romario.
romario was a real football artist in the tradition of pele, cruyff, zico & maradonna.
the only reason we don't hear his name too often is because he was a pain in the ass to deal with.
didn't show up at training sessions, but stayed in bed etc.
he basically just did whatever he felt like and was impossible to work with.
his football skills were impeccable though.
especially the psv & barca years.
romario was the reason that ronaldo nazario fenomena went the same route, from psv to barca.
Strength and Physicality should be 7 imo. Great video again mate!! Keep going!
10, actually. His sprint take-off is the best ever in the history of the game. It's the reason he had to walk around so much in matches; he blew so much energy for 3 second periods. Trust somebody who spent hours watching starts from guys like Micheal and Ben Johnson and managed to get a walk-on track offer in college. He may not have had the Johnsons' muscle mass, but his technique was the same.
He's my one of the best speedo striker in pes2021
Most Europeans tend to diminish South American and Brazilian football and are completely ignorant about it, especially when it comes to how spectacular it was in the last century and how good it still is considering we are a poor country and have 1.200 players out abroad, the equivalent of 109 teams, that is more than half of the 164 teams distributed in all 4 Brazilian national divisions today.
Brazil is a continental country, as big as Oceania and a little smaller than Europe and it's a non stop machine producing football players. São Paulo state is bigger than United Kingdom. Minas Gerais state is bigger than Spain and Italy. Rio da Janeiro state is bigger than Denmark. While most european countries have only two, three or four clubs considered big, Brazil has 12 and 16 different national champions in six decades of national championship.
If Brazil was divided as Yugoslavia or USSR were, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul could form great national teams, capable of fighting for the World Cup title. And Bahia, Paraná, and Pernambuco could form decent ones also.
Before Europe (followed by Middle East, Japan, USA and China) started to take every minimally successful Brazilian player, Brazilian regional championships were as good as European national championships and were considered more important than both Brazilian national championship and Libertadores da América, the South American championship. Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo leagues were as good as the greatest leagues of Europe. Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul leagues were as good as the second level leagues of Europe and Bahia, Pernambuco and Paraná leagues were better than most smaller European leagues. Mediocre teams that were never reginal champions used to tour in Europe and defeat giants like Real Madrid, and Benfica In the 80's and 90's, when the bigger leagues of Europe were already importing players, the difference was still not that big. The superiority of Europe would be stablished in the 2000's.
If we analyse Rio de Janeiro state championship in 1986-1988, when Romário started playing, we can find many other great players of Brazilian National team (and one from Spain and another from Paraguay) as Zico (1978, 1982, 1986 WCs), Roberto Dinamite (1978, 1982 WCs), Bebeto (1990, 1994, 1998 WCs), Dunga (1990, 1994, 1998 WC), Branco (1986, 1990, 1994 WCs), Dirceu (1974, 1978, 1982 WCs), Jorginho (1990, 1994 WCs), Mazinho (1990, 1994 WCs), Tita (1990 WC), Leonardo (1994, 1998 WCs), Mauro Galvão (1986, 1990 WC), Renato Gaúcho (1990 WC), Bismarck (1990 WC), Alemão (1986, 1990 WC), Gonçalves (1998 WC), Leandro (1982 WC), Acácio (1990 WC), Zé Carlos (1990 WC), Josimar (1986 WC), Paulo Victor (1986 WC), Andrade (1988 Olympics, 1983 Copa America), Geovani (1988 Olympics, 1989 Copa America), Paulo Roberto (1983 Copa America), Donizete (1998 Gold Cup), Wilson Gottardo (1991 Copa America), Célio Silva (1997 Copa America), Marinho (1976 Olympics), Lira (1991 Copa America, Donato (1996 Euro - Spain), Romerito (1986 WC - Paraguay). And there were others with one or two caps or that didn't play for the national team, but could, as Assis, Washington, Nunes (6 caps/2 goals - almost selected to 1982 WC), Rogerio Lourenço (3 caps, U20 1989 WC), William (U20 1987 WC), Paulinho Criciúma, Arturzinho (1 cap/1 goal), Mauricinho (U20 1983 WC), Alcindo (U20 1987 WC), Marco Aurélio (Sporting-POR, Palermo-ITA), Adílio (1 cap), Carlos Alberto Santos and others.
