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Romario is one of the greatest goal scorers in the history. Arguably the 2nd greatest Brazilian footballer of all time and pioneered a different path for his fellow countrymen. The man who would take thew torch from Pele and bring his country to glory - while also passing that same torch and mentoring his successor - Ronaldo. Just how good was Romario really? Leave a like if you you enjoyed ❤️
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Do you know "Mané Garrincha"? He was one brazilian player from the 50s/60s He was like Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo, but with Pele
Definitely second best brazilian player
I would put Romário in the same tier as Zico.. But R9 is slightly better than both imo.. My Top 10 Brazilian Players of all time.. 1. Pelé 2. Ronaldo Nazario 3. Garrincha 4. Zico 5. Romário 6. Nilton Santos 7. Djalma Santos 8. Ronaldinho 9. Didi 10. Carlos Alberto Torres HMs: Rivelino, Jairzinho, Zizinho, Sócrates, Rivaldo, Cafu, Kaká, Gerson, Tostao etc..
I love this channel and your content but come on ronaldo was way better and more accomplished by the time he was 21 then romario and pele together … that’s a no brainer
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Like most Americans, I was really not a fan of football when the World Cup came to America in 1994, but I had a Dutch girlfriend so I watched the tournament to follow the Oranje learn more about the world's game. When I saw Ramario and Bebeto shredding defenses with moves that I didn't know were even possible on a football pitch, I was amazed. Holy shit! Romario turned me on to football almost 30 years ago and for that I am in his debt. And I am still married to the Dutch girl. 🙂
hey that's so cool 😃
God bless you both 🙏
You mean you United Statesmen (aka Yanks) don't know or play football. You even suck today😉 Most Americans (ie, the rest of the continent) have played soccer for ever. Body Yanks!
Exactly. He was very dominant in that World Cup.
That Dutch girls was definitely a keeper.
He's mostly underrated from europeans, a lot of brazilians (I'm one of them lol) touts him as the greatest striker of all time. He left Europe at his peak, out of his own accord, just because he wanted to be with his friends and family. He's unmatched inside of the box.
I’m English and I remember how brilliant Romario was. He is the best finisher I’ve ever seen. Out of this world
Romario is the best striker ever inside the box. No other player comes close to him. He was a sniper and would not miss a chance to score.
From an argentinian, he and Ronaldo, the best strikers of all time
not only unmatched inside the box He also beast outside the box because of his kicking power
Defenitly not by Europeans that have actually seen him play
He is the reason that I became the die-hard supporter of Brazil! His partnership with Bebeto just took my heart away! Love from Nepal!!
Many years ago I remember reading somewhere that Romario actually told the Brazilian press and fans that if they don't win the World Cup in USA, they should hold him responsible.
Fun Fact: The greatest german goal keeper Oliver Khan said that Romario was the scariest striker he has ever seen.
He hadn't seen Zico ...
Speaks volumes when one of Europes greatest ever goalkeepers says that.
Oliver was an albino gorilla shaving to pretend he was human, so he would be allowed to play goalie at football and break forwards' legs and ribs Way overrated and overpaid. He should have been paid in bananas and peanuts and cage him
@@daraquinn5260 but Zico was a midfielder; isn't it?
@@sbh123yt yes, but a midfieldes who scored more than 700 goals in his career
Played with Romario in USL for Miami FC when he was 40+. Would walk around the whole time and stand off side. We played against a buddy of mine who was told to mark Romario. After the game he said it was the easiest game he ever played. He didn’t have to run because Romario would just stand there all game. Romario ended the game with 2 goals. Absolute legend. 😂😂
You had a nice career as well
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The thing we want to know is ... How he was outside the match day? 😂 Dude is a legend in and outside the pitch.
I've heard from brazilian defenders that he was easy to mark (ofc when he was over lets say 37), but he would always score. That should be a contradiction but when it comes to romario it isnt. He was the leading score in the tough brazilian league at the age of 40, before going to the US
@@CaesarCassius 🤣🤣
Romario also was the top scorer in brazilian serie A with 40 years of age
E num tempo que o Brasileirão era uma competição absurda de difícil !
@@lucaspontes91 otima observação!
