Romeu Almeida

Romeu António Soares de Almeida (born 8 October 1974 in Feira (Santa Maria da Feira)), known simply as Romeu, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.

Romeu
Personal information
Full name Romeu António Soares de Almeida
Date of birth (1974-10-08) 8 October 1974
Place of birth Feira, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–1993 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Infesta 75 (7)
1996–2001 Porto 15 (0)
1996–1997 → Felgueiras (loan) 29 (2)
1997–1998 → Marítimo (loan) 40 (8)
1999 → Leça (loan) 8 (3)
2001–2005 Vitória Guimarães 108 (21)
2005–2006 Belenenses 21 (2)
Total 296 (43)
National team
2002 Portugal 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Over the course of nine seasons, Romeu amassed Primeira Liga totals of 184 games and 31 goals, mainly with C.S. Marítimo (two years) and Vitória de Guimarães (four). In 2002–03, he scored a career-best ten goals in 29 matches as the latter team finished fourth and nearly qualified to the UEFA Cup.

Romeu, who also unsuccessfully represented FC Porto during two seasons, retired in June 2006 at the age of 31 after a poor campaign with C.F. Os Belenenses, both individually (two goals) and collectively (15th place for the Lisbon club).

International career

Courtesy of his stellar year with Guimarães, Romeu earned two caps for Portugal in October 2002: on the 16th, in his last appearance, he helped the national team come from behind 0–2 in Sweden to win it 3–2, netting the equalizer in the 53rd minute.[1][2]

Romeu Almeida: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 October 2002Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden2–22–3Friendly

Honours
Porto

References
  1. "O dia em que Figo deu murro na mesa" [The day Figo took a stand]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 April 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. "Sílvio é o 14.º a estrear-se com Agostinho Oliveira" [Sílvio is debutant number 14 with Agostinho Oliveira]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. "FC Porto 3–0 Rio Ave". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. "Bragança-FC Porto, 1–2: Uma exibição mínima mas lá deu para a vitória" [Bragança-FC Porto, 1–2: Minimal display but good enough for the win]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 February 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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