Romeu Silva

Romeu

Personal information
Full name	Romeu Fernando Fernandes da Silva
Date of birth	(1954-03-04) 4 March 1954
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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
Total		252	(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), simply known as Romeu, is a Portuguese retired 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 club 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 Portuguese national team.

External links

• Romeu Silva at footballzz.co.uk
• Romeu Silva profile at ForaDeJogo
• Romeu Silva manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Romeu Silva at National-Football-Teams.com