Hahaha that why I don't respect penaldo wakakakaka
@@lucaspontes91 diacordo Hoje brasileirao ta mt mais forte e organizado
@@tarzanmalaya4008 MALAYA means Prosistute 🙂
The best performance of his career the video doesn’t show. Brazil was about to be left out of the Word Cup, had to win over Uruguay in Rio, he wasn’t playing the last games over personal problems with the team staff, but at the last moment they called him to play this game for obvious reasons. That game is known for having one of the best performances in history of football. He dominated the game scoring two goals and saved Brazil from being out of the World Cup. And then won the damn tournament. A legend
Exactly. And when I saw,that I knew that Brazil will win with the Romario the world cup and that was coming true.
So true
he also said, I will go there and bring it, I will win the cup, and he did it.
Romario was a fantastic player. Always been one of my favorite fowards. He reminds me of Maradona in many ways. Low center of gravity, making the ball pave the way. speed, fast directional changes. A great eye for the best solutions. ..and he scored a LOT.
Dutch pundits to this day still mention Romario when listing the all time great strikers. They will say things like: "He may be good, but he isn't Romario". He definitely made a great impact in those 4 years.
there is no doubt in my mind...nobody could find the goal like him ever......and i like him because he did not seem to give a shit. Consider that multiple players in psv did not want to pass the ball to him.... whuch is typical dutch charachter trait....nobody should feel he is better...except a filthy pig like "jack van gelder" who dares to fuck with van basten.....looooool
@@farda8473 Romario , Van Basten & Maradonna are my childhood heroes ...and Vanenburg
Oh man, I love to hear that. I think if Romario played in a social media/internet era he'd be showered with praises for sure.
@@amsterdamG2G weren't they everybody' heroes lol....me more of a gullit guy then and less van basten though..but yes van basten was better at the end
@@farda8473 he was better at the end, at the beggining, during, he was always better.
In 2000, when HE WAS 34, he scored 72 goals in a season for Vasco do Gama. Simply incredible!
@Paolo Lorenzetti Most of them in the regional, but back in 2000 carioca was much harder. He is a beast!
@Paolo Lorenzetti Regional was a big thing in Brazil at the time.
@@DizzyMakavelli Nope.
@@igordrm Are you Brazilian?
@@DizzyMakavelli Yes, I am. Brazil states Championships were more important before National league was implemented. Today most around here understand that they inflate the calendar, although important for smaller clubs
Unmatched speed and technical skill, while never panicking in front of the opponent's goal. The best attacker in football ever.
The most dangerous player I have ever seen live. Saw him play in a friendly against Honduras in 94. Scored in the first minute and every time he touched the ball the anticipation in the air was like electricity as we are all waiting him to score again (he did about a half hour later). They subbed him out early but was so grateful to see him live. Definitely underrated by most soccer fans, thank you for the video!
He is the reason the Ballon d'Or started presenting awards to non-European footballers as of 1995.
No, that was Zico.
George Weah was the first non-European to win
Yes. After they realized the mistake they made in 1994.
I'm Brazilian and Romário never won the Ballon d'Or . Won the Fifa
Yes. Hence the reason of the mistake they made in 1994.
In the Netherlands we do know how good this man was! I once went to see AZ - PSV and I actually didn't see anything of the game because my eyes where on Romario for the full 90 minutes. Even just watching him walking, taking up positions was special, let alone when he handled the ball. What a player! And what a fantatic character.
Hes got an Aura to him.....like he is about to score a goal at any second.
He was a beast
To watch every Romario's move on the pitch was i used to do when he played in Maracanã. He was totallly different from the others.
Onmogelijk ouwe, debuut Romario was in 88/89 AZ was jaar daarvoor gedegradeerd. Lol
@@waso778 Romario schoot PSV in 1989 naar de halve finales van het bekertoernooi door twee keer te scoren in de uitwedstrijd tegen AZ (0-2).
My favourite non United striker of all time. He was the first striker I saw as a kid and thought he was from another planet. Absolutely devastating. Mad mad player
Imagine Romario playing now in this era of social media and all the money in football....this guy would of been a social media monster!! I loved the way he played the game and scoring goals that left you breathless, along with the great late Maradonna (R.I.P) my two fav players, of all time.
The man always had personality, he said once in brazilian national tv that football is the second best thing he does best, the first being sex. Absolute legend.
