Romário Baró

Romário Baró
Personal information
Full name Romário Manuel Silva Baró
Date of birth (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Radomiak Radom
Number 6
Youth career
2011–2012 Povoense
2012–2014 Sporting
2014–2019 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Porto B 46 (5)
2019–2025 Porto 29 (0)
2021–2022Estoril (loan) 15 (0)
2022–2023Casa Pia (loan) 18 (0)
2024–2025Basel (loan) 20 (1)
2025– Radomiak Radom 6 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Portugal U16 11 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 15 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 10 (1)
2019–2021 Portugal U21 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European U21 Championship
Runner-up 2021
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 October 2025

Romário Manuel Silva Baró (born 25 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Baró represented Portugal internationally at youth level.

Club career

Born in Bissau in Guinea-Bissau, Baró played in Sporting CP's youth teams before joining FC Porto in 2014.[1] He made his professional debut for the reserves in LigaPro on 21 January 2018, playing the last three minutes of a 1–1 home draw against F.C. Arouca as a substitute for Rui Moreira.[2] He made ten appearances over the season and scored once, to open a 3–0 win over S.C. Covilhã on 18 March, also at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.[3]

In the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Baró scored six goals in ten appearances as Porto won the title. In the final, he assisted Afonso Sousa for the last goal of a 3–1 win over Chelsea in Nyon, Switzerland.[4] With the B-team in the second division, he scored four goals in 28 games over the season, and was sent off for dissent on 1 September 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Académico de Viseu FC.[5]

Baró was given the first team's number 8 shirt ahead of the 2019–20 season, inheriting it from Yacine Brahimi.[6] He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg on 7 August, starting in a 1–0 win away to FC Krasnodar and making way for Luis Díaz on 55 minutes.[7] Ten days later he played his first game in the Primeira Liga, again starting a 4–0 home win against Vitória FC.[8]

On 1 September 2021, he joined Estoril in the Primeira Liga on loan.[9]

International career

Baró has represented Portugal at various youth levels.[10] At the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Portugal finished as runners-up to Germany, he appeared in quarterfinal and semifinal games.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 May 2025[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 10 1 10 1
2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 28 4 28 4
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 8 0 8 0
Total 46 5 46 5
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 9 0 4 0 3 0 2[c] 0 18 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 10 0 2 0 0 0 3[d] 0 1[e] 0 16 0
2023–24 Primeira Liga 10 0 4 0 1 0 1[d] 0 1[e] 0 17 0
Total 29 0 10 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 51 0
Estoril (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 15 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
Casa Pia (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 18 0 3 0 3 0 24 0
Basel (loan) 2024–25 Swiss Super League 20 1 4 0 24 1
Career total 128 6 19 0 7 0 6 0 2 0 162 6
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Swiss Cup
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Porto Youth

Porto

Basel

References

  1. ^ Morais, André (30 January 2018). "A ascensão de Romário Baró, aposta futura do FC Porto" [The rise of Romário Baró, FC Porto's future bet]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "FC Porto B empata a uma bola na receção ao Arouca" [FC Porto B draw 1–1 hosting Arouca] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ "FC Porto interrompe ciclo negativo de cinco jogos frente ao Sp. Covilhã" [FC Porto break negative run of five games against Sp. Covilhã] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ Krishnan, Joe (29 April 2019). "Chelsea lose Uefa Youth Cup Final as FC Porto run out 3-1 winners in Nyon". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "FC Porto B consegue primeira vitória na II Liga frente ao Académico de Viseu" [FC Porto B get first II Liga victory against Académico de Viseu]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Os jogadores e a numeração do plantel do FC Porto 19/20" [FC Porto's 19/20 players and squad numbers]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Marchesín e Romário Baró estreiam-se na Champions frente ao Krasnodar" [Marchesín and Romário Baró debut in the Champions League against Krasnodar]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. ^ ""Qualidade intacta", afirmou Romário Baró depois de cumprir um sonho" ["Quality intact", affirmed Romário Baró after fulfilling a dream]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Estoril Praia signs Romário Baró". Estoril. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Jogador Romário Baró" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Spain U21 v Portugal U21 report". UEFA. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  12. ^ Romário Baró at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  13. ^ Almeida, Isaura (29 April 2019). "FC Porto é campeão Europeu Sub-19" [FC Porto are Under-19 European champions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. ^ "FC Porto é o campeão nacional 2019/2020" [FC Porto is the 2019/2020 national champion] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Taça de Portugal: FC Porto conquista "dobradinha"" [Portuguese Cup: FC Porto wins "double"] (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Taça de Portugal. Sérgio Conceição é o terceiro treinador a vencer quatro finais" [Portugal Cup. Sérgio Conceição is the third manager to win four finals] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  17. ^ "FC Porto bate Benfica e conquista Supertaça pela 22ª vez" [FC Porto beats Benfica and conquers Super Cup for the 22nd time] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Thousands celebrate the championship title in Basel during the ESC". blue News.
  19. ^ "Romário Baró". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2025.