Should be an icon in fifa.
Basically he was Maradona as a Brazilian striker : )
One of the best players of all time for me his in top 10
You have a good portuguese..it sound familiar..nice videos bro
One of my favourite players as a kid. Remember when he destroyed Manchester United
Amazing!!
One of the greatest! In the top ten players of all time!
You can’t hold that against him that a lot of him
and Pele’s goals came in “ meaningless” regional games. They are games on their schedule that they have to play. No player should be slandered for that
Pfft it wouldn't be countered today and shouldn't be. Friendlies are friendlies. Your backyard is your backyard. If that was the case all players would have hundreds of goals more imagine Ronaldo or Messi. So your arguement makes no sense as contradicts rightful FIFA rules.
Technology and verification was not like today. Pele led by example and Romario followed suit. He already said his mission was match Pele's record so of course by hook or by crook he was gonna count every goal he scored including in his dreams.
That doesn't take anything away from his greatness. He's one of the greatest to ever kick a ball. It's not about how many he scored but how he scored them.
At least he isn't desperate insecure and audacious enough to announce more unofficial added goals into an already unofficial record even after retirement and turn himself into a meme lol.
So stop crying Nobody is slandering Romario. You're just grasping for straws.
so you did not see Pele's goals came in the world cups?
No professional footballer has scored 1,000 officially recognised goals in a career.But some footballers have certainly scored 1,000 goals in a career unofficially.
Those meaningless regional games.Were actually for the vast majority of football in Brazil the top tier of football in the country.As Brazilian football was consisting of several regional state leagues.Before any national football championship was created in Brazil.
This is an elite channel
Truly a great player!
Em 2005 foi artilheiro do campeonato brasileiro com 39 anos, feito que provavelmente não vai ser superado...VASCO 💢
Put it this way r9 learnt his goal scoring prowess from this legend!!!
Pls do a vid on stovichcov
Do one on Jorge "Magico" Gonzalez
Romário never had issues with Bebeto. They used to bem friends since they start to play in seleção. Actualy, they are know as the greatest duo of Brazilian Football and still friends since
They did and at some point bebeto even refused to play with him, but they worked things out
Yes, considering Romario is one of the top 5 footballers of all time, if not the goat himself, he is absolutely underrated. R9 was great but Romario was greater.
Romario was like Maradona but striker version and Ronaldo was like Pele but striker version! The best duo that i ever saw in any team RO-RO atack!
@@mirospajic9929 such a shame we didn’t get to see the ro-ro show in France 98. Yes, Romario was like Maradona with a strike rate of cr7. IMHO he is the GOAT
Romario is my idol ever! For me after Pele Romario is the best soccer player I mean the best striker ever in the world 🌎. Pele scored 1000goals and Romario scored 1000goals as well! ROMARIO "THE GOAT"
Not after pele.pele is after him. He only knows how to move on ground with great positioning and he can make any kind of turn with ball anywhr on the ground
the best finisher ever
He laid down the blueprint for the modern striker
Aqui no Brasil se diz que Bebeto e Romário é igual a arroz e feijão: não tem erro. Se juntar os dois é vitória na certa.
It hurts me that his icon card was removed because of politics
It really would be crazy if Romario , Garrincha and Maradona were on the same time both on fifa and reality
Simply three of the craziest and most talented footballers
Romario was super mario, the best striker after pele.
Treu legend.
Romário better than Messi by far
Better than Ronaldo by a million mile then
Romario was the best player not to play in in the World Cup in 1998 and 2002.
