Raúl Román

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Román and the second or maternal family name is Garay.

Raúl Román

Personal information
Full name	Raúl Basilio Román Garay
Date of birth	(1977-10-25) 25 October 1977
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Deportivo Capiatá
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Nacional Asunción	18	(9)
1997	Estudiantes	8	(0)
1997–2000	Beijing Guoan	11	(1)
1998–1999	→ Cerro Porteño (loan)	34	(7)
2000	Sportivo Luqueño	8	(2)
2001	Libertad	20	(1)
2002	12 de Octubre	4	(0)
2002	Sol de América	18	(5)
2003–2004	Tacuary	43	(11)
2004	Olimpia Asunción	18	(3)
2005–2006	Tacuary	55	(21)
2006	Cerro Porteño	19	(5)
2007	Deportes Concepción	17	(1)
2007–2008	Nacional Asunción	44	(9)
2009	Barcelona SC	17	(4)
2010	Sportivo Luqueño	32	(3)
2011–2013	Tacuary	4	(0)
2014–2015	Deportivo Capiatá
2016–2017	Olimpia Itá
International career‡
1999–2005	Paraguay	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2005

Raúl Basilio Román Garay (born 25 October 1977) is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Deportivo Capiatá.

Career

Román was the member of Paraguay U-20 National football team in 1997 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final. 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, 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.

External links

• Raúl Román – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2012) (in Spanish)
• Raúl Román at WorldFootball.net
• Raúl Román at ESPN FC
• Raúl Román at National-Football-Teams.com