Rômulo Marques Antoneli or simply Rômulo (born 25 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Rômulo was born in Inhaúmas-GO, Brazil. After weeks of speculation, where it was thought that he might even go to

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, Cruzeiro produced a bid twice as high as Grêmio's for the player. He did eventually move to Cruzeiro, but Cruzeiro later loaned him out to

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in August 2007 for one year. Rômulo joined the French

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club

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on a six-month loan from Cruzeiro, on 8 September 2009

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signed the forward on loan from Cruzeiro until December 2009. When the loan ended, he was transferred to Atlas of Mexico. After spending six months in Mexico, he returned to his home country Brazil and joined Guarani. Then, he moved to Grêmio Prudente from Guarani in January 2011. On 29 June 2011, Rômulo joined Belgian side

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from Brasiliense, signing a one-year contract. But after just over two months at Belgium side, he moved to Israeli club

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. In July 2013, he joined Maltese club

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on a one-year deal.

Honours

Club

* Goiás State League: 2002 * Brazilian League (3rd division): 2003 *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

Individual

* Goiás State League's top scorer: 2003

References

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