Romário Manuel Silva Baró (born 25 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Baró represented Portugal internationally at youth level.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Romário Manuel Silva Baró | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FC Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Povoense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Porto B | 46 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Porto | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Estoril (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Casa Pia (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Portugal U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Bissau in Guinea-Bissau, Baró played in Sporting CP's youth teams before joining FC Porto in 2014.[1] He made his professional debut for the reserves in LigaPro on 21 January 2018, playing the last three minutes of a 1–1 home draw against F.C. Arouca as a substitute for Rui Moreira.[2] He made ten appearances over the season and scored once, to open a 3–0 win over S.C. Covilhã on 18 March, also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.[3]
In the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Baró scored six goals in ten appearances as Porto won the title. In the final, he assisted Afonso Sousa for the last goal of a 3–1 win over Chelsea in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] With the B-team in the second division, he scored four goals in 28 games over the season, and was sent off for dissent on 1 September 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Académico de Viseu FC.[5]
Baró was given the first team's number 8 shirt ahead of the 2019–20 season, inheriting it from Yacine Brahimi.[6] He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg on 7 August, starting in a 1–0 win away to FC Krasnodar and making way for Luis Díaz on 55 minutes.[7] Ten days later he played his first game in the Primeira Liga, again starting a 4–0 home win against Vitória FC.[8]
On 1 September 2021, he joined Estoril in the Primeira Liga on loan.[9]
International career
Baró has represented Portugal at various youth levels.[10] At the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Portugal finished as runners-up to Germany, he appeared in quarterfinal and semifinal games.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 January 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto B | 2017–18 | Liga Portugal 2 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Liga Portugal 2 | 28 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 46 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 46 | 5 | ||||||
| Porto | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Estoril (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Casa Pia (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 104 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 5 | ||
Honours
Porto Youth
Porto
References
External links
- Romário Baró at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Romário Baró at Soccerway