If people think CR7 has a big ego LOL. I can imagine how much of a polarizer Romario would be
@@ajsrf difference is Romario can back up everything he says
would have* been
He is a political in Brazil now. Senator.
A players who deserves recognition but is often forgotten
kzhead.info/sun/YJyHpauxgomDiIk/bejne.html Johan forever. Enjoy :))
Forgotten by fools, real football lovers love him
I know the name but not the player. Weird cos he was about at a time I should know of him.
He’s forgotten by people that live outside of Brazil, cuz out here In Brazil he’s got legend status
@@lildee8616 true.
Story time: I was 8 or 9, my dad took me to watch a game, Romário was playing for Vasco at the time, I was so excited to see him play. He got a red card in the first minute of the game. We travelled 300km to watch him play. Also, Romário claims to have scored 1000+ goals in his career, btw. Great video man
damn I’m sorry to hear man 😭 yeah easily scored over a 1000 but I just wanted to count official goals
I wouldn't blame you if you hated him after that experience. OMG 😱😱😱
@@RaymarFootball ya playing with children gols
I travelled 2000km to paris to see zlatan play but he was injured.
@@maunomielihyva8375 Zlatan played less than 20km away but I didn't go watch him
He was superb, and made it look so easy. The highest compliment I can pay him is he reminded me of Maradona in certain ways…his low centre of gravity, his movement and finishing prowess. Brilliant player.
Some great players dribble, but Romario just floated through central defenses. Such elegance, such balance, combined with speed and unmatched composure. Effortless and efficient. What is unique about him is how he used every part of his feet to finish, and almost always made the correct choice. Especially his toepoke is amazing. 4:40 is a prime example. He was literally scary good.
This. Perfect discription about Romário. Sadly for non brazilians, he choosed a path to be happy instead to be a football star and came back to Brazil too early. If it was not that, i have 100% sure that Romário would be placed in the same shelf than Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo EASILY.
YESSS He reminded me always of that quality style of Pele he said he imbibed from di Stefano, and Maradona had also however not so elegantly displayed. And he had the deadly kick of a Roberto Carlos or Socrates from way beyond the goal area too. More succinct than Ronaldo's and thrifty, he will just play contenders bigger and slower of vision and reactions, not with others but only when he was in front of them . Ronaldo like mbappe relied in size physicality, which seems to impress and be overvalued by youngsters Today, CR7 generation. Romario without it. Deadlier
Here in Brazil, if you ask "Romário or Ronaldo?" you will get 50-50.
55% Romário x 45% Ronaldo
99% Romario- 1% Neymar
Depends where, in Rio is probably going to be 60-40 Romario
@@guilhermevieiraneto3536 I think new generation prefer Ronaldo because they didn't see prime Romário. We barely heard of him when he was in Europe, he was a great stiker in his late 30's but he was already past his prime.
Pelé Ronaldo R. Gaucho Romário ….Resto.
Something that people forget about Romario: while he loved to party, he never drank alcohol. It's a big reason why he maintained a good fitness level over his long career. He also told his wife when he got married that he could promise her a lot of things, but never 100% fidelity... you can't blame him for being honest, I guess!
💀💀💀 no way
Bom dmais KKKK
Party w no alcohol rightttrtt
@@tristan7844 As a Brazilian, I can tell you that's not as surprising here as it seems to be elsewhere, specially back then. People here just love the atmosphere and the idea of spending a whole day or night listening/dancing to samba/pagode and shooting the shit with friends. Some will consume alcohol, but not everyone. And even then most people who do drink will only consume beer, which in Brazil usually is way lighter than European beer. I've personally known people who would almost literally become depressed if they couldn't go out at any given weekend and still didn't drink alcohol. That said, I don't believe Romario NEVER drank ANY alcohol at his parties. But that he only drank the occasional beer here and there? Yeah, I can see it. He would probably be more occupied chasing tail and taking the piss at his friends anyway... He's the quintessential carioca, born and bred in Rio de Janeiro. I lived there and have known many, many people like him.
You can't party without alcohol. A party without alcohol is not a party, it's a christian reunion. So Unless Romario replaced alcohol with drugs, i'm calling bullshit on that one
I am an Ajax Supporter and Romario and Ronaldo9 played for psv eindhoven, but still i say these 2 were 2 of the best ever players. I rate them higher than the best players of today like, messi, cristiano, neymar, mbappe.