We need a video about Didi
A million, billion miles better than overrated ones like Garrincha that people get all gooey soft & nostalgic over, that's all I can say. Cry if you will. I'll put Romario just above R9 Ronaldo for that matter.
This Legend was the one to truly crack the Code & brought Samba over to the European Leagues top brass & conquered them.
In the 90s, Brazillean teams could at least compete with europe sallaries, so the best players still played in Brazil, probably one of the top 3 leagues in the world, Serie A but in parity with La Liga(old BBVA), today only ond players and young promisses plays in here, most of the national team is composed of players that plays in europe and get payed 50x more than in brazil(Greatly beacuse of the weakend currency of the Brazillean Real)
Romário doesn't drink alcohol.
the same way goal scorers have gotten better, defenders have gotten better as well. And back then defenders were shit.
In Brazil the discussion is: who’s best, Ronaldo Fenômeno or Romário? This is how big this guy is, most of the world today have no idea the amount of geniouses and great players Brazil has produced.
Half of these kids don't know who zico is and only know garrincha from fifa
Yeah yeah, but ronaldo was better. Just unlucky with the injuries, otherwiae there wouldn't be a debate
@@leonardoberliner5051 LET ME TELL YOU..BRASIL WOULD HAVE WON THAT 1998 WORLD CUP..IF ROMARIO WAS IN IT.
@@power279 I agree. So what? Brazil would also probably have won it if Ronaldo didn't have a seizure before the game. And Brazil could still have won it if Edmundo played that game instead of Ronaldo. The fact Ronaldo was in the team after having a seizure the night before the game was the main factor for that 3-0 loss, totally atypical and circunstantial result.
@@power279 Romario is HUGE, don't get me wrong. While the world underestimates him, brazilians rightfully idolize him. But apart from that, Ronaldo was an overall better player. I think that would be clearer if it weren't for his injuries.
39 years old and golden boot in Brazilian League? That was insane!!
The following year no one scored that much
watching it at the time was even more insane… his record that year was even actually above the average of top scorers in our league through the years
Was crazy, he found the shortcuts from the box and adjusted his game in a such way that made other strikers look like amateurs.
Also need to remember he was one of few players to be a manager and a player in the same game ... 😂
@@DizzyMakavelli I watched Romario playing live countless times. I also watched him playing footvolley at the beach a number of times. The fellow was of a different breed and it was something very noticeable to anyone who ever saw him close playing with a ball. A true genius.
@@jonpirovsky Facts.
If you are Brazilian, and between 32 and 45 years, 100% chance that Romário is your top 3 favorite player ever. The man was a genius. It was uncanny.
Half Brazilian here , 43 years old, and yes.
Why Brazil no longer
Bring players
Like Romario .Ronaldinio. Rivaldo .Ronaldo
What happend ???
@@ملككاتلونيا brazil have great players but now in the new football everyone has to come back to defense with a few exceptions... the football change one great example is gabriel jesus or firmino they always have to came back to defende back in the day if you're a striker or forward player didn't have to come back as much .. that's my opinion
@@leonardoandrade6528 still not convinced a bout that
Firmonio or Jesous what a joke . they are not even close to the brazilian old jiants
@@ملككاتلونيا do you know how many players are on the line or want to or try to play for Liverpool or Manchester City? They are no joke You don't know what you're talkin about
The 89 Copa América was a huge deal here in Brazil. We didn't win it for 50 years since 49 and it was against Uruguay in Maracanã. The fact that Romário scored the winner is legendary.
Romario was possibly the most natural finisher I've ever seen. Toe pokes, volleys, half volleys and one on one's all dispatched with effortless ease. A lethal striker with ice in his veins in front of goal. A joy to watch.
In the 90's, when Romário came to play in Brazil, we had the best strikers generation ever. It was crazy. I essa talking It to some friends, between 94 and 98, pretty much every club in First division had at least one striker that would easly be a brazilian National starter nowadays
bebeto, romario, careca, muller, edmundo, ronaldo, rivaldo, marcelinho carioca, viola
@@Aleblanco1987
Viola é forçar a amizade...
