Romário de Souza Faria - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Brazilian player, who scored 55 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
  
Caps  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1           23/ 5/87   Dublin          Ireland         0-1  
  2   1   1   28/ 5/87   Helsinki        Finland         3-2
  3   2   3    1/ 6/87   Tel Aviv        Israel          4-0
  4       3   21/ 6/87   Florianópolis   Ecuador         4-1
  5   1   4   28/ 6/87   Córdoba         Venezuela       5-0     Copa America
  6       4    3/ 7/87   Córdoba         Chile           0-4     Copa America
  7   1   5    7/ 7/88   Melbourne       Australia       1-0     Bicentenary Cup
  8       5   10/ 7/88   Melbourne       Argentina       0-0     Bicentenary Cup
  9       5   13/ 7/88   Melbourne       Saudi Arabia    4-1     Bicentenary Cup
 10   1   6   17/ 7/88   Sydney          Australia       2-0     Bicentenary Cup
 11       6   28/ 7/88   Oslo            Norway          1-1
 12       6    4/ 8/88   Wien            Austria         2-0
 13       6   12/10/88   Antwerpen       Belgium         2-1
 14       6    1/ 7/89   Salvador        Venezuela       3-1     Copa America
 15       6    3/ 7/89   Salvador        Peru            0-0     Copa America
 16       6    9/ 7/89   Recife          Paraguay        2-0     Copa America
 17   1   7   12/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       2-0     Copa America
 18   1   8   14/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        3-0     Copa America
 19   1   9   16/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         1-0     Copa America
 20       9   23/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Japan           1-0
 21   1  10   30/ 7/89   Caracas         Venezuela       4-0     World Cup Qual.
 22      10   13/ 8/89   Santiago        Chile           1-1     World Cup Qual.
 23      10   14/11/89   João Pessoa     Yugoslavia      0-0
 24      10   20/12/89   Rotterdam       Netherlands     1-0
 25      10   20/ 6/90   Torino          Scotland        1-0     World Cup
 26      10   26/ 8/92   Paris           France          2-0
 27      10   16/12/92   Porto Alegre    Germany         3-1
 28   2  12   19/ 9/93   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         2-0     World Cup Qual.
 29   1  13    5/ 6/94   Edmonton        Canada          1-1
 30   3  16    8/ 6/94   San Diego       Honduras        8-2
 31   1  17   12/ 6/94   Fresno          El Salvador     4-0
 32   1  18   20/ 6/94   Palo Alto       Russia          2-0     World Cup
 33   1  19   24/ 6/94   Palo Alto       Cameroon        3-0     World Cup
 34   1  20   28/ 6/94   Detroit         Sweden          1-1     World Cup
 35      20    4/ 7/94   Palo Alto       United States   1-0     World Cup
 36   1  21    9/ 7/94   Dallas          Netherlands     3-2     World Cup
 37   1  22   13/ 7/94   Pasadena        Sweden          1-0     World Cup
 38      22   17/ 7/94   Pasadena        Italy           0-0 (1) World Cup
 39      22   26/ 2/97   Goiânia         Poland          4-2
 40   2  24    2/ 4/97   Brasília        Chile           4-0
 41   3  27   30/ 4/97   Miami           Mexico          4-0
 42   1  28   31/ 5/97   Oslo            Norway          2-4
 43      28    3/ 6/97   Lyon            France          1-1     Tournoi de France 
 44   1  29    8/ 6/97   Lyon            Italy           3-3     Tournoi de France
 45   1  30   10/ 6/97   Paris           England         1-0     Tournoi de France
 46   1  31   14/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Costa Rica      5-0     Copa America
 47      31   16/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Mexico          3-2     Copa America
 48      31   19/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Colombia        2-0     Copa America
 49      31   22/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Paraguay        2-0     Copa America 
 50   2  33   26/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Peru            7-0     Copa America
 51   1  34    6/12/97   Johannesburg    South Africa    2-1
 52   2  36   12/12/97   Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    3-0     Confederation Cup
 53   1  37   16/12/97   Riyadh          Mexico          3-2     Confederation Cup
 54   1  38   19/12/97   Riyadh          Czech Republic  2-0     Confederation Cup
 55   3  41   21/12/97   Riyadh          Australia       6-0     Confederation Cup
 56      41    3/ 2/98   Miami           Jamaica         0-0     Gold Cup
 57   1  42    5/ 2/98   Miami           Guatemala       1-1     Gold Cup
 58   1  43    8/ 2/98   Los Angeles     El Salvador     4-0     Gold Cup
 59      43   10/ 2/98   Los Angeles     United States   0-1     Gold Cup
 60   1  44   15/ 2/98   Los Angeles     Jamaica         1-0     Gold Cup
 61      44   25/ 3/98   Stuttgart       Germany         2-1
 62      44   29/ 4/98   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       0-1
 63   3  47    3/ 9/00   Rio de Janeiro  Bolivia         5-0     World Cup Qualifying
 64   4  51    8/10/00   Maracaibo       Venezuela       6-0     World Cup Qualifying
 65      51    3/ 3/01   Pasadena        USA             2-1
 66   2  53    7/ 3/01   Guadalajara     Mexico          3-3
 67      53   28/ 3/01   Quito           Ecuador         0-1     World Cup Qualifying
 68   1  54   25/ 4/01   Sao Paulo       Peru            1-1     World Cup Qualifying
 69      54    1/ 7/01   Montevideo      Uruguay         0-1     World Cup Qualifying
 70   1  55   27/ 4/05   São Paulo       Guatemala       3-0

(1) Brazil won 3-2 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    70    49   14    7  160-  46     112      80.00

55 Goals in 70 Matches (0.79 per match) 

Types of Goals

Friendlies             17
World Cup               5
World Cup Qualifiers   11
Copa America            7
Other Tournaments      14

Total                  55

NB: in the 3-2 win against Mexico on 16/ 6/97 in Santa Cruz, one goal is
    sometimes credited to Romário, sometimes given as an own goal
    to Romero.  It is not counted above.


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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 1 May 2005

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