Romario Sabajo

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Romario Sabajo
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
JOS Watergraafsmeer
Youth career
HFC Haarlem
2004–2008 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 PSV Eindhoven 0 (0)
2013–2014 FC Lienden 25 (3)
2015 Greenock Morton 7 (0)
2016–2017 VPV Purmersteijn ? (?)
2017–2018 JOS Watergraafsmeer ? (?)
2018-2019 FC Hilversum ? (?)
2019- AFC DWS ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2019

Romario Sabajo (born 1 February 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played as a winger for lower league Dutch club AFC DWS.

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He has played senior football for FC Lienden and Greenock Morton, after coming through the youth systems of HFC Haarlem and PSV Eindhoven.

Career

Sabajo moved to PSV Eindhoven in 2004, from his local club HFC Haarlem. As a regular in the Jong PSV side, he was on the verge on breaking into the first team, making the bench in an Eredivisie game in 2009. [1]

He joined FC Lienden in the Dutch third tier [2] in 2013 [3] to regain his fitness after a serious injury before moving to Scotland to join up with NLSL Premier Football Coaching, from where he and Ricardo Talu earned trials at Greenock Morton. [4]

In August 2015, Sabajo received international clearance to sign for Morton after a three-week wait. [5] In December 2015, it was announced that Sabajo would return home as he was not going to have his contract renewed. [6] On his return to The Netherlands, Sabajo signed for lower league side VPV Purmersteijn. [7]

After a season, Sabajo moved to JOS Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam. [8]

Personal life

Sabajo is of Surinamese descent. [9]

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References

  1. Van Beeten, Martijn (9 July 2009). "PSV: Na 20 jaar weer 'n Romario" (in Dutch). AD.nl. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. "Romario Sabajo - Profiel" (in Dutch). FC Lienden. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "Sabajo and Lemondzhava FC Lienden" (in Dutch). der Gelderlander. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. "Romario Sabajo and Ricardo Talu secure trials". Next Level Soccer Limited. Retrieved 16 August 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. Mitchell, Jonathan (14 August 2015). "International clearance for Morton forward Romario". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. Mitchell, Jonathan (15 December 2015). "Morton attacker exits Cappielow". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. "Team information". VPV Purmersteijn. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  8. "Selectie JOS rond met komst Romario Sabajo (Purmersteijn) en gebroeders Gerritse" (in Dutch). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  9. Mitchell, Jonathan (9 July 2015). "Morton boss Duffy to decide on Dutch duo". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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