Romeu Silva

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Romeu
Personal information
Full name Romeu Fernando Fernandes da Silva
Date of birth (1954-03-04) 4 March 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Vila Praia de Âncora, Portugal
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1970–1971 Sporting Beira
1971–1972 1° Maio Lourenço Marques
1972–1973 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1975 Vitória Guimarães 63 (13)
1975–1977 Benfica 13 (0)
1977–1979 Vitória Guimarães 48 (8)
1979–1983 Porto 69 (8)
1983–1986 Sporting CP 41 (3)
1986–1987 Salgueiros 18 (0)
1987–1988 Amora
Total252(32)
International career
1974–1982 Portugal 11 (0)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Sporting CP (assistant)
1992–1994 Vitória Guimarães (assistant)
1994 Belenenses (assistant)
1994–1995 Torreense
1995–1997 Vitória Guimarães (assistant)
1996 Vitória Guimarães
1997–1998 Sporting CP (assistant)
1998–1999 Lourosa
2003–2004 Paredes
2004–2005 Olivais Moscavide
2006 Interclube
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Romeu Fernando Fernandes da Silva (born 4 March 1954), known simply as Romeu, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Football career

Born in Vila Praia de Âncora, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Romeu made his professional debuts with Vitória de Guimarães, first appearing with the first team not yet aged 19. After a career-best ten goals in 28 matches in 1974–75, he caught the attention of S.L. Benfica, where he would however appear rarely over the course of two Primeira Liga seasons.

After reviving his career with his first club, Romeu moved in 1979 to FC Porto, where he would be much more used than at Benfica, in a four-season spell. The northern side however, only won one Portuguese Supercup, in 1981.

Aged 29, Romeu joined the last of the Big Three, Sporting Clube de Portugal. Except for his debut campaign, he would not be more than a fringe player as the team came totally empty on silverware, and finally retired in 1988 after one-year spells with modest S.C. Salgueiros and Amora FC (the latter in division two).

In the 90s/2000s, Romeu had several spells as a manager, also working with Benfica as a scout and match observer (1999–2001). During eight years, still as a player, he appeared eight times for the Portugal national team.

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