Romario Baro

Romario Manuel Silva Baro (born 25 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Porto as a midfielder. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Baro represents Portugal internationally.

Club Career

Born in Bissau in Guinea-Bissau, Baro played in Sporting CP's youth teams before joining FC Porto in 2014. He made his professional debut for the reserves in LigaPro on 21 January 2018, playing the last three minutes of a 1–1 home draw against F.C. Arouca as a substitute for Rui Moreira. He made ten appearances over the season and scored once, to open a 3–0 win over S.C. Covilha on 18 March, also at the Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio.

In the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Baro scored six goals in ten appearances as Porto won the title. In the final, he assisted Afonso Sousa for the last goal of a 3–1 win over Chelsea in Nyon, Switzerland. With the B-team in the second division, he scored four goals in 28 games over the season, and was sent off for dissent on 1 September 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Academico de Viseu FC.

Baro was given the first team's number 8 shirt ahead of the 2019–20 season, inheriting it from Yacine Brahimi. He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg on 7 August, starting in a 1–0 win away to FC Krasnodar and making way for Luis Diaz on 55 minutes. Ten days later he played his first game in the Primeira Liga, again starting a 4–0 home win against Vitoria FC.

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