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Romário scored 784 goals in 1002 official games, making him the ninth-highest goalscorer in the history of football. His camp counted over 1000 goals including youth, friendly, and unofficial matches, but FIFA officially credited him with 929 goals.
Romário won the 1994 FIFA World Cup with Brazil in the United States. He scored five goals in the tournament, was awarded the Golden Ball as its most valuable player, and converted one of Brazil's penalties in the shootout final against Italy, which Brazil won 3-2.
Romário was excluded from the 1998 World Cup squad because medical exams revealed a muscular injury and he did not recover in time for the squad submission deadline. He held a press conference where he broke down in tears, describing it as "a very difficult moment in my life."
Romário played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands from 1988, scoring 165 goals in 167 games across five seasons and winning the Eredivisie three times. He then joined Barcelona in 1993, won La Liga in his first season, and finished as the league's top scorer with 30 goals in 33 matches before leaving in January 1995.
In 1994 Romário won the FIFA World Player of the Year award, the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball as most valuable player, and was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team. He also won the L'Equipe Champion of Champions Sportsman of the Year award.
Romário was elected to Brazil's Chamber of Deputies in 2010 and elected to the Brazilian Senate in 2014 with the most votes ever received by a candidate representing Rio de Janeiro. He is currently the Senior Senator for Rio de Janeiro and has been affiliated with the Brazilian Socialist Party, Podemos, and the Liberal Party.