Former World Cup striker Romario said that he considers himself to be Brazil's most important player since 1970 at a media conference on Thursday. Romario is now playing for first division Fluminense. Romario, now 38, announced that he would reunite Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning team for a match in Los Angeles on November 10 to mark his international farewell. Although he has never officially announced his international retirement, Romario has not been picked by his country since captaining the side which lost 1-0 to Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier three years ago. Romario scored five goals in the 1994 tournament.
Romario, who has not played much first team football this year. But he said that he still had no intention of retiring, although he admitted it was now almost impossible to reach his target of scoring 1,000 goals in his career. At present his score stands at 908. Critics claim that his scores include youth team games and other non-official matches. Romario had played for PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Valencia as a striker.
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