@@Aleblanco1987 Jardel!!!
@@calamorta seria fácil titular na seleção atual
And then you ended up with Fred and Joe, which sounds more like a plumbing company than footballers.
Fun fact :After retirement he used his fame to become a politician.A good one actually
(a honest one ,seemed like).
The best player of his generation. His outstanding performance in 1994 world cup will be remember long
Romario is one of the most underrated footballer ever.
Don’t know about underrated. I remember back in World Cup 94 the consensus was Romario >>>> Baggio which was saying a lot considering Baggio was rated really highly. Maradona was probably the only player rated higher in the tournament
Not the most under rated. Too respected and highly regarded to be labelled thus. Great to watch this story unfold. Didn't know about the Under 20's snub. Glad Brazil won...as did Romario as a brilliant player. Lazy, electric genius.
@@stedros google for: "romario caneta maradona"
I don't believe Romario is underrated by those who remember his playing day's.
It's just a timing thing. The generation of fans just after the likes of Romario, Baggio, Stoichkov and Hagi. Are the same generation who first truly embraced the internet. So when you go online. You'll see guy's either after, or before getting all the love.
Romario was never underrated , he was the best player in the world from 93 to 96 along with Baggio , his rival played his last game in 93 Marco Van Basten who was the world’s greatest from 88 to 93 .....
When i was a kid i watched him play with bebeto. He was so good at finishing with the tip of his toe in the long corner. It was so quick and precise rly absurd.
Great Video 👌🏼
Greatest goalscorer ever.. a natural unlike any other. Even R9 will agree.
Romario had a great partnership with Bebeto, Edmundo and Stoichkov but when him and R9 played together in Copa they made it look so easy.
Wouldv loved to see Romario play in more World Cups though..especially '98.
He got Brazil to the 2002 cup then never got picked in the final squad ......
929 goals.
An incredible player.
1002 goals*
*including friendlies (unofficial goals)
Romário is a football legend. It was a great injustice that he didn't go to the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He deserved it, considering the football he displayed.
With Ronaldo's convulsion in '98, he would have been another top player who could have decided the match.
Between 1997 and 1998, he scored 113 goals in 132 games. He was still one of the top 5 players in the world, without a doubt.
Romario was always a mystery player to me - I started watching football shortly after he retired, so other popular strikers came into light and I never got to learn about him, so thank you very much for this video! :)
My top wish list for the future is (just in case you take suggestions):
Pires
Arshavin
Recoba
Ballack
Joe Cole
To see his highlight search
“Romario HeilRJ”
And
“Romario MatigolVidz”
exactly - same here.
Im opposite to you, i started watching exactly when Romario became a superstar USA 94, he was something else, we all watched Brazil just to see Romario and Bebeto. Few years later we got into the world of Ronaldo, but interestingly during the reign of Ronaldo, Romario was STILL very much around scoring like crazy back in Brazil, but for some reason i didnt see much of him with the National team, but was still a crazy goal scorer in the Brazilian league!
The only reason he is not well known i feel these days is that he left Europe too early! If he had spent more time at Barca or moved around in Italy or something in his prime years, he'd have a similar recognition given to Ronaldo and Gaucho e.t.c
The best way i can describe Romario is...he is a sniper that rarely misses, the man just knows how to score..a lot...in style.
Watch the vid of Romario by MatigolVidz
@@dotunn Rivaldo was the best in that Brazil team!
Great video! but speed 7/10? c'mon he was really fast especially in his 20 and early 30. What amaze me more is that he had the same technique and ball control of Maradona, if he only had another mentality.. If he played today with the modern training and with the defenders we have now (in 90 and early 2000 defenders were bad guys) he would have easily scored 50+ goals every year.
When you love football, you love Romario.
