Rômulo Cardoso
.jpg) Rômulo with Athletico Paranaense in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Marialva, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe | ||
| Number | 79 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maringá | |||
| 2018–2019 | → Athletico Paranaense (loan) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Athletico Paranaense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Athletico Paranaense | 63 | (7) |
| 2024– | → Göztepe (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 | |||
Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz (born 8 February 2002), known as Rômulo Cardoso or just Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish TFF First League club Göztepe on loan from Athletico Paranaense.
Club career[edit]
Born in Marialva, Paraná, Rômulo joined Athletico Paranaense's youth setup in 2018, on loan from Maringá.[1] In July 2019, he was bought outright by the club.[2]
Rômulo made his first team – and Série A – debut on 16 November 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Pedro Rocha in a 0–1 home loss against Atlético Mineiro.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 23 January 2022, netting a last-minute winner in a 1–0 Campeonato Paranaense home win over Paraná.
On 19 February 2022, Rômulo scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 home routing of Cianorte.[4]
On 7 February 2024, Rômulo joined Göztepe in Turkey on loan with an option to buy.[5]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 28 February 2023.[6]
| Club | Season | League | State league | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2021 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9[a] | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 51 | 9 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 27 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 9 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
Honours[edit]
Athletico Paranaense
References[edit]
- ^ "Rômulo recebeu homenagem do Maringá antes da partida" [Rômulo received an honour from Maringá before the match] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Athletico acerta a compra de promessa do futebol paranaense" [Athletico agree the purchase of prospect from the paranaense football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Artilheiro do Sub-20, Rômulo comenta estreia pela equipe profissional do Athletico" [Top scorer of the under-20s, Rômulo talks about debut for the first team of Athletico] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "De incógnita à solução no Athletico: a noite de gala de Rômulo, o novo artilheiro do Campeonato Paranaense" [From a doubt to a solution at Athletico: the stellar night of Rômulo, the new top scorer of the Campeonato Paranaense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Rômulo Cardoso Göztepe'mizde" [Rômulo Cardoso in Göztepe] (in Turkish). Göztepe. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Rômulo Cardoso at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links[edit]
- Athletico Paranaense profile (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Marialva
- Footballers from Paraná (state)
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Paranaense players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- Göztepe S.K. footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey