Raúl Román

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Raúl Román

| image =

| fullname = Raúl Basilio Román Garay

| height = 1.72 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|10|25}}

| birth_place = San Lorenzo, Paraguay

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1996–1997

| years2 = 1997

| years3 = 1997–2000

| years4 = 1998–1999

| years5 = 2000

| years6 = 2001

| years7 = 2002

| years8 = 2002

| years9 = 2003–2004

| years10 = 2004

| years11 = 2005–2006

| years12 = 2006

| years13 = 2007

| years14 = 2007–2008

| years15 = 2009

| years16 = 2010

| years17 = 2011–2013

| years18 = 2014

| years19 = 2015

| years20 = 2016

| years21 = 2017

| years22 = 2018–2019

| clubs1 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs2 = Estudiantes

| clubs3 = Beijing Guoan

| clubs4 = → Cerro Porteño (loan)

| clubs5 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs6 = Libertad

| clubs7 = 12 de Octubre

| clubs8 = Sol de América

| clubs9 = Tacuary

| clubs10 = Olimpia Asunción

| clubs11 = Tacuary

| clubs12 = Cerro Porteño

| clubs13 = Deportes Concepción

| clubs14 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs15 = Barcelona SC

| clubs16 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs17 = Tacuary

| clubs18 = Deportivo Capiatá

| clubs19 = 12 de Octubre

| clubs20 = Olimpia Itá

| clubs21 = Sportivo Trinidense

| clubs22 = General Caballero ZC

| caps1 = 18

| caps2 = 8

| caps3 = 11

| caps4 = 34

| caps5 = 8

| caps6 = 20

| caps7 = 4

| caps8 = 18

| caps9 = 43

| caps10 = 18

| caps11 = 55

| caps12 = 19

| caps13 = 17

| caps14 = 44

| caps15 = 17

| caps16 = 32

| caps17 = 4

| caps18 = 13

| caps19 =

| caps20 =

| caps21 = 1

| caps22 = 4

| goals1 = 9

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 7

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 5

| goals9 = 11

| goals10 = 3

| goals11 = 21

| goals12 = 5

| goals13 = 1

| goals14 = 9

| goals15 = 4

| goals16 = 3

| goals17 = 0

| goals18 = 2

| goals19 =

| goals20 =

| goals21 = 0

| goals22 = 0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1997

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay U20

| nationalyears2 = 1999–2005

| nationalteam2 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 2

}}

Raúl Basilio Román Garay (born 25 October 1977) is a Paraguayan former football striker who played for clubs in his homeland, Argentina, China, Chile and Ecuador.{{cite web |title=Raúl Román y una brillante trayectoria profesional |url=https://www.paraguaytv.gov.py/2024/01/18/raul-roman-y-una-brillante-trayectoria-profesional/ |website=PARAGUAY TV |access-date=21 September 2024 |language=es |date=18 January 2024}}

Club career

On 28 November 1997, he signed a contract for more than a million dollars with the Beijing Guoan, making him the highest-paid player in China,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/30/sports/plus-soccer-china-club-offers-record-pact-to-paraguayan.html |title=Club Offers Record Pact to Paraguayan |newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 November 1997 }} but he did not play well in China. He was sent out in the Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998 Semifinals, then he was loaned back to Paraguay for two seasons. Román returned to Beijing in 2000 but found it hard to play in the Chinese football league, then moved back to Paraguay in the summer.

Abroad, Román also played for Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina (1997), Deportes Concepción in Chile (2007){{cite web |title=Concepcion 2007 - Campeonato de Apertura |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Concepcion/concepcion%202007%20apertura.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=20 September 2024 |language=es}} and Barcelona in Ecuador (2009).{{cite news |title=Román ya no será torero en el 2010 |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2009/10/20/1/1372/roman-ya-sera-torero.html/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=El Universo |date=20 October 2009 |language=es}}

In his last years as a footballer, Román played for Deportivo Capiatá, 12 de Octubre, Olimpia de Itá,{{cite news |title=Raúl Román vestirá la franja… iteña |url=https://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/raul-roman-vestira-la-franja-itena |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=Diario HOY |date=7 January 2016 |language=es}} Sportivo Trinidense{{cite news |title=Así fue el mercado de pases |url=https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/asi-fue-el-mercado-de-pases-1560142.html |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=www.abc.com.py |date=30 January 2017 |language=es}} and General Caballero de Zeballos Cué.{{cite web |title=Chuta con ¡41 años! |url=https://www.cronica.com.py/2019/09/03/chuta-con-41/ |website=Crónica |access-date=21 September 2024 |language=es |date=3 September 2019}}

International career

Román was the member of Paraguay U-20 National football team in 1997 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080608073449/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193979/index.html FIFA.com]

Personal life

Román is nicknamed Ratón (Mouse).

References

External links

{{BDFA|RAUL-BASILIO-ROMAN-16156}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726142658/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=9800&SEOFutbolista=Roman+Garay+Raul+Basilio |date=26 July 2012 |title=Raúl Román – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI}} {{in lang|es}}
{{WorldFootball.net|raul-roman}}
{{ESPN FC|72805}}
{{NFT player|8387}}

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from San Lorenzo, Paraguay

Category:Paraguayan men's footballers

Category:Paraguay men's international footballers

Category:Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers

Category:Club Nacional footballers

Category:Cerro Porteño players

Category:Sportivo Luqueño players

Category:Club Libertad footballers

Category:12 de Octubre Football Club players

Category:Club Sol de América footballers