Raúl Román

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Román and the second or maternal family name is Garay.
Raúl Román
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Basilio Román Garay
Date of birth25 October 1977
Place of birthSan Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Tacuary
Number10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1996Club Nacional18(9)
1997Estudiantes8(0)
1997–2000Beijing Guoan11(1)
1998–1999→ Cerro Porteño (loan)34(7)
2000Sportivo Luqueño8(2)
2001Libertad20(1)
200212 de Octubre4(0)
2002Sol de América18(5)
2003–2004Tacuary43(11)
2004Olimpia Asunción18(3)
2005–2006Tacuary55(21)
2006Cerro Porteño19(5)
2007Deportes Concepción17(1)
2007–2008Club Nacional44(9)
2009Barcelona SC17(4)
2010Sportivo Luqueño32(3)
2011–Tacuary4(0)
National team‡
1999–2005Paraguay8(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2005

Raúl Basilio Román Garay (born 25 October 1977 in San Lorenzo) is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Tacuary.

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 season.Román returned to Beijing In 2000 but found it hard to play in the Chinese football league,then he moved back to Paraguay in summer.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193979/index.html
  2. ↑ "Club Offers Record Pact to Paraguayan". New York Times. 30 November 1997.

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