Raúl Román
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raúl Basilio Román Garay | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1977 | ||
Place of birth | San Lorenzo, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Capiatá | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996 | Nacional Asunción | 18 | (9) |
1997 | Estudiantes | 8 | (0) |
1997–2000 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | (1) |
1998–1999 | → Cerro Porteño (loan) | 34 | (7) |
2000 | Sportivo Luqueño | 8 | (2) |
2001 | Libertad | 20 | (1) |
2002 | 12 de Octubre | 4 | (0) |
2002 | Sol de América | 18 | (5) |
2003–2004 | Tacuary | 43 | (11) |
2004 | Olimpia Asunción | 18 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Tacuary | 55 | (21) |
2006 | Cerro Porteño | 19 | (5) |
2007 | Deportes Concepción | 17 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Nacional Asunción | 44 | (9) |
2009 | Barcelona SC | 17 | (4) |
2010 | Sportivo Luqueño | 32 | (3) |
2011–2013 | Tacuary | 4 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Deportivo Capiatá | ||
2016–2017 | Olimpia Itá | ||
International career‡ | |||
1999–2005 | Paraguay | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2005 |
Raúl Basilio Román Garay (born 25 October 1977) is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Deportivo Capiatá.
Career
[edit]Román was the member of Paraguay U-20 National football team in 1997 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.[1] On 28 November 1997, he signed a contract for more than a million dollars with the Beijing Guoan, making him the highest-paid player in China,[2] but he did not play well in China. He was sent out in the Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998 Semifinals, then he was loaned back to Paraguay for two seasons. Román returned to Beijing in 2000 but found it hard to play in the Chinese football league, then moved back to Paraguay in the summer.
References
[edit]- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Club Offers Record Pact to Paraguayan". The New York Times. 30 November 1997.
External links
[edit]- Raúl Román – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2012) (in Spanish)
- Raúl Román at WorldFootball.net
- Raúl Román at ESPN FC
- Raúl Román at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguay men's international footballers
- Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Beijing Guoan F.C. players
- Club Nacional footballers
- Cerro Porteño players
- Paraguayan expatriates in Chile
- Sportivo Luqueño players
- Paraguayan expatriates in Argentina
- Club Libertad footballers
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- Paraguayan expatriates in China
- Club Sol de América footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Barcelona S.C. footballers
- Club Olimpia (Itá) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- People from San Lorenzo, Paraguay
- Sportspeople from Central Department
- Men's association football forwards