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Rômulo (footballer, born 1990)

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Full name
  
Rômulo Borges Monteiro

Playing position
  
Defensive Midfielder

2004–2009
  
Porto de Caruaru

Children
  
Nicoly Borges Monteiro

Place of birth
  
Picos, Brazil

Number
  
27

Height
  
1.87 m

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Date of birth
  
(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 26)

Spouse
  
Jessika Borges Monteiro (m. 2012)

Current teams
  
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Midfielder), Brazil national football team (Midfielder)

Parents
  
José Willami Carlos Monteiro, Luciana Maria Borges

Similar
  
Salvatore Bocchetti, Zé Luís, Jano Ananidze, Dmitri Kombarov, Quincy Promes

Profiles

Rômulo Borges Monteiro (born 19 September 1990), known simply as Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He currently plays for Brazilian Série A club Flamengo.

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Rômulo is known for his defensive abilities and initiation of attacks from the back, "He tracks his runner well and judges his tackles with composure" and is not scared to get forward.

Spartak Moscow

Rômulo signed for Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2012 for a fee of around €8 million. He missed one-and-a-half seasons due to an injury against FC Rostov.

Rômulo left Spartak Moscow on 13 January 2017, after both agreed to the mutual termination of his contract.

Flamengo

On 13 January 2017 Rômulo signed with Brazilian Série A club Flamengo.

International career

Rômulo played all six of Brazil's matches as they earned the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic tournament. He scored the opening goal of the 3–0 win over South Korea in the semi-final at Old Trafford, set up by Oscar.

Club

As of match played 15 March 2017

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2012

International goals

As of 9 June 2012

Club

Vasco da Gama
  • Copa do Brasil: 2011
  • Brazil

  • Superclásico de las Américas: 2011, 2014
  • Olympic Silver Medal: 2012
  • References

    Rômulo (footballer, born 1990) Wikipedia