ROMARIO has come out of retirement 15 YEARS after his last professional match.
The Brazilian legend and World Cup winner has signed up with America-RJ.
The club plays in the second division of the football league system in Rio de Janeiro.
Romario, 58, will reportedly receive and donate his minimum wage back to the club.
He is currently the president of the club and has been in the role since 2009.
It is claimed that following the signing of his contract, there was “little bureaucracy” in the way of him playing.
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The striker initially hung up his boots in 2007 but came out of retirement to play one game for America-RJ in 2009.
Fans have reacted to the news that he will be back on the pitch on social media.
One posted: “Put him in Haaland’s place at City and see how many goals he scores.”
A second wrote: “The paradox of the guy who has never trained and will play professionally at almost 60.”
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A third commented: “He will score more goals than anyone.”
A fourth said: “I wish you all the success in the world.”
Another added: “It will be a joy to see the best striker Brazil has ever had!”
Romario is often considered to be one of the best footballers to have ever played and he insisted that only two have ever been better than him.
He started his playing career in 1985 with Vasco da Gama before making the move to Europe in 1988.
The 1994 World Cup winner joined PSV before making the switch to Barcelona in 1993.
He scored 34 league goals for the Catalan giants in just 46 appearances.
Romario then left in 1995 for Flamengo and went on to have further spells at Valencia, Al Sadd, Miami FC and Adelaide United.
For Brazil, he earned 70 caps and scored 55 goals, winning the 1994 World Cup and Copa America in 1989 and 1997.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
