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	Romario = 1000 - Ein mathematischer Beweis \| Torlaune
		Romario = 1000 - Ein mathematischer Beweis
		Auch Romario hat schon wegen seiner Rechenkünste auf sich aufmerksam gemacht.
		Klaus Wagner, der auf ähnliche Weise bewiesen hat, dass Queen Elizabeth II eigentlich Elizardbeast heißen müsste, indem er EIIR in die Zahl 666 "umgerechnet" hat.
	www.torlaune.de /blog/romario-1000-ein-mathematischer-beweis (513 words)

	Romario says he is Brazil's best since 1970
		Romario, still playing for first division Fluminense at the age of 38, announced that he would reunite Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning team for a match in Los Angeles on November 10 to mark his international farewell.
		Romario, who has played little first team football this year, said he still had no intention of retiring, although he admitted it was now almost impossible to reach his target of scoring 1,000 goals in his career.
		Romario, who recently asked Fluminense coach Alexandre Gama to leave him out of the team because he did not feel match fit, said that he was now having difficulty getting back into the side.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/oct/01rom.htm (460 words)

	NOS - 1111 0930 Romario neemt afscheid
		Romario, die opgroeide in de sloppenwijken van Rio de Janeiro, maakte voor het eerst naam op het olympisch voetbaltoernooi van Seoul in 1988, waar hij topscorer werd.
		In 1993 haalde Johan Cruijff hem naar Barcelona.
		Romario had zichzelf ten doel gesteld om pas afscheid te nemen als hij zijn 1000ste doelpunt van zijn carrière zou hebben gescoord, maar na zijn ontslag bij Fluminense keerde hij de voetballerij eerder de rug toe.
	www.nos.nl /sport/artikelen/2004/11/11/11110930romarioneemtafscheid.html (318 words)

	Veteran striker Romario to stay at Fluminense. 15/01/2003 - ABC Sport - Soccer
		Romario, who has also played for Vasco da Gama in Brazil, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Barcelona and Valencia in Spain, has not made it clear how long he intends to continue playing but says he will not change clubs again.
		Romario was Brazil's hero when they won their fourth World Cup in 1994, scoring five goals in seven games.
		Romario's special treatment includes being excused training on the day after a match, being allowed to travel separately to away games and being allowed to miss practice altogether if he tells the club in advance.
	www.abc.net.au /soccer/items/s763415.htm (421 words)

	Mixed feelings for Romario in Brazilian farewell - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Romario was substituted in the 39th minute, and the match was stopped as he left the field with the more than 35,000 fans at Pacaembu chanting his name.
		Romario was added by the Brazilian Soccer Confederation as a special 23rd player as part of a tribute to Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning side.
		Romario's last game was nearly 18 years after his debut, when he came on as a substitute in Brazil's 1-0 loss to Northern Ireland in a 1987 friendly in Dublin.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050428T230000-0500_79570_OBS_MIXED_FEELINGS_FOR_ROMARIO_IN_BRAZILIAN_FAREWELL.asp (524 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Romario bids farewell to Brazil
		Brazil striker Romario celebrated his international farewell with a goal as the world champions beat Guatemala 3-0 in a friendly international overnight.
		Romario was substituted in the 38th minute by Grafite and escorted off the field by Rai, Branco, Viola and several other team-mates from Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning team, when he spearheaded the attack and scored five goals.
		Romario, whose international career began in a friendly away to the Republic of Ireland in 1987, will continue his club career with Vasco da Gama at least until the end of the year.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2005/0428/romario.html (209 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Romario given walking papers by Fluminense - Thursday October 21, 2004 5:55PM
		The president changed sides, however, when Romario gave a lame performance and was substituted after an hour amid a chorus of jeers.
		Romario has rarely practised with his team mates this year, saying he needs a special training programme because of his age.
		Romario has also been involved in controversy outside the club, kicking up a storm this month when he said he considered himself to be Brazil's most important player since the 1970 World Cup.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/10/21/romario (411 words)