He is known here in Brazil as the player that made 1000 goals. He is also known as “Baixinho” which means “small guy” or “the little one”. He is very respected here, maybe even more than Ronaldinho and some other more famous players by foreign standards. And although he has retired from football, his parties are still legendary and ongoing. He truly is a man with 2 great talents, football and parties.
The most underrated center foward of history. Here in Brazil he is nicknamed "Baixinho" ("Shorty") and is known for being the most spetacular and deadly CF. Someone said that inside the penalty area, he was the world's best player ("dentro da pequena área ele era o melhor do mundo"). He's so legendary that I believe he's the only player loved both by Flamengo and Vasco, fierce rivals. And he got a statue of him in São Januário, Vasco's home stadium.
Romario is the reason I feel in love with FC Barcelona. I watched him play as a 14 years old kid and the guy was just a monster. I remember watching clips of him on my VCR set recorded after each life match and I practiced his moves among my peer mates on the football field and I was a monster too among my peers 🤣🤣🤣all thanks to watching his scoring abilities and he was prolific on goa tool. Remember watching the world cup which he won in 1994 and I cried like a baby bcos at last my mentor won it. Romario wrapped his hands around the world cup trophy with tears in his eyes. Then I remember there was a hot debate between Romario & Roberto Baggio who was the best player. Romario came on top as the MVP of the world cup.
Gostava de ver ele jogar !!! Mais o meu preferido sempre foi Ronaldinho gaúcho.
Nice! Please, Where r u from? Which country?
@@filipecorrea7615 I am from Nigeria 🇳🇬 & always a fan of the Brazilian National team.
@@senatoraguolu4773 thanks! Regards from Brazil.
That Barcelona Team was something else. Romario, Stoichkov, Laudrup etc. The beautiful game was never more beautiful.
Simply Incomparable. The greatest striker ever in my opinion.
Pelé,Romario, Ronaldo e Garrincha foram os 4 maiores do nosso futebol
Faltou o Zico nessa lista aí
enquanto Heleno Junior esquece de pôr Zico como um dos maiores brasileiros da história do Futebol, o próprio Pelé diz que foi Zico quem mais chegou perto dele, como Jogador.
@@_blackmesa Zico era zica, mas acho difícil colocar em ordem quais foram os melhores jogadores brasileiros depois de Pelé. Talvez Garrincha? Ronaldo? Romário? Ronaldinho gaúcho? É difícil.
Eu diria Pelé, Zico, Ronaldo e Romário
Roberto Carlos.
I just love the fact that he always came back late every summer at PSV (1-2 weeks). Which his teammates and Guus Hiddink didn't like. They always ended up forgiving him because he would score a hattrick the next game.
hahaha absolute legend
The reunion that they asked to do with Romario needs a video. Romario was crazy, he called everybody out in the room and said you guys don’t know what means to be WC winner, you don’t know what meant to my people.
@@lain9719 I know ...
Romario was the best, he was the Brazilian Maradona, even in his thirties. Me and my friends would pretend to be him as kids. Adults would always mention him as reference. Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo together was an absolute pleasure to watch.
I would swap Rivaldo for Ronaldinho personally.🤔😀
@@robtyman4281 Ronaldinho came after… I’m not sure he played with Romario. But Ronaldo and Rivaldo definitely appeared quite a few times with Romario. But Ronaldinho was definitely something special
Anybody who saw Romario play in the 90s could never underrate him. Man was lethal !
He was my favourite when I was a kid.. I remember being in awe of his skills
When he first joined PSV it was like an alien had arrived from a far advanced soccer civilisation! No one was like him before and no one has been like him ever since. It was astounding how he would would run and dribble circles around the tall Dutch defenders. He made them all look clumsy, however good they were. 😅 I'm sure he felt like an alien here in Holland too. 😉
psv got ronaldo too
I think only the younger generations wouldn’t recognise him the same as Neymar et al. Romario was an outstanding player, but wasn’t around in the social media era.
