Rômulo (footballer, born October 1995)
# Rômulo (footballer, born October 1995)

Rômulo José Pacheco da Silva (born 27 October 1995), simply known as Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Chengdu Rongcheng as a midfielder.

## Club career

Rômulo was born in Recife, Pernambuco, and graduated with Bahia's youth setup. On 16 November 2014 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Corinthians.

On 10 February 2015 Rômulo renewed his contract until 2018.

On 6 February 2017, Rômulo signed with Korean second division side Busan IPark on a one year loan deal. After a successful debut season in Korea, Rômulo signed a three year contract with the club. In both 2018 and 2019, Rômulo was named in the official K League 2 team of the season. In the final game of the 2019 season, Rômulo scored a 77th minute penalty to give Busan the lead in the promotion-relegation playoff final against local rivals Gyeongnam FC. Busan went on to win the game 2-0 and achieve promotion to the K League 1.

On 15 April 2021 Rômulo would join Chinese second tier football club Chengdu Rongcheng. In his debut seasons with the club he would establish himself as a regular within the team and aid them to promotion at the end of the 2021 league campaign.

## Career statistics

As of 8 January 2023

| Club | Season | League | League | League | State League | State League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Bahia | 2014 | Série A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Bahia | 2015 | Série B | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 3 |
| Bahia | 2016 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Bahia | Total | Total | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 6 |
| Bragantino (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Busan IPark (loan) | 2017 | K League 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| Busan IPark | 2018 | K League 2 | 36 | 10 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 41 | 13 |
| Busan IPark | 2019 | K League 2 | 32 | 14 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 34 | 15 |
| Busan IPark | 2020 | K League 1 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 4 |
| Busan IPark | Total | Total | 94 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 32 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2021 | China League One | 12 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 32 | 12 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 12 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Total | Total | 44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 17 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 186 | 47 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 240 | 57 |

* 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in K League 1 Relegation play-offs
* ↑ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