	1000 Tore Romario - EURO 2008: Die EM-Blogger über die EM 2008!
		Romario - der Mann der 1000 Tore - so wird er in die Geschichtsbücher eingehen.
		Wer sehen möchte, wo Romario sein 1.000 Tor erzielen wird, der kann gerne bei Google Maps sich das ganze angucken.
		1.000 Tore Romario - das ist ein Grund zu feiern.
	www.em-blogger.at /index.php/2007/04/06/1000-tore-romario (347 words)

	CNN.com - Romario stays silent - May 8, 2002
		Romario, 36, did not appear for reporters on Tuesday -- a day after the World Cup squad was announced -- following a training session at his club Vasco da Gama, where he has been averaging a goal a game this season.
		Romario, the hero of the victorious 1994 World Cup, has been in sparkling form for Vasco da Gama and his supporters hoped he would earn the chance to star in a third World Cup.
		Romario scored five goals in the 1994 finals but was left out four years ago in France.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/worldcup/05/07/brazil.squad (546 words)

	USATODAY.com - Brazil beats Guatemala in star's finale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Romario, who shed tears before the match as Brazil's national anthem was played, scored with a header from 8 yards in the 16th minute — his 71st goal in 84 matches wearing Brazil's famed yellow jersey.
		Romario was substituted in the 39th, and the match was stopped as he left the field with the nearly 35,000 fans at Pacaembu Stadium chanting his name.
		Romario's last game came nearly 18 years after his debut, when he came in as a substitute in Brazil's 1-0 loss to Northern Ireland in a 1987 friendly in Dublin.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2005-04-28-romario-final-match_x.htm?csp=34 (570 words)

	Soccer Players Encyclopedia
		Romario is one of Brazil's top forwards of the 1990's.
		Romario's scoring was decisive for Brazil's World Cup title at USA 1994.
		Romario was given the FIFA Player of the Year award in 1994.
	expertfootball.com /players/encyclopedia.php (3508 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Romario delights at Braco - Thursday \| December 12, 2002
		Romario, as he is known to millions of football fans around the world, displayed some of his considerable skills during a friendly six-a-side game played between a Brazilian team including former Jamaica Football Federation technical director Clovis de Oliveira and a Super Clubs team at Grand Lido Braco on Tuesday.
		Before a fair-sized crowd, Romario, who appeared to be favouring a leg injury, scored a quickfire hat-trick late in the game to take the visitors to a 3-2 come from behind win.
		Speaking through de Oliveira, who acted as interpreter, Romario who was controversially left out of the Brazil team that won an unprecedented fifth World Cup in Asia this summer, said he did not want to concentrate on the national team right now.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20021212/sports/sports6.html (403 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Brazilian star says he can't accept coach's explanation
		Romario played in Scolari's first game as coach, when he captained the team in a 1-0 defeat by Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier, but has not been picked since despite averaging more than one goal a game in club soccer this year.
		Brazil has been greeted with chants of "Romario, Romario" during home matches this year but not that, nor a tearful outburst by the striker during an interview last month, was enough to persuade Scolari to change his mind.
		Romario, who makes no secret of his aversion to training nor for his love of nightlife, said that at least he would be able to maintain his lifestyle rather than be subjected to Scolari's rigid rulebook.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0509/1380721.html (665 words)

	World Cup news - Will Brazil include Romario?
		Romario da Souza Faria is one of the most established footballers on the planet.
		The script was written again for Romario to lift yet another trophy in France at the 1998 tournament and partner with the star of the game at the time, Ronaldo, but was left out at the last minute by coach Mario Zagalo over speculation that he had not recovered from a calf strain.
		Banking on Romario featuring, he would surely be at great odds to win the Golden Ball, given for the highest goal scorer, an honor that he surprisingly has not acquired as yet.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/2-27-2002-12268.asp (622 words)

	BBC SPORT \| WORLD CUP 2002 \| Romario rebuke to Luxemburgo
		Brazilian striker Romario has said that the job of a football coach is to avoid getting in the way of the players.
		Romario celebrated by scoring a hat-trick, but was incensed again when Luxemburgo refused to take him to the Sydney Olympics as an over-age player.
		Romario says the figure is 73, a total bettered only by the legendary Pele who finished his career on 95.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/football/world_cup_2002/newsid_965000/965807.stm (449 words)