Thank you bro much appreciated
I think 7 for speed n physically is ridiculous he was quicker than his generation and for a small man he was strong as a tevez
He had the best technique from standing still or a turn in the history of football.
In his younger years yes, but he played as slow forward for such a long time he isn't remembered as much as an explosive forward, more as a poacher which relied on intelligence and positioning.
@@herrerasauro7429 the physical attributes are given at the players peak and at his peak at 28 there was non quicker even at 30 watch him out sprint 3 Cameroon defenders from the half way line on the way to scoring plus many examples he played in Brazil which is a very aggressive and physical league. He also played for Brazil in which most teams would use spoil tactics and foul alot and the copa America in the 80s 90s was a foul every 10 seconds. Brazil vs Argentina. Watch him vs maradona on way to winning copa America. He was a lazy player and came alive when his instinct for a goal was alive but to say he never possessed the attributes is wrong. C Ronaldo is similar. He conserves his energy and is lazy. But turns on the afterburners and becomes a beast when needed. I watched romarios whole career
É importante de dizer nesse retorno de Romário ao Flamengo que nessa época os times brasileiros estavam muito bem financeiramente, eles rivalizavam com os times europeus em quesito salarial, por isso diversos jogadores brasileiros ou voltaram ou mantiveram-se no Brasil.
Romario is bigger, much better player and striker than Maradona, for sure!!
Forgetting Stiochkov - LOL. That team Romario, Stiochkoc, Nadal, Koeman and when he could get on the best Laudrup. F*c* Old Johan was plaing chamiponship manager with the editor turned on and Man City levels of money,
Nadal? Rafael s uncle?
I am Brazilian, 36 years of age and romario is the best player i haver ever seen, then ronaldo second. When they were together in 97 brazil this duo was just magic!!
This guy was a genius. Watched him destroy my team without even breaking a sweat. Think he won a cup somwhere too.
Amazing how the game is so easy for those reality few talented players.
He won 2 Domestic cups with Psv Eindhoven and scored I think 125 goals in 4 seasons possibly 5.
@@cringycook9597 He won a World Cup almost as single-handedly as Maradona. The difference between the two is that when Maradona smelled blood, he played through hard fouls. Ramario didn't, and many people called him out on it regularly. He flopped all the time with little to no contact when he could have scored or assisted team-mates who wirked hard in a build up or getting in position. As dominant as he was in '94, he could have easily scored 3-4 more times if he wasn't so wrapped up with pissing off defenders in cheap ways and then playing the martyr with refs. Maradona and other greats have done the same, but they did it strategically and put guys to sleep or make them wary. Romario seemed to do it because he had a screw loose.
@@matp111-9 And defenders really fouled back then. There was a Sergio Ramos or Pepe on every team. The game before the mid-90s was a much dirtier, low-scoring hackfest. Studs-up tackles happened every few minutes, even in the showcase matches. Especially in showcase matches. Fifa had to make announcements about cleaning the game up and conference with refs to get them to use their whistles. Basketball was the same. You hear it all the time in the MJ vs. Lebron GOAT arguments, and it's accurate.
He won The World Cup USA 1994 the 1st world cup i can remember beating Italy in the final, the 1st tournament i can remember was Euro 92 which was won by Denmark, but yes Romario what a baller the streets won't forget Romario 🏐
Romario was the first and last footballer I ever watched who had track and field sprint-grade technique from standing still or turning. Do that 5-6 times in one match and see if you don't have to stroll around for minutes at a time. The technique had a cost, but it got results in spades.
Do a video about Rafael Marquez one of the best defenders ever.
Shit he still alive?
si, è ancora vivo.
Romario was someone like every other Brazilian player, immensely talented with attitude issues, fancy lifestyle, and moving through clubs too often.
nah, there is no one like Romario, no one have the balls to stay "We will win this world cup" and actually win it
Romario the most talented player ever
I feel the overall is too low but I can’t argue the scoring system. Incredible player. If he loved the game like he loved to party he’d be the GOAT.
