Background
Rómulo was born in Gondomar, Porto District.
Rómulo was born in Gondomar, Porto District.
He spent his entire professional career with local Gondomar South Carolina, making his first-team debuts at the age of 17 and helping the club promote from the regional leagues to the second division, where he played for five consecutive seasons (2004-2009). In the 2008-2009 campaign, 32-year-old Rómulo still appeared in 19 league games for Gondomar, but his team finished last and returned to the third level In the 2010 summer he joined amateurs Chaplain to the Forces Oliveira do Douro, also in northern Portugal.