	Worldcup 1998 : Medias, South America. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Time ran out for Romario in his race to recover from an injury in his right calf, apparently suffered while he was playing "foot-volleyball" on a Rio de Janeiro beach last month.
		Bebeto, Romario's strike partner in Brazil's record fourth triumph four years ago, said the two players hugged and cried and hearing the news.
		Romario had reinjured his bad leg during training last Saturday, while the rest of the team was heading to Spain for an exhibition game.
	www.worldcup.fr /uk/medias/ams/2juin98.html (686 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Romario rejects Pele's advice
		Romario was speaking on Friday after training on Copacabana beach here ahead of Sunday's beach football game between Rio and Sao Paulo in Guaruja.
		Romario, who turns 39 at the end of the month, added that he was 90 percent certain to sign a new contract with Vasco, despite offers from other clubs overseas.
		In November Romario returned to the Rose Bowl stadium in Los Angeles, the scene of his finest hour where he helped Brazil win the 1994 World Cup, to take part in a game against Mexico to mark his international retirement.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/403901.htm (308 words)

	Veteran Romario denies he is retiring - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Romario also said he planned to play one final game to say farewell fans at Maracana stadium some time in the second half of 2005.
		Tostao calls Romario the greatest centre forward ever and says he would have started on the '70 World Cup team, considered one of the best of all time.
		In Brazil, Romario continued to shine and a draft-Romario movement swept the country on the eve of the 2002 World Cup.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20041230T190000-0500_72314_OBS_VETERAN_ROMARIO_DENIES_HE_IS_RETIRING.asp (336 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Romario hat-trick seals Vasco's Copa victory
		Romario's fantastic club form also coincided with the Brazilian national team's poor performances and the striker was recalled to the side following the national teams 3-0 shock defeat at the hands of Chile in August.
		On return to the national side Romario scored seven goals in two games and was only left out of the team after fixture congestion for club and country lead to the Brazilian physio recommending that he was rested.
		It is unsurprising then that the prolific Romario slammed FIFA's World Player of the Year award earlier this month for not recognizing the talent in South American Football and that he felt somewhat aggrieved for not being short listed for the prestigious award.
	www.soccernet.com /global/news/2000/1222/20001222romariocopa.html (493 words)

	SOC-Shorts-romario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Romario refused to say whether he planned to retire from the sport, despite a rash of injuries that have sidelined him in recent months.
		Romario said he was tired of soccer's demands for travelling and practice.
		Romario's farewell game is expected to bring together members of the '94 champions, including Taffarel, Jorginho, Ricardo Rocha, Marcio Santos, Aldair, Branco, Dunga, Mauro Silva, Rai, Mazinho, Zinho and Bebeto.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/Rugby/041001/R100120AU.html (294 words)

	VoetbalOnline - Romario stopt met voetballen
		Romario speelde in het verleden onder meer voor Barcelona, Valencia en PSV.
		In die wedstrijd zal Romario de ene helft in het shirt van Vasco da Gama en de andere helft in het tricot van Flamengo spelen.
		Jammer dat het zo snel voorbij is, alhoewel je al 39 bent..
	www.voetbalonline.nl /ecNewsItem.asp?id=36799 (167 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Romario, who turned 34 in January, last played a full international against Argentina in April 1998 and missed the subsequent World Cup in France due to injury.
		Luxemburgo had refused to pick Romario for the national squad despite his outstanding form for title-chasing club Vasco da Gama, apart from a friendly against Spanish side Barcelona last year.
		Romario was overlooked by Luxemburgo for last month's 2002 World Cup qualifier against Ecuador.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,12764,00.html (385 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Sport - Football - Romario faces mother and father of problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 37-year-old striker, whose side Fluminense are languishing at the foot of the Brazilian Campeonato, began it by failing to attend a paternity test for a child that he allegedly fathered while in a relationship with actress Edna Velho.
		She has claimed that Romario was in a relationship with her until the seventh month of her pregnancy.
		Romario did not tell Fluminense where he was during his week off, but returned from Poland in time to play and score the winning goal in their 2-1 win over Sao Caetano.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /football.cfm?id=1343072003 (825 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Romario deemed the jibes unworthy of a response, preferring to do his talking on the pitch, in the opposition goalmouth, to be precise.
		Born in 1966 in a favela, or slum district, on the outskirts of Rio, he was fortunate enough to have an enthusiastic father convinced of the sharpshooting talent in the feet of his son.
		His determination paid off, as at the age of 19, Romario commenced his career with Vasco da Gama, but it was not long before the lure of Europe beckoned.
	fifa.com /en/organisation/index/0,1521,101488,00.html?articleid=101488 (1106 words)

