Rômulo (footballer, born October 1995)
Brazilian footballer
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Rômulo José Pacheco da Silva (born 27 October 1995), simply known as Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Chengdu Rongcheng as a midfielder.
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| Full name | Rômulo José Pacheco da Silva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Bahia | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bahia | 55 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Bragantino (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Busan IPark (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Busan IPark | 94 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Chengdu Rongcheng | 133 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Brazil U23 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Rômulo was born in Recife, Pernambuco, and graduated with Bahia's youth setup. On 16 November 2014 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Corinthians.[1]
On 10 February 2015 Rômulo renewed his contract until 2018.[2]
On 6 February 2017, Rômulo signed with Korean second division side Busan IPark on a one year loan deal.[3] After a successful debut season in Korea, Rômulo signed a three-year contract with the club.[4] In both 2018 and 2019, Rômulo was named in the official K League 2 team of the season. In the final game of the 2019 season, Rômulo scored a 77th minute penalty to give Busan the lead in the promotion-relegation playoff final against local rivals Gyeongnam FC. Busan went on to win the game 2-0 and achieve promotion to the K League 1.
On 15 April 2021 Rômulo would join Chinese second tier football club Chengdu Rongcheng.[5] In his debut seasons with the club he would establish himself as a regular within the team and aid them to promotion at the end of the 2021 league campaign.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 9 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bahia | 2014 | Série A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Série B | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[a] | 2 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2016 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Total | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 6 | ||
| Bragantino (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Busan IPark (loan) | 2017 | K League 2 | 21 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
| Busan IPark | 2018 | K League 2 | 36 | 10 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 41 | 13 | ||
| 2019 | K League 2 | 32 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 34 | 15 | |||
| 2020 | K League 1 | 26 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 94 | 28 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 101 | 32 | ||||
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2021 | China League One | 12 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 1 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 32 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 12 | ||||
| 2023 | Chinese Super League | 11 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 6 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 2025 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 8 | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 38 | 11 | |||
| Total | 108 | 33 | — | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 37 | |||
| Career total | 250 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 316 | 77 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
- Appearance(s) in K League 1 Relegation play-offs
- Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
