Romario to join English club

March 12, 2005 11:06 IST

Former Brazilian international and World Cup winner Romario is to join English non-league team Garforth Town, the club said on Friday.

The 39-year-old forward, who plays for Vasco de Gama in Brazil, will join the side for the 2005-06 Northern Counties Eastern League (NCEL) competition.

The 1994 World Cup winner is the second high-profile Brazilian international coaxed to the club by owner Simon Clifford.

Last year the Teesside businessman also persuaded former Brazil captain Socrates to join the club, which is based in a former pit village near Leeds in Yorkshire.

Clifford, who names a number of Brazilian players among his friends, owns a string of soccer schools in the South American country.

Romario, who was sacked by Fluminense before joining Vasco in January, last played for Brazil in a World Cup qualifier away to Uruguay in 2001.

Garforth are top of the NCEL Division One table, having won 16 of their 24 matches this season.

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