	ROMáRIO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Januar 1966 in Rio de Janeiro als Romario da Souza Faria) ist ein brasilianischer Fußballer.
		1988 wechselte er nach Europa zum niederländischen Verein PSV Eindhoven, dort wurde Romário dreimal in Folge Torschützenkönig (1989-1991) und hatte damit maßgeblichen Anteil an drei Meisterschaften (1989, 1991 und 1992) und zwei Pokalsiegen (1989 und 1990).1993 wechselte Romario zum FC Barcelona, wo er in der Saison 1993/94 Torschützenkönig der spanischen Liga wurde.
		Romario wurde als bester Spieler des Turniers mit dem Goldenen Ball ausgezeichnet und zum Weltfußballer des Jahres 1994 gewählt.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/R/Rom%E1rio (308 words)

	rediff.com sports: Defiant Big Phil leaves out Romario
		Scolari, who was harassed in the centre of Rio de Janeiro by angry fans on Friday because of his refusal to pick Romario, said the decision remains final and added that he had no fears for his own safety.
		The charismatic Romario, who led Brazil to their 1994 World Cup triumph, remains one of the world's most deadly penalty-area specialists at the age of 36 and his exclusion from the team has been deeply unpopular.
		Romario, who has averaged a goal a game in club football this year, had made no secret of his hopes for a third World Cup, but not even a tearful outpouring last month could persuade Scolari to change his mind.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/may/07brazil.htm (692 words)

	GN Online: Romario dreams of making a comeback
		Brazilian superstar, Romario, who is currently on the bench for Al Saad of Qatar, still dreams of making a come-back to his national team.
		Romario called on the AFC to amend its rules for the betterment of the game in the region.
		When criticised for the $25,000 demanded by his manager, Louis, from any reporter for an interview, Romario said the amount was a donation for a welfare committee in Brazil which looks after poor children.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=80643 (498 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 World Cup - Weeping Romario moved by public affection - Thursday April 04, 2002 07:21 PM
		Romario, whose five goals at the 1994 World Cup helped Brazil win the title for the fourth and last time, said that he was motivated by memories of how his team had helped Brazilians briefly forget their daily grind of poverty, violence and injustice.
		Romario said he did not agree with media speculation that he may have been the victim of a battle of egos in the Brazil camp or even a soft drinks sponsorship war.
		Romario also denied he had been guilty of indiscipline and said he accepted Scolari's explanations that he had been left out for technical reasons.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/04/04/brazil_rdp (798 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet WorldCup: News - Scolari unmoved by Romario's tears
		Romario, who wept in front of the media last week and said that it was his dream to play in Japan and South Korea, was omitted from next week's friendly away to Portugal, just as he has been for every Brazil game since last July.
		Romario, who was top scorer in last year's Brazilian championship and has averaged a goal a game this year in club soccer, is still rated one of the country's top strikers despite passing his 36th birthday in July.
		Scorer of five goals as Brazil won their fourth world title in 1994, Romario is desperate for a chance to make up for the bitter disappointment of four years ago when he was axed on the eve of France 98 due to injury.
	www.soccernet.com /worldcup/news/2002/0409/20020409brascolari.html (620 words)

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