Also he left europe at his prime He played 1 season and half only for Barca
@@user-rt5br1zi3u he left because the Brazilian league back in the 90s was still good, there were many amazing players, such as Edmundo, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Cafu, Roque Jr, Sampaio, Dida, Lúcio, etc
@@john-yk5ri but dont forget That the media focus always on europe leagues
@@user-rt5br1zi3u because the media is based in Europe
@@arandomguy3288 thats What i mean 🌺🌺🌺🌺🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Absolutely a genius. He could be the best player of all time if he wanted to. He didn't like to practice (in Brazil, comedic groups made a song for him that said: "why do I have to practice, if I already know how to do it?") and wasn't a role model player. But no one - even Ronaldo - was as good as him in the pitch. The best striker of all time, hands down...
Most talented with captivating style of football. Must have attracted many to this beautiful game. Wish him good health and wellbeing.
I saw Romário playing live, guys. Trust me on this one: this guy was a devil. One of the very best players I ever saw in my whole life.
Romario is too underrated, hew was basically Aguero before Aguero but better. He once asked Cruyff to leave for the carnival in Rio when he was at Barcelona like a true Brazilian should do. Cruyff said, "if you score two goals in the next game you can go." Romario scored 2 in the first half and left at halftime. N.B. If you like these type of videos I make similar ones about football on my channel.
Legend !!!
Probably the most undisciplined player in history and yet one of the best. Pure talent.
Romario is truly a legend player ,helped Brazil lift 4th FIFA World Cup in 1994 after 24 years,,,he remains forever in my heart
Love this series!! Romario is a LEGEND of the game
If Romario played a few more seasons in Europe, his name would be remembered a lot more often. As a Brazilian though, he's simply the greatest striker of all time. His sense of goal direction was supernatural, even for a country full of great strikers in its history.
LOL, who the fuck in Europe, who remembers watching Romario play, thinks he wasn't a great player? And where did this ignorant notion rose from?
@@admontblanc Where are you from and how old are you?
The majority of his goals were self made, taking a ball down and going past two or three players or spectacular shoots - i always thought he was greater than Ronaldo or any Brazilian to come since
The best striker ever my eyes have ever fell on to, so far. Watching him score was like listening some good jokes makes you laughing awkwardly. Salute!
I remember watching him playing in the 94 world cup, I was just a kid that loved soccer just like every other kid in Mexico, we all had our heroes but ROMARIO was a super hero to us. One of the greatest players ever period
I've been preaching Romario's Gospel for years. I was devastated when He was injured in 1998. Great video. Going to show it to younger ones.
Scholari deprived the world of wathching Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo in the world cup. That we must never forget
@@RM-xk6iu 98 was Zagallo
My dad always watched PSV when Romario played there and later Ronaldo. He said Romario was the best foreign player he had ever seen in the eredivisie. To him, Romario was way better than Ronaldo in their PSV time
I believe in your dad. Ronaldo joined PSV at a very young age, just 17 years old.
@@baiacudriver ronaldo was still great there, ballon d'or top 3 worthy player at that time
Deadly. An absolute phenom. So fast too...his overall goalscoring record is incredible...played 963 first-class matches and only scored 745 goals! He was utterly superb.
Those of us who have vivid memories of Romario know what a fantastic player he was. ... AGILE, SKILLFUL AND SUPER SMART..... he knew what he was doing and did it with grace.... though short scored great headers.... précise ball placement was his forte....
We remember how he played against the best defense of the world at that time, namely AC Milan (Baresi, Maldini,Costacurta...)...Playing with them like kids with that terrific goal. PSV vs AC Milan Champions League 💥💥💥
Koeman could give very precise passes. In this game he gave all passes to Romario to high to far away etc(intetionaly)..Romario still managed to score
btw underrated by europeans, we brazilians all know what a legend he is
i am french. Young in school, playing football, i was always romario and my best friend bebeto.
I´m a Ajax fan, but there is no denying what an absolute legend Romario was, 165 goals in 167 matches for PSV Eindhoven. Romario was magic.
@@themrmaiorca i see a lot matchs the Romario in brazil,all matchs he scored goal and when he didn't goal, in next match he scored 2 or 3 goal haha .Absurd..
He is still quite a character. He talks like a a player, has lots of charisma and a witty sense of humor. He was loved because of that...he was a player inside and outside of the pitch.
Something you didn't say was the atmosphere in Brazil before the 1994 world cup. After spending 24 years since winning our last world cup in 1970, Brazilians started to think it was impossible to win a WC without Pelé, and we were also struggling to qualify to the world cup. Romário wasn't selected because of his bad behavior, and he said that if he was selected for the last round of the qualifiers, he would put Brazil in the world cup, and win it. He scored 2 goals in the qualifiers, and really won the cup for us, as he said he would. Man is an absolute legend.
