Romeu António Soares de Almeida (born 8 October 1974), known simply as Romeu, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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Club career

Romeu was born in

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. Over the course of nine seasons, he amassed

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totals of 184 games and 31 goals, mainly with

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(two years) and Vitória de Guimarães (four). In 2002–03, he scored a career-best ten goals in 29 matches as the latter team finished fourth and nearly qualified to the

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. Romeu, who also unsuccessfully represented

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for two seasons, retired in June 2006 at the age of 31 after a poor campaign with

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, both individually (two goals) and collectively (15th place for the

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club).

International career

Courtesy of his stellar year with Guimarães, Romeu earned two caps for

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in October 2002: on the 16th, in his last appearance, he helped the national team come from behind 0–2 in

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to win it 3–2, netting the equaliser in the 53rd minute.

Honours

Porto * Taça de Portugal: 1999–2000, 2000–01 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romeu Almeida 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Maria da Feira Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto players F.C. Felgueiras players C.S. Marítimo players Leça F.C. players Vitória S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players Portugal international footballers