Pretty much, but consider this: Maradona partied just as hard!
Romario was: Insanely fast 20 m sprint, clinical precision in the finishing and first touch, and football skills and resources from Rio de Janeiro. You can clearly see the beach football skills in his game. His goals are things of beauty. Flair, Charisma. In his prime the best football player in the world (1993 to 1995). As a forward, he only was surpassed by Ronaldo.
Together with Bebeto, the best attacking duo of the Brazilian National Team. In the Rival's box, the best number 9 ever.
Outside the pitch a difficult character, a bit of a diva.
But you do need heroes on the game and he was a huge one.
The best attacking duo of the Brazilian national team was Romario + Ronaldo.
That should be clear.
If you say Romario + Bebeto was better... perhaps it’s because you don’t know about when Romario + Ronaldo was a thing?
@@patinho5589 Of course i saw them, and those two were beasts, but as a Duo they were much more individualistic. Romario and Bebeto complemented each other. Same as Ronaldo and Bebeto in 1998, but Bebeto was not in his prime.
@@albertorodriguezfernandez5956 lol no, Romario - Ronaldo is better duo then Romario - Bebeto. They score 16 goals in copa Ronaldo and Romario
You were doing well, until you said that Romário was surpassed by Ronaldo. It never was and never will be. Romario's goal average was absurd and with a much weaker generation, he did much more impressive things than Ronaldo.
He won Copa America after 40 years and a World Cup after 24 years. And he didn't have Ronaldinho and Rivaldo with him to do that.
He was 27 times top scorer in his career (including 2 Champions League) against Ronaldo's 7 times.
@@RussGustavo Both are awesome, but Ronaldo is definitely in another level than anybody. He had TWICE injuries that would ruin any player. And he came back and won a World Cup. He had to retire at age 34 due to many injuries. Romario had a longer career, score more goals of course. Yes, you are right, Ronaldo had Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Kaka in his prime, Lucio, and so many others. But Romario had Bebeto in his prime, Raí (very underrated) Cafú (probably the best right winger together with Maldini of all time) Mauro Silva (To me, the best defensive midfielder of Brazil's history period) and other great players too. BOTH had great teams, and were stars of those teams. Romario was to me , a legendary player. A truly special Center Forward, someone with a touch of god. And a mentor and a master of Ronaldo, however, Ronaldo went to levels that are worldwide acknowledged, and we will never be able to guess his potential, he had so many injuries, but what we saw was something of once in a lifetime thing. Like Messi.
I am English and I am Brazilian fan, he was probably the best finisher of my life time.
Why does Playing in Europe give extra point, its South American players that made Europe great, if all people played in continent they born Europeab leagues would be boring
Yeah, nowadays people tend to think that European leagues are better because South American teans have had such a poor record in the Intercontinental Cup for so long. I suspect that is misleading, but it was most certainly not the case in the past when the competition was much more competitive(and actually results slightly favoured South American teams).
@@sirperybLakeney lol no. in europe always play better football. Yes, in the past south americans leagues is better then today south american league but they never better vs top 5 europa league facts
Because Europe is the centre stage of football with the richest and most competitive whether u like it or not.
The pedestal of a footballer's worth.
Are u really that daft to ask such a question ?
Then how come the best of every cOntiNEnt you're speaking about goes to play in Europe? When they were kids where did they dream of playing?
Only those who can't make it to Europe say what u say lol
@@yourrepliesaremutedcrymore5840 it was a rhetorical question.
I am from UK and always supported Brazil, it is South American footballers that made football beautiful.
Europe did not know what a trick was until Pele flicked ball over defenders head in 1958.
Pele, Maradona, Di,Stefano, Messi, Ronaldinho, R9 and any in most top 10s, its Soury American players that made Europe great. Europe has the money, if every played in country they born or continent how successful would Real Madrid and Barcelona be???