In terms of strikers, Pelé, Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskas, Eusebio and (2014->)CR7 are up there with those "1goal/game" ratios, just like R9 before his knee surgery and Van Basten. But in terms of speed, flair and ability to turn a game completely on your own (not just staying in the box), I guess Pelé, Romario and Ronaldo (pre-98 injury) are in a league of their own.
You forgot Messi who is easily #1 in both categories. He for a while belonged to the 1.5/game category on top of being the best passer, playmaker, dribbler in history.
@@daarom3472 “in terms of STRIKERS”
How about messi? better score than all without even being striker aka stay in the box marchant
@@bcbitchkkv yea fair enough, Messi is more of a deeplying playmaker ^^
For all the people commenting 'messi', he's not a striker, he's more of a false nine. They may seem like the same positions but their roles are vastly different.
R9 was more complete but no one was deadly like Romario inside the box, true legend
True, but Romario had the longevity
@@RaymarFootball Ronaldo’s peak although short it was and still is the highest level a player has ever reached in the game
@@blank1933 laughs in messi 91 goals
@@arandomguy3288 1996 R9 > 2012 Messi
@@arandomguy3288 how dumb is comparing numbers between generations??! Just compare La Liga witch Ronaldo played and the one Messi played, dude played against puppies, of course he's gonna score 91 goals.
He was otherworldly. A supreme talent. Us Man U fans remember him particularly well from '94!
And Jan 2000.
@@patinho5589 Haha, yes, that also!
@@patinho5589 Gary Neville remembers him particularly well!
@@johnmichel4865 yeah ;) I wonder whether he remembers Gary ;)
One of the greatest finishers in the game’s history. Saw him live, and he destroyed us, with his perfectly timed toe poke goals. Stoichkov scoring the other two.
Utd fan
Romario once gave a between the legs dribble to no other that Maradona. Absolute legend.
One of my favorite forward players of all time! He knew how to finish like no one else
Man!!!!! Romário is the best for me. He was just natural with huge attitude. His attitude remind me Allen Iverson (small, so confident, good striker, used to hate training sessions). Pure genius!!! i Watched Romario once with my father and Romário didn't play outside the shadow of the stadium, he didn´'t run to the sunny area of the field and by the end he hat-tricked!!!
I'm Brazilian and unfortunately I was born after Romário's golden age, but my uncle tells this about him: Romário didn't need to dribble or run a lot, he just needed to receive a ball at his feet to end a game. His finishing was something out of this world, when the goalkeepers saw that the ball landed at his feet they thought "now I'm fucked."
His dribbling and running was unbelievable But yeah in his mid to late 30's he proved he could score without moving
These days there's no striker who can match up with Romario. Not in the whole wide world. This man was next level.
Great teammate on the pitch too. He brought the best out of his striking partners as shown in his legendary partnerships with Bebeto and Ronaldo
@@DanielSong39 and stoichkov .. romario the only player who made many great duels… look at Ronaldo bebeto it doesnt work while Romario succesed it with both
@@mariamelzein4696 I'm sure he would have made it work with Bergkamp or Batistuta too LOL
I have an old Four Four Two magazine which ranked him as the greatest striker IN THE BOX of all time. He was Messi before Messi. One of the greatest footballers I've ever witnessed and his goals were mostly box-office. Legend
My guy scored over a THOUSAND official goals. Here in Brasil, there isn't a single person alive who doesn't know Romário and how unreal he was. And the guy drank and partyed more than one can begin to even imagine
I love your vids man! Thank you for the content!!
Easily top 5 strikers in history among R9, Van Basten, Muller
What do you guys think? 👀
@@RaymarFootball he is not lying.
He deserved a balloon dor
@@mosesgeorges8533 he won I think in 1995
True
é impressionante como um canal estrangeiro traz mais prestigio ao futebol brasileiro do que nós mesmos ! parabéns pelo video
Mano, tava pensando nisso. Nunca fui fã de futebol e tô mo emocionado com vídeo de gringo sobre futebol brasileiro kkkkkkkkk
Não sei em que se baseou para falar isso. Não faz nenhum sentido. Ou talvez você ainda seja muito novo e viu muito pouco.
