Romário was among the most lethal finishers football has ever seen, a Brazilian striker whose economy of movement and deadly touch in the penalty area produced an astonishing number of goals. Compact and cunning, he specialised in the ‘toe-poke’ finish and an uncanny ability to appear in space at the decisive moment.
He starred for PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona in Europe before returning to shine in his homeland, and was the driving force behind Brazil’s World Cup triumph in 1994, when his goals carried the side to glory. Famed for his self-confidence as much as his scoring, he remains one of the game’s great predatory forwards.