Brazilian football legend Romario, 60, bonking students after three divorces and six children

Brazilian football legend Romario, who turned 60 on January 29, built a remarkable career spanning more than 30 years, winning the 1994 World Cup and starring for clubs like PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona. Praised by Johan Cruyff as a "genius of the goal area," he also made headlines for his prolific personal life.

After retiring, Romario gravitated toward relationships with significantly younger women.

In 2024, at age 58, he briefly returned to play alongside his son Romarinho in Brazil's lower divisions. His romantic history includes three marriages and six children. He separated from his first wife, Monica Santoro, in 1995 following numerous admitted infidelities, which also impacted his time at Barcelona. Former teammate Hristo Stoichkov once remarked that Romario focused primarily on football and relationships, with his lifestyle creating tension at home.

Romario began a relationship with Dixie Pratt when she was 19 years old.

Romario later married Danielle Favatto for five years, though he fathered a child with an actress during that marriage. He then spent a decade with model Isabelle Bittencourt before their 2014 split. Throughout, he openly discussed his active romantic life. In a 2023 Players' Tribune article, he wrote that intimacy before matches helped him feel "calmer and lighter" on the pitch. He once stated he was "100 percent unfaithful" and claimed to have been with three different women in a single day during his peak.

Student Ana Karoline Nazario was among Romario's former partners.

Marcelle Ceolin is 25 years younger than Romario.

Following his third divorce, Romario was linked to several younger women, including Miss Bumbum Brazil 2012 finalist Cibelle Ribeiro, Dixie Pratt (29 years his junior), student Ana Karoline Nazario (31 years younger), and Marcelle Ceolin. He and Ceolin ended their relationship in August 2022. Later that year, he was seen with 34-year-old event promoter Maria Geusiane Santos, though the relationship remained discreet before reportedly ending.

At 58, Romario was most recently connected to nutrition student Alicya Gomes.

In September 2024, at age 58, Romario began dating 22-year-old Alicya Gomes—a 36-year age gap. Gomes later privatized her Instagram account, sparking speculation about privacy efforts, but the pair unfollowed each other by November. Brazilian media have since reported sightings of Romario with an unidentified blonde woman at a Rio de Janeiro event.

Despite his complicated romantic history, Romario has offered relationship advice to younger players. Ahead of the 2018 World Cup, he suggested to Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus that maintaining an active personal life, balanced with focus on match days, could benefit performance.

Romario, who claims over 1,000 career goals including unofficial matches, continues to draw attention both for his football legacy and his personal choices.