Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin memba na tawagar 'yan wasan Brazil, Romário ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics a Seoul a 1988, inda ya zama dan wasan da ya fi kowa zura kwallaye bakwai a wasanni shida. Ya sami matsayin gwarzo na kasa a gasar Copa América ta 1989
yayin da ya ci kwallaye guda daya a wasan karshe da Uruguay don kawo karshen dogon lokacin da Brazil ta yi a gaban magoya bayansu a Maracanã. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar 'yan wasan Brazil a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1990 da 1994. Ya zira kwallaye 71 a wasanni 85 na kasa da kasa (ciki har da manyan kungiyoyi da wasannin Olympics), kasancewar shi ne dan wasa na hudu mafi yawan kwallaye a tarihin kungiyar Brazil.