Please, don't butter the Gringo up, c'mon, man!
Sem viralatismo, cara. Romário é cultuado no Brasil. O cara é um dos ÚNICOS jogadores que é amplamente admirado fora de campo. Um verdadeiro ícone do talento brasileiro e do futebol irreverente. Até hoje tem debate sobre quem é o número 02 na história do Brasil, ele ou Ronaldo fenômeno. Não tem cabimento dizer que ele não tem prestígio no BR.
Debate para saber quem é o número 2 kkkkkk. O Pelé sempre vai ser o número 1 gostando dele ou não. Imagina se o Romário fosse o jogador número 1 do Brasil, o maior jogador brasileiro seria uma fantasma hoje em dia no estrangeiro. Só quem gosta de futebol saberia realmente quem ele foi no futebol. O Pelé até quem não gosta de futebol sabe que é.
Raymar!! Nice to see your vids man you got me back to watching soccer a lot!!
Loved this. This really is my best video from this channel. Excellent work!
I think this vid is one of my best but hasn't done as well as the others haha
Raymar you should do a video about "El Magico" Gonzalez that even Maradona deemed him a amazing player or could've been better than himself
So cute. Clubs didn't wanted him because he was lazy and a troublemaker, and wasn't good enough for the trouble. But Maradona absolutely loved the guy, so he did whatever he could to convince people to give González another chance (Maradona was loyal to his friends to a fault).
7:36 I'm a Corinthians fan and I was at the stadium for that game. Despite my team's defeat, it was an honor to see this goal up close.
He is the greatest scorer we've had after Pelé, also having scored more than 1000 times. I've always told myself, if Pelé was the king, Romário is the prince of football/soccer when it comes to putting the ball inside the net. Here in Brazil, in the 94 World Cup, we had extreme trust in Romário, and he made it happen, we won for the fourth time. When adolescent, Romário was a source of inspiration to me when playing in the streets with the others.
Excellent video!!! I'm glad you have documented a stellar career for the new generations to see😉👍❤️ awesome awesome awesome 👍👍👍
He's definitely top 2 greatest Brazilian striker. Also you should do one on Bebeto
I love bebeto....but he was not that good....he was a great person .....and a very good striker
Well Pele Romario and R9 all vying for top 2 Brazilian strikers. So it’s hard to say ‘definitely’ top two.
@@patinho5589 Brazil has had a lot of great " strikers" we should talk about goal getter....for example R9 is much better as a striker than romario...romarion does not come close.......Romario on the other hand was the ultimate goal getter....Pele i donno.....let's keep the really old guys out of this. Those people had shitty balls, shitty fields, smoked 2 packs of sigarettes a day ( cruijff ) yeah he even smoked in half time looooool. The word diet was unknown, they kicked eachother teeth out...with no regrets ( bunch of animals...love it )
@@farda8473 R9 "much better" than Romario??? c'mon, be serious, R9 was an Alien but Romario too, R9 was faster, Romario was smarter and usually he never missed one occasion. If you ask a Brazilian who is the best, half will say Pele the other half will say Romario. Probably you didn't watch a lot of his games. And the Brazilian league in the 2000 was tough.
What about Adriano
He was the perfect mix between a classic 9 and a creative/skillfull 10
I was very young in Pelé’s and Maradona’s peak, but Romario 94’s World Cup made me fall in love with soccer. Wow, that man was great
Romário was amazing. One of the top footballers from Brazil, no doubt!
Inside the box, he's simply the greatest I've seen in football. He was unreal!
He was the first striker I knew of for Brazil as a child. Along with Bebeto they stunned the world in WC '94
Forgotten legend. One hundred percent facts! 💯 And hands down still the page with the smoothest transition into advertising/getting you to subscribe. Lmfaoo love it!
romario is one of the rare players that really transcended football and thats also why he seemed so ahead of its time in terms of football intelligence combined with intuition.
