Raúl Román Explained

Raúl Román
Fullname:Raúl Basilio Román Garay
Height:1.72 m
Birth Date:1977 10, df=yes
Birth Place:San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Currentclub:Deportivo Capiatá
Clubnumber:10
Position:Forward
Years1:1996
Years2:1997
Years3:1997–2000
Years4:1998–1999
Years5:2000
Years6:2001
Years7:2002
Years8:2002
Years9:2003–2004
Years10:2004
Years11:2005–2006
Years12:2006
Years13:2007
Years14:2007–2008
Years15:2009
Years16:2010
Years17:2011–2013
Years18:2014–2015
Years19:2016–2017
Clubs1:Nacional Asunción
Clubs2:Estudiantes
Clubs3:Beijing Guoan
Clubs4:Cerro Porteño (loan)
Clubs5:Sportivo Luqueño
Clubs6:Libertad
Clubs7:12 de Octubre
Clubs8:Sol de América
Clubs9:Tacuary
Clubs10:Olimpia Asunción
Clubs11:Tacuary
Clubs12:Cerro Porteño
Clubs13:Deportes Concepción
Clubs14:Nacional Asunción
Clubs15:Barcelona SC
Clubs16:Sportivo Luqueño
Clubs17:Tacuary
Clubs18:Deportivo Capiatá
Clubs19:Olimpia Itá
Caps1:18
Caps2:8
Caps3:11
Caps4:34
Caps5:8
Caps6:20
Caps7:4
Caps8:18
Caps9:43
Caps10:18
Caps11:55
Caps12:19
Caps13:17
Caps14:44
Caps15:17
Caps16:32
Caps17:4
Goals1:9
Goals2:0
Goals3:1
Goals4:7
Goals5:2
Goals6:1
Goals7:0
Goals8:5
Goals9:11
Goals10:3
Goals11:21
Goals12:5
Goals13:1
Goals14:9
Goals15:4
Goals16:3
Goals17:0
Nationalyears1:1999–2005
Nationalteam1:Paraguay
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:2
Pcupdate:16 June 2010
Ntupdate:8 June 2005

Raúl Basilio Román Garay (born 25 October 1977) is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Deportivo Capiatá.

Career

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080608073449/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193979/index.html FIFA.com
  2. News: Club Offers Record Pact to Paraguayan . The New York Times. 30 November 1997 .