Brazilian players play on street barefooted, and technically much better with ball than say English or French kids etc..Premiership is richest league, England have said" South Amercan football no good " but yet Pele,Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Garrincha, Naymar is probably better than every English player. South America gave the world flair, so yeah Europe had the money..take away South American players from Europe and they would be plane jane. South America is King, you think Ronaldinho, Ronaldo etc learned there skills in Europe ??? They had that in Brazil. Street football and beach football what you think of..Europe?? ...England ?? Who pass backwards
@@markozbunjol625 no , Its South American players that came to Europe that made Europe big..South America has much more passion much more. It's a religion, Premiership is rich league most of players are average. Best players of all time are South American they gave us flair and did things with the ball that people said wow...
Who bloody walks away from barca at the height of his powers?
Someone who misses home and has other priorities.
Romario, Ronaldo
@@jonnyso1 true..romario was a bit like maradona in that way..what made them great on the pitch often caused problems for them off it..and if he wanted to walk away from barca,then he walked away from barca..
number 1 to me off all time playing at one of the best and hardest era of football
Romario was the best striker all time.
Romario > Ronaldo
This was the period where i embraced football in my heart. I saw the Netherlands vs Brazil on the WC 1994 and i never forgot it.
2 glorious teams 🖤
Immortal match.
If it wasn't Branco's free-kick, things would have been different. What a game!
When I first started watching football at 10 years old.. Romario captured my attention. Quickly became my idol. BEAST!
Genious. Pure talent with the ball. It looks like the ball was glued in his foot somehow such was his talent skill with the ball, how he dominated it was something different.
If in a team, they asked me to choose between Ronaldo and Romario, I would choose the last one. I had seen both playing together in the Brazilian team.
I'm so proud to be named after the Legend! Unfortunately I was stop in my tracks by unfortunate circumstances to start my footballing career.
Two Italians missed a penalty in that 1994 World Cup final. But only Baggio gets remembered as the 2nd miss. Edit: I’ve been corrected.. that 3 Italians missed.
Because he is Baggio. A victim of his own success. That iconic post only made matters worst.
@@yourrepliesaremutedcrymore5840 well, unlike Baggio in the final, Baresi was anything but invisible - stopping everything Romario and Bebeto could throw at them.
Same for brazil at Mexico 86
Still remember Zico missed penalty
Despite 2 others missed
But Zico was the scape goat
@@Metalton95 ok ? This is not a baresi appreciation post though.
3 Italians missed, Baresi, Massaro and Baggio. Massaro made the decisive miss, Italy was already on the ropes when Baggio stepped up. The question is would Italy still have had a chance to win if Baggio scored. Brazil's 5th penalty taker was Bebeto, experienced... he most likely would have ended it to Brazil anyway. Italy should have put Dino Baggio and Giuseppe Signori to the penaltys than injuried Baresi and Baggio. To make matters even worse Sacchi benched Signori from the whole final game 🤦♂️. Strange coach who blew it up for Italy in 94.
Neymar should not be names in the smae breath as Ronaldo, Romario, Rivaldo, Kaka. Neymar is nowhere near that level.
How good was Romario??He was the best striker-finisher of all times...Thats how good he was..!!!
A sublime finisher...
If "sublime" means the best ever first-fifth power strides to either side? His running take-off puts even prime Messi's to shame. Trust me, his power from the take-off was college-level or better track and field quality.
Just want to make one point, Romario didn’t drink.
Alcohol?
@@smacinmoves2698 no, semen.
The Heel 😂😂😂😂
True. Never had.
Agree 100%. Maybe the forgotten Brazilian but probably my favorite all around striker. A Matador in the box.
Never forgotten
Romario was still 4th placed in the FIFA player of the year award in 1995 despite the fact he was playing in Brazil. He had a good shot of winning it (and possibly the Ballon D’or) had he stayed in Barcelona. Reminder that the Ballon D’Or only started accepting entries for players from non european clubs in 2007.