Baixinho!!!! My hero! In the early 90s for an European, this guy was unmatched. Maradona once said that Romario would be part of his all time team. A Slacker, Outspoken, outrageous, unprofessional and with an enormous ego outside the pitch, which cost him many things (Barcelona was fining him for being late to training, Scolari did not call him for the 2002 WC, ended up having an affair with a coach's wife, insulted team mates and managers, etc) But on the goal area he was and still is the ultimate striker! The reason why Barcelona lost against AC Milan, was because Cruiff was stubborn as a mule and did not play M. Laudrup, which at the time was the best number 10 in the world! Even Romario rated Laudrup highly (something he rarely does) Romario did for Brazil in 1994 what Maradona did for Argentina in 1986. Compare the talent of the 2002 Brazil team with the one in 1994 and not comparable. Even without Romario, at the time I remember looking at the teams and thinking "Brazil has this one, easily!" Rivaldo, R. Carlos, Dida, Cafu, Ronaldo, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Juninho, Denilson" In 1994, although they had a good team, the talent up front was Romario and Bebeto, with Branco saving them from Netherlands with that missile from 30+ meters out.
@Jonathan Ribeiro Não foi a esposa do Gilson Nunes, enquanto técnico brasileiro da selecção olímpica?
so many crazy goals, but the finish at 10:32 is just pure talent and instinct. I always loved that goal. Great video. Romário was insane.
thank you. i am brazilian. romario is our greatest. we love him. he was honored here in the 90's. and by your video, as well. much appreciated. best and success.
Good job man 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Great video as always, you should do another rise and fall video for Manchester United in a similar style to the one you did for AC Milan
As someone who grew up watching him in the 94 Worldcup and with Brazil & Barcelona there is no doubt that he was one of the greats if not the greatest. The only thing that hurt him is playing in only 1 World Cup and something you forgot to mention is for the 2002 World Cup, Brazil was almost out of it and he is the one that got them the qualification.
in 2002 he did not go to the cup because he f*cked a steward on a plane.
in 98 he should've played. He recovered from his injury before Brazil debut in the WC. You don't simply turn down Romário like that. Idk if we would've won it, but I'm sure as hell our chances would be better.
@@RafitoOoO this is debated everywhere to this day He was left out because didnt participate in the build up for the WC. Just like the 2010 WC with Neymar, that was freshly discovered. Should these players participation change anything, that is left to imagination
Thanks for this video bro, learned a lot about Romario
One of the greatest players to play the no one compares to him when he was playing 🔥💪🏿♥️
He coached Vasco da Gama for some time when he was almost retired, and if they were loosing the match he would put himself in the game to score and get the win.
Romario es el mejor delantero que el fútbol ha dado. Solo puede ser comparado a Pelé. En el área, fue superior inclusive a Pelé. Es el mejor definidor de la historia del fútbol. Sin duda, entre el Top 5 de la historia. Y si me apuran, en el Top 3. Gracias por el video.
Be blessed my friend he was also my favorite player of my time but he didn't get the appreciation that he deserved
My favourite Brazilian player of all time! I grew up watching him playing, loved it
Victime de graves et honteuses injustices en sélections, il a tout de même prouver sa grandeur a l'échelle mondiale. Romario est l'un des dieux du football mondial. Ses options, justes et avisées, lui permettaient de ne pas s'embarrasser de dribbles excessifs. Il figure absolument dans le trio de tête des plus grands joueurs de tous les temps du monde avec Pelé et Maradona.
I didnt forget this guy. I really dont have much problem considering him the number 1 striker ever in the history of the sport. For me its him and ronaldo fenomeno My all time stikers who are brilliant in scoring and dribbling are (not by order) Romario, Ronaldo (R9), Van Basten, Messi.
Hes the best GOAT Look at the way he mastered shooting no one did it casually quite like him
For many of us (old fellas now 😂) he was the first global superstar we witnessed. From what I remember, in WC 94 Maradona was in decline and this guy took over. Baggio was incredible as well, but that penalty changed everything. I still can't understand why Brazil went to France 98 without him.
Maradona was not in decline, he was expelled from the worldcup.
He is for me still the best striker that ever lived. The sync he had with Michael Laudrup in Barcelona was sublime! I did not see him in Brazil.
Romario was more than a striker, he was a playmaker as well, he was simply brilliant and severely underrated..
Romario is a legend. Brasil could win 98 if Romario wasn’t injured. Ronaldo didn’t had the mental strength to carry the team and crumbled in the final, bringing the team with him. I’m a Palmeiras supporters and I’m glad you bringing up the Copa Mercosul game, that showed how Romario could change a game that for all intents and purposes was lost for his team.