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Then he played again for [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]], winning with them the [[Copa Mercosur|Mercosur Cup]] and the [[Campeonato Brasileiro|Brazilian League]] in 2000. From [[2002]] Romario played for [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]]. On [[October 21]], [[2004]] he was fired from the club after a conflict with the manager.
 
As a member of the [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian national team]], Romário won the silver [[1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic medal in Seoul]] in [[1988]]. Partnering with [[Bebeto]] in the attack, he led his country to the {{Wc|1994}} title, scoring five goals in the tournament. Romário was named [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] in [[1994]], after being the runner-up in [[1993]]. In 1998, afterhe missingmissed out the [[Football World Cup 1998|World Cup]] due to injury, he ended his international career with 55 goals in just 70 caps.
 
Romário was named by [[Pelé]] as one of the [[FIFA 100|top 125 greatest living footballers]] in March [[2004]]. He is due to sign for [[England]] non-league club [[Garforth Town A.F.C.]] for the 2005/06 season. Currently he plays for Vasco da Gama, and was the second leading scorer of [[Campeonato Carioca|Carioca Championship]] 2005 with seven goals. Romário scored 218 goals in the history of this championship and over 900 in his career. He is also the second player that most scored in the [[Campeonato Brasileiro|Brazilian League]] of all times.
 
On 2005, April 28th, Romário played his last game with the Brazilian national team. He scored the second goal on Brazil's 3-0 win against [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]].
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* [[Valencia]] - ([[Spain]] 1998-1998)
* [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] - ([[Brazil]] 1999-2000)
* [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] - ([[Brazil]] 2000-20012002)
* [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] - ([[Brazil]] 2002-2004)
* [[Al-Ittihad]] - ([[Saudi Arabia]] 2004-2004)