A transfer message in the German transfer market caught the attention of this author, 27-year-old Brazilian right winger Romario de Sousa Faria Fillo officially joined the Brazilian D-League and Rio State League team New Hamburg, and unexpectedly found that the Brazilian player nicknamed Romario Jr. was the son of the samba legionnaire Romario. By the way, I flipped through the information of the sons of the members of the 1994 World Cup championship team, and found that there were very few sons who inherited their father's business, and there were barely 5 people, of which the sons of the two former frontcourt aces Romario and Bebeto were playing, but the best mix was the two sons of Mazinjo.
Romario
Romario Jr. was born in 1993 while his father was playing for Barca, but Romario's 30-goal performance in 33 La Liga games in 1993-94 did not give his son much talent. Romario Jr., who mainly plays as a right winger, started in the youth training of Brazil's veteran Vasco da Gama, but has only played for the team's first team in two Bajia matches, totaling 28 minutes, which dates back to the 2015 season. After that, Romario Jr. moved to Japan and joined J2 League side Kanazawa Sevigen, but also did not play out, J2 league appearances 4 times, a total of 34 minutes, played for 1 year and left the team again.
Little Romario
Romario in Barcelona
Since then, he has played for 6 Brazilian domestic teams, the most famous of which is Fegorense, in the 2018 season, he played for the first team of the brazilian second division in 3 games, a total of 163 minutes, 1 assist, in addition, he played for the state league team, and after leaving Fegorense, his last 4 teams, including the current new Hamburg, are all D league, that is, Brazil's fourth division team. The new Hamburg will also compete in the Brazilian Rio State League, along with Gremio, International and Juventud, three teams we are more familiar with.
Romario Jr. did not develop as expected, so which of the famous Brazilian teams in 1994 had a smoother son on the road to football? Let's take a look at the other 5 sons of the Samba Legion who inherited their fathers. The first thing to do is Romario's strike partner, Bebeto, whose son Mateus was born in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the protagonist of the celebration of the Brazilian player's lullaby at that time. Coming from flamenco academy, Mateus moved to the Portuguese League in 2015, has 89 Portuguese Premier League games, contributed 9 goals and 16 assists, was loaned by Sporting Lisbon to Barica side Corititba last year, and this season's Pateus, who played as a frontman, made 8 appearances and scored 1 goal against his old club Flamengo.
Bebeto and Romario
Mateus
Wellington de Moles, the son of the main right-back Cafu, debuted in Milan's youth training but later moved to Brazilian state league side Osasco and American team Miami United, but after leaving Miami United in 2018, the 1990-born striker has been unemployed, and the gap between himself and his father, who won two Serie A, two Copa America and two World Cups, is quite obvious.
Cafu
In addition to the above three, there is the back Mazinho, the former ace midfielder who made six appearances in the 1994 World Cup, including a full 120 minutes of final against Italy, and his two sons are 29-year-old Thiago and 27-year-old Rafinha, both born in Mazinjo during their time in Serie A and Bajia, but both entered Barca's youth from an early age. Thiago left the team in 2013 to play bayern and liverpool, while Rafinha joined Paris Saint-Germain last year.
Mazinhoe lifted the World Cup
Mazinho and two sons
In terms of achievements, Thiago, who chose to represent Spain, has a club honor far beyond his father, winning 4 La Liga, 7 Bundesliga, two Champions Leagues and two Club World Cups, but he has made 39 appearances for Spain, and there is no major honor to add to it; Rafinha, who chose to represent Brazil, also has 3 La Liga champions and olympic gold medals for brazil, but he has only had two brazilian adult national team appearances.
Rafinha
Thiago
List of Brazil winners in 1994
Goalkeepers: Tafarell, Zetti, Rinaldi
Defenders: Jurkingho, Rocha, Ronaldon, Blanco, Aldar, Cavo, Marcio Santos, Leonardo
Midfielders: Mauro Silva, Dunga, Kinhoe, Rai, Mazinjo, PaulO Sergio
Forwards: Bebeto, Romario, Müller